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Beta Pegasi (β Peg β Pegasi) is a star in the constellation Pegasus. The apparent visual magnitude of this star averages 2.42 making it the second brightest star in the constellation after Epsilon Pegasi. Its traditional name is Scheat a name that has also been used for Delta Aquarii. According to Richard H. Allen this name comes from the Arabic Al Sā’id for ‘the upper arm’ or from Sa’d. Arabian astronomers named it Mankib al Faras meaning the Horse’s shoulder.
