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 87→
SolPhoDeiTerVenJovSat
12345
6789101112
13141516171819
20212223242526
2728
1 Pegasus 87 2 Pegasus 87 3 Pegasus 87 4 Pegasus 87 5 Pegasus 87 6 Pegasus 87 7 Pegasus 87 8 Pegasus 87 9 Pegasus 87 10 Pegasus 87 11 Pegasus 87 12 Pegasus 87 13 Pegasus 87 14 Pegasus 87 15 Pegasus 87 16 Pegasus 87 17 Pegasus 87 18 Pegasus 87 19 Pegasus 87 20 Pegasus 87 21 Pegasus 87 22 Pegasus 87 23 Pegasus 87 24 Pegasus 87 25 Pegasus 87 26 Pegasus 87 27 Pegasus 87 28 Pegasus 87 1 Tucana 87 28 August 1775 29 August 1775 30 August 1775 31 August 1775 1 September 1775 2 September 1775 3 September 1775 4 September 1775 5 September 1775 6 September 1775 7 September 1775 8 September 1775 9 September 1775 10 September 1775 11 September 1775 12 September 1775 13 September 1775 14 September 1775 15 September 1775 16 September 1775 17 September 1775 18 September 1775 19 September 1775 20 September 1775 21 September 1775 22 September 1775 23 September 1775 24 September 1775 25 September 1775 26 September 1775
MS -88884 MS -88883 MS -88882 MS -88881 MS -88880 MS -88879 MS -88878 MS -88877 MS -88876 MS -88875 MS -88874 MS -88873 MS -88872 MS -88871 MS -88870 MS -88869 MS -88868 MS -88867 MS -88866 MS -88865 MS -88864 MS -88863 MS -88862 MS -88861 MS -88860 MS -88859 MS -88858 MS -88857 MS -88856 MD -91363 MD -91362 MD -91361 MD -91360 MD -91359 MD -91358 MD -91357 MD -91356 MD -91355 MD -91354 MD -91353 MD -91352 MD -91351 MD -91350 MD -91349 MD -91348 MD -91347 MD -91346 MD -91345 MD -91344 MD -91343 MD -91342 MD -91341 MD -91340 MD -91339 MD -91338 MD -91337 MD -91336 MD -91335 MD -91334