IAU and Sky & Telescope magazine (Roger Sinnott & Rick Fienberg)
Pegasus
The Winged Horse
OriginAncient
AbbreviationPeg
GenitivePegasi
Pronunciation/ˈpɛɡəsəs/ genitive /ˈpɛɡəsaɪ/
PEG-us-us
LocationNorthern Hemisphere
Primary StarEnif (ε Peg)
Right Ascention 21h 44m Declination +9° 52'
Martian Solar Lag δ(🜨→♂) +0.625 h (37.5 min)
Pegasus was the winged-horse that sprang from the blood of Medusa when Perseus cut her head off. He served as Perseus’ steed and helped the hero defeat the sea-monster Cetus to save Princess Andromeda and the country of Aethiopia. Athena took Pegasus to Mount Helicon, the mountain of the muses, where with a single kick of his hoof started the flowing of the famous spring of Hippocrene, said to be the source of all poetic inspiration.
www.underthesky.com
Pegasus as depicted by Johann Bayer in his Uranometria (1603). Source image provided by www.RareMaps.com — Barry Lawrence Ruderman Antique Maps Inc. Via www.underthenightsky.com.
←Pegasus -500→
SolPhoDeiTerVenJovSat
123456
78910111213
14151617181920
21222324252627
28
1 Pegasus -500 2 Pegasus -500 3 Pegasus -500 4 Pegasus -500 5 Pegasus -500 6 Pegasus -500 7 Pegasus -500 8 Pegasus -500 9 Pegasus -500 10 Pegasus -500 11 Pegasus -500 12 Pegasus -500 13 Pegasus -500 14 Pegasus -500 15 Pegasus -500 16 Pegasus -500 17 Pegasus -500 18 Pegasus -500 19 Pegasus -500 20 Pegasus -500 21 Pegasus -500 22 Pegasus -500 23 Pegasus -500 24 Pegasus -500 25 Pegasus -500 26 Pegasus -500 27 Pegasus -500 28 Pegasus -500 2 Phoenix -499 11 May 0671 12 May 0671 13 May 0671 14 May 0671 15 May 0671 16 May 0671 17 May 0671 18 May 0671 19 May 0671 20 May 0671 21 May 0671 22 May 0671 23 May 0671 24 May 0671 25 May 0671 26 May 0671 27 May 0671 28 May 0671 29 May 0671 30 May 0671 31 May 0671 1 June 0671 2 June 0671 3 June 0671 4 June 0671 5 June 0671 6 June 0671 7 June 0671 8 June 0671 9 June 0671
MS -481320 MS -481321 MS -481322 MS -481323 MS -481324 MS -481325 MS -481326 MS -481327 MS -481328 MS -481329 MS -481330 MS -481331 MS -481332 MS -481333 MS -481334 MS -481335 MS -481336 MS -481337 MS -481338 MS -481339 MS -481340 MS -481341 MS -481342 MS -481343 MS -481344 MS -481345 MS -481346 MS -481347 MS -481292 MD -494700 MD -494699 MD -494698 MD -494697 MD -494696 MD -494695 MD -494694 MD -494693 MD -494692 MD -494691 MD -494690 MD -494689 MD -494688 MD -494687 MD -494686 MD -494685 MD -494684 MD -494683 MD -494682 MD -494681 MD -494680 MD -494679 MD -494678 MD -494677 MD -494676 MD -494675 MD -494674 MD -494673 MD -494672 MD -494671