Pegasus (constellation)

{| border="1" align="right" width="330" style="margin-left: 0.5em"\n|-\n| align=center colspan=2 bgcolor=silver style="padding-top: 1.5ex; padding-bottom: 1ex"|Pegasus\n|-\n|align=center colspan=2|
\nlarger map\n|-\n|Abbreviation\n|Peg\n|-\n|Genitive\n|Pegasi\n|-\n|Meaning in English\n|the winged Horse\n|-\n|Right ascension\n|23 h\n|-\n|Declination\n| +15°\n|-\n|Visible to latitude\n|Between +90° and −65°\n|-\n|Best visible\n|October\n|-\n|Area
 - Total\n|Ranked 7th
1121 sq.deg.\n|-\n|Number of stars with
apparent magnitude < 3\n|5\n|-\n|Brightest star
 - Apparent magnitude\n|Markab (α Peg)
2.51\n|-\n|Meteor showers\n|\n*July Pegasids\n|-\n|Bordering constellations\n|\n*Andromeda\n*Lacerta\n*Cygnus\n*Vulpecula\n*Delphinus\n*Equuleus\n*Aquarius\n*Pisces\n|} Pegasus (the winged horse) is a northern constellation, named after the mythological Pegasus. It is one of the 88 modern constellations, and was also one of the 48 constellations listed by Ptolemy.

Table of contents

1 Notable features 2 Notable deep sky objects 3 History and Mythology

Notable features

\nPegasus' three brightest stars together with Alpha Andromedaee form the large asterism known as the Square of Pegasus. A star in this constellation, 51 Pegasi, is orbited by the first true extrasolar planets (planets orbiting a star other than the Sun) to have been discovered.

Notable deep sky objects

\n*M15 - a Globular cluster near the head (ε Peg) of the Pegasus.\n*NGC 7742 - a Type 2 Seyfert galaxy in the constellation Pegasus.

History and Mythology

\nMain article: Pegasus Pegasus was a winged horse in the Greek mythology. Category:Constellations\n\n\n