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Sadalsuud

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Also known as: Beta Aquarii
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  • Illumination of Aquarius from a 1475 Italian Book of Hours shows a figure in a red tunic pouring water from two jugs, against a blue background with gold accents.
    Aquarius

    …brightest star, Beta Aquarii, or Sadalsuud (Arabic for “the luckiest of the lucky”), is only of magnitude 2.9. Its most notable feature is an asterism of four stars arranged in a Y-shape called the Water Jar. Aquarius lies in an area of the sky sometimes called the “Sea,” because of…

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    …brightest star, Beta Aquarii, or Sadalsuud (Arabic for “the luckiest of the lucky”), is only of magnitude 2.9. Its most notable feature is an asterism of four stars arranged in a Y-shape called the Water Jar. Aquarius lies in an area of the sky sometimes called the “Sea,” because of…

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