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 114→
SolPhoDeiTerVenJovSat
123456
78910111213
14151617181920
21222324252627
28
1 Pegasus 114 2 Pegasus 114 3 Pegasus 114 4 Pegasus 114 5 Pegasus 114 6 Pegasus 114 7 Pegasus 114 8 Pegasus 114 9 Pegasus 114 10 Pegasus 114 11 Pegasus 114 12 Pegasus 114 13 Pegasus 114 14 Pegasus 114 15 Pegasus 114 16 Pegasus 114 17 Pegasus 114 18 Pegasus 114 19 Pegasus 114 20 Pegasus 114 21 Pegasus 114 22 Pegasus 114 23 Pegasus 114 24 Pegasus 114 25 Pegasus 114 26 Pegasus 114 27 Pegasus 114 28 Pegasus 114 1 Tucana 114 15 June 1826 16 June 1826 17 June 1826 18 June 1826 19 June 1826 20 June 1826 21 June 1826 22 June 1826 23 June 1826 24 June 1826 25 June 1826 26 June 1826 27 June 1826 28 June 1826 29 June 1826 30 June 1826 1 July 1826 2 July 1826 3 July 1826 4 July 1826 5 July 1826 6 July 1826 7 July 1826 8 July 1826 9 July 1826 10 July 1826 11 July 1826 12 July 1826 13 July 1826 14 July 1826
MS -70832 MS -70831 MS -70830 MS -70829 MS -70828 MS -70827 MS -70826 MS -70825 MS -70824 MS -70823 MS -70822 MS -70821 MS -70820 MS -70819 MS -70818 MS -70817 MS -70816 MS -70815 MS -70814 MS -70813 MS -70812 MS -70811 MS -70810 MS -70809 MS -70808 MS -70807 MS -70806 MS -70805 MS -70804 MD -72810 MD -72809 MD -72808 MD -72807 MD -72806 MD -72805 MD -72804 MD -72803 MD -72802 MD -72801 MD -72800 MD -72799 MD -72798 MD -72797 MD -72796 MD -72795 MD -72794 MD -72793 MD -72792 MD -72791 MD -72790 MD -72789 MD -72788 MD -72787 MD -72786 MD -72785 MD -72784 MD -72783 MD -72782 MD -72781