Alpheratz

Meaning

Proper Noun

• A spectroscopic binary, visible as a second-magnitude blue-white star marking the head of the chained woman in the northern constellation of Andromeda (formerly seen as part of Pegasus), one of four stars in the asterism of the Great Square of Pegasus.

Related

Similar words

• Andromedae , α And , Alpha Andromedae
• Pegasi , δ Peg , Delta Pegasi
• Sirrah

Origin

• From Arabic سُرَّةُ الْفَرَس ("the horse's navel") (referring to Pegasus), from سُرَّة + فَرَس.