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 127→
SolPhoDeiTerVenJovSat
12
3456789
10111213141516
17181920212223
2425262728
1 Pegasus 127 2 Pegasus 127 3 Pegasus 127 4 Pegasus 127 5 Pegasus 127 6 Pegasus 127 7 Pegasus 127 8 Pegasus 127 9 Pegasus 127 10 Pegasus 127 11 Pegasus 127 12 Pegasus 127 13 Pegasus 127 14 Pegasus 127 15 Pegasus 127 16 Pegasus 127 17 Pegasus 127 18 Pegasus 127 19 Pegasus 127 20 Pegasus 127 21 Pegasus 127 22 Pegasus 127 23 Pegasus 127 24 Pegasus 127 25 Pegasus 127 26 Pegasus 127 27 Pegasus 127 28 Pegasus 127 1 Tucana 127 29 November 1850 30 November 1850 1 December 1850 2 December 1850 3 December 1850 4 December 1850 5 December 1850 6 December 1850 7 December 1850 8 December 1850 9 December 1850 10 December 1850 11 December 1850 12 December 1850 13 December 1850 14 December 1850 15 December 1850 16 December 1850 17 December 1850 18 December 1850 19 December 1850 20 December 1850 21 December 1850 22 December 1850 23 December 1850 24 December 1850 25 December 1850 26 December 1850 27 December 1850 28 December 1850
MS -62141 MS -62140 MS -62139 MS -62138 MS -62137 MS -62136 MS -62135 MS -62134 MS -62133 MS -62132 MS -62131 MS -62130 MS -62129 MS -62128 MS -62127 MS -62126 MS -62125 MS -62124 MS -62123 MS -62122 MS -62121 MS -62120 MS -62119 MS -62118 MS -62117 MS -62116 MS -62115 MS -62114 MS -62113 MD -63877 MD -63876 MD -63875 MD -63874 MD -63873 MD -63872 MD -63871 MD -63870 MD -63869 MD -63868 MD -63867 MD -63866 MD -63865 MD -63864 MD -63863 MD -63862 MD -63861 MD -63860 MD -63859 MD -63858 MD -63857 MD -63856 MD -63855 MD -63854 MD -63853 MD -63852 MD -63851 MD -63850 MD -63849 MD -63848