♒︎ The lucky star of Aquarius: Sadalsuud
The brightest star in the constellation Aquarius (β Aqr), magnitude 2.91.
The name comes from Arabic and means 'luck of lucks': a lucky star in its very name. It is a yellow supergiant, about 540 light years away.
It stands highest around 10 pm in September. It can be seen from everywhere south of 73°N.
More on the constellation: Aquarius · The lucky stone: Amethyst
The zodiac sign and the constellation of the same name no longer lie over each other, because the Earth's axis has turned in two thousand years: the true constellation.