Asteria — interactive night sky map
Schedar (Alpha Cassiopeiae) is a star in the constellation Cassiopeia with an apparent magnitude of 2.24. It lies about 231 light-years from Earth. It is visible to the naked eye under dark skies.
It is best placed in the evening sky around September. It is visible from the whole northern hemisphere and from southern latitudes down to about 33°S. It is circumpolar (never sets) north of latitude 33°N.