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| IAU and Sky & Telescope magazine (Roger Sinnott & Rick Fienberg) |
| Pegasus |
| The Winged Horse |
| Origin | Ancient |
| Abbreviation | Peg |
| Genitive | Pegasi |
| Pronunciation | /ˈpɛɡəsəs/
genitive /ˈpɛɡəsaɪ/ |
| PEG-us-us |
| Location | Northern Hemisphere |
| Primary Star | Enif (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. |
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