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 171→
SolPhoDeiTerVenJovSat
1234
567891011
12131415161718
19202122232425
262728
1 Pegasus 171 2 Pegasus 171 3 Pegasus 171 4 Pegasus 171 5 Pegasus 171 6 Pegasus 171 7 Pegasus 171 8 Pegasus 171 9 Pegasus 171 10 Pegasus 171 11 Pegasus 171 12 Pegasus 171 13 Pegasus 171 14 Pegasus 171 15 Pegasus 171 16 Pegasus 171 17 Pegasus 171 18 Pegasus 171 19 Pegasus 171 20 Pegasus 171 21 Pegasus 171 22 Pegasus 171 23 Pegasus 171 24 Pegasus 171 25 Pegasus 171 26 Pegasus 171 27 Pegasus 171 28 Pegasus 171 1 Tucana 171 11 September 1933 12 September 1933 13 September 1933 14 September 1933 15 September 1933 16 September 1933 17 September 1933 18 September 1933 19 September 1933 20 September 1933 21 September 1933 22 September 1933 23 September 1933 24 September 1933 25 September 1933 26 September 1933 27 September 1933 28 September 1933 29 September 1933 30 September 1933 1 October 1933 2 October 1933 3 October 1933 4 October 1933 5 October 1933 6 October 1933 7 October 1933 8 October 1933 9 October 1933 10 October 1933
MS -32722 MS -32721 MS -32720 MS -32719 MS -32718 MS -32717 MS -32716 MS -32715 MS -32714 MS -32713 MS -32712 MS -32711 MS -32710 MS -32709 MS -32708 MS -32707 MS -32706 MS -32705 MS -32704 MS -32703 MS -32702 MS -32701 MS -32700 MS -32699 MS -32698 MS -32697 MS -32696 MS -32695 MS -32694 MD -33641 MD -33640 MD -33639 MD -33638 MD -33637 MD -33636 MD -33635 MD -33634 MD -33633 MD -33632 MD -33631 MD -33630 MD -33629 MD -33628 MD -33627 MD -33626 MD -33625 MD -33624 MD -33623 MD -33622 MD -33621 MD -33620 MD -33619 MD -33618 MD -33617 MD -33616 MD -33615 MD -33614 MD -33613 MD -33612