- Stars with a name
- Schedar
Schedar
α Cassiopeiae
Schedar is an orange giant, in the constellation Cassiopeia. The light you see from it tonight left it around 1798.
Where to find it
From mid-northern latitudes, such as New York, Rome or Tokyo, it never sets: it circles the pole all night, all year.
Bright enough to see even from a city. Apparent magnitude 2.24.
What it’s like
It gives off 542 times as much light as the Sun.
Its surface is at about 4,400 degrees.
It is 228.2 light years away: 2159 trillion kilometres.