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 199→
SolPhoDeiTerVenJovSat
12
3456789
10111213141516
17181920212223
2425262728
1 Pegasus 199 2 Pegasus 199 3 Pegasus 199 4 Pegasus 199 5 Pegasus 199 6 Pegasus 199 7 Pegasus 199 8 Pegasus 199 9 Pegasus 199 10 Pegasus 199 11 Pegasus 199 12 Pegasus 199 13 Pegasus 199 14 Pegasus 199 15 Pegasus 199 16 Pegasus 199 17 Pegasus 199 18 Pegasus 199 19 Pegasus 199 20 Pegasus 199 21 Pegasus 199 22 Pegasus 199 23 Pegasus 199 24 Pegasus 199 25 Pegasus 199 26 Pegasus 199 27 Pegasus 199 28 Pegasus 199 1 Tucana 199 16 May 1986 17 May 1986 18 May 1986 19 May 1986 20 May 1986 21 May 1986 22 May 1986 23 May 1986 24 May 1986 25 May 1986 26 May 1986 27 May 1986 28 May 1986 29 May 1986 30 May 1986 31 May 1986 1 June 1986 2 June 1986 3 June 1986 4 June 1986 5 June 1986 6 June 1986 7 June 1986 8 June 1986 9 June 1986 10 June 1986 11 June 1986 12 June 1986 13 June 1986 14 June 1986
MS -14002 MS -14001 MS -14000 MS -13999 MS -13998 MS -13997 MS -13996 MS -13995 MS -13994 MS -13993 MS -13992 MS -13991 MS -13990 MS -13989 MS -13988 MS -13987 MS -13986 MS -13985 MS -13984 MS -13983 MS -13982 MS -13981 MS -13980 MS -13979 MS -13978 MS -13977 MS -13976 MS -13975 MS -13974 MD -14401 MD -14400 MD -14399 MD -14398 MD -14397 MD -14396 MD -14395 MD -14394 MD -14393 MD -14392 MD -14391 MD -14390 MD -14389 MD -14388 MD -14387 MD -14386 MD -14385 MD -14384 MD -14383 MD -14382 MD -14381 MD -14380 MD -14379 MD -14378 MD -14377 MD -14376 MD -14375 MD -14374 MD -14373 MD -14372