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 1199→
SolPhoDeiTerVenJovSat
123
45678910
11121314151617
18192021222324
25262728
1 Pegasus 1199 2 Pegasus 1199 3 Pegasus 1199 4 Pegasus 1199 5 Pegasus 1199 6 Pegasus 1199 7 Pegasus 1199 8 Pegasus 1199 9 Pegasus 1199 10 Pegasus 1199 11 Pegasus 1199 12 Pegasus 1199 13 Pegasus 1199 14 Pegasus 1199 15 Pegasus 1199 16 Pegasus 1199 17 Pegasus 1199 18 Pegasus 1199 19 Pegasus 1199 20 Pegasus 1199 21 Pegasus 1199 22 Pegasus 1199 23 Pegasus 1199 24 Pegasus 1199 25 Pegasus 1199 26 Pegasus 1199 27 Pegasus 1199 28 Pegasus 1199 1 Tucana 1199 4 October 3867 5 October 3867 6 October 3867 7 October 3867 8 October 3867 9 October 3867 10 October 3867 11 October 3867 12 October 3867 13 October 3867 14 October 3867 15 October 3867 16 October 3867 17 October 3867 18 October 3867 19 October 3867 20 October 3867 21 October 3867 22 October 3867 23 October 3867 24 October 3867 25 October 3867 26 October 3867 27 October 3867 28 October 3867 29 October 3867 30 October 3867 31 October 3867 1 November 3867 2 November 3867
MS 654588 MS 654589 MS 654590 MS 654591 MS 654592 MS 654593 MS 654594 MS 654595 MS 654596 MS 654597 MS 654598 MS 654599 MS 654600 MS 654601 MS 654602 MS 654603 MS 654604 MS 654605 MS 654606 MS 654607 MS 654608 MS 654609 MS 654610 MS 654611 MS 654612 MS 654613 MS 654614 MS 654615 MS 654616 MD 672761 MD 672762 MD 672763 MD 672764 MD 672765 MD 672766 MD 672767 MD 672768 MD 672769 MD 672770 MD 672771 MD 672772 MD 672773 MD 672774 MD 672775 MD 672776 MD 672777 MD 672778 MD 672779 MD 672780 MD 672781 MD 672782 MD 672783 MD 672784 MD 672785 MD 672786 MD 672787 MD 672788 MD 672789 MD 672790