PEGASUS
Pegasus, the Flying Horse, stretches from left to right, its most obvious feature the Great Square seen to the left of center, here oriented as a diamond.
Pegasus
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7 September
Pegasus, the winged horse, flew out of the head of Medusa when Perseus slew her. It was fathered by Poseidon, some time earlier, and waited for the Gorgon's death to appear.
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The constellation, Pegasus. To see the Winged Horse, you must imagine the constellation in the image flipped over.
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Pegasus Constellation Of The Flying Horse
The Pegasus constellation flies low in the northern sky and is visible deep into the southern hemisphere.
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Pegasus is a constellation in the northern hemisphere. It is the seventh largest constellation in the sky.
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Pegasus
Abbreviation: Peg
Genitive: Pegasi
Translation: The Winged Horse
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Pegasus, the flying horse:
An ancient constellation who was part of the story of Andromeda and Perseus. It was told that Pegasus was born when the hero Perseus cut off the head of Medusa and some of the blood fell into the sea.
Pegasus is a northern northern sky, named after the winged horse Pegasus in Greek mythology. It was one of the 48 constellations listed by the 1st century astronomer Ptolemy, and remains one of the 88 modern constellations.
Pegasus
Abbreviation: Peg English name: Pegasus Coordinates see Stellar data
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Pegasus was the winged horse best known for his association with the Greek hero Bellerophon. The manner of the horse's birth was unusual, to say the least.
Pegasus is marked by "the Great Square of Pegasus", fours stars in the horse's body that form a square whose sides are each over 10° degrees (the width of one fist, held up to the sky) across.
Named stars in Pegasus (Greek alphabet)
Algenib (γ Peg), Baham (θ Peg), Enif (ε Peg), Homam (ζ Peg), Markab (α Peg), Matar (η Peg),
Salm (τ Peg), Scheat (β Peg), ...
Pegasus is a small, winged solid-propellant ELV built and flown by Orbital Sciences Corporation.
Pegasus
Bronze Saints Seiya, Tenma (Lost Canvas, Next Dimension)
Origin of the constellation: Ancient Greece (Ptolemaeus) ...
Pegasus was later brought to Mount Helicon by Bellerophon and with one kick of his hoof, he caused the spring of Hippocrene to flow. Hippocrene is said to be the source of inspiration to poets.
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Pegasus (the flying horse) is a large northern hemisphere . Delta Pegasi is shared with the constellation . 51 Pegasi (51 Peg), off the Great Square of Pegasus, is a nearby, Sun-like star that has been found to have an orbiting planet.
PEGASUS
Pegasus (the flying horse) is a large northern hemisphere constellation. Delta Pegasi is shared with the constellation Andromeda.
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The Pegasus with its payload was attached to the belly of a Lockheed 1011 aircraft, which took off from NASA's Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia and carried the Pegasus rocket to an altitude of about 40,000 feet before releasing it.
Three: Pegasus constellation - This is the winged horse in the sky that you can see each night.
A modified Pegasus booster rocket fires to send the X-43A on its record-setting flight on Nov. 16, 2004. Image Credit: NASA
able to reach speeds equal to or more than five times the speed of sound ...
Peg, Pegs International Astronomical Union abbreviations for Pegasus. See constellation. Pegasus (abbr Peg, Pegs) See constellation. Pegs International Astronomical Union abbreviations for Pegasus. See constellation.
the Athenian astronomer Euctemon, according to Geminus of Rhodes, compiled a weather calendar in which Aquarius, Aquila, Canis major, Corona, Cygnus, Delphinus, Lyra, Orion, Pegasus, Sagitta and the asterisms Hyades and Pleiades are mentioned, ...
Located in the constellation Pegasus, about 40 light-years from earth, the planet—called 51 Pegasi—has about half the mass of Jupiter and is so close to the star that it has a surface temperature of about 1,000°C; ...
The sky chart included here shows parts of Pegasus and Andromeda at their highest point in the sky, which happens to be November 15 at 21:00 EST in this printout.
A constellation near Perseus and Pegasus.
Andromeda Galaxy (M31)
(a) Major spiral galaxy, 2.2 million light-years from Earth.
The gas giant known as HD 209458b, which is 153 light years from us in the constellation Pegasus, was the first ever planet to be discovered by the transit method back in 1999, ...
Located immediately northeast of the constellation of Pegasus, it is the northeastern star of the Great Square of Pegasus.
" and Frakes in TNG: "The Pegasus")
Sophistication of optical effects (for example, streaming stars at warp, CGI)
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The Swan lies between Constellations Pegasus and Draco and is often shown with outstretched wings flying parallel with the Milky Way.
M15 is a globular cluster of stars in the constellation Pegasus. It is perhaps the densest of all the globular clusters in the Milky Way. It is also the only known globular cluster to contain a planetary nebula.
The brightest star in the constellation Andromeda and the northeastern star of the Square of Pegasus.
The planet the found was orbiting around the star 51 Pegasus, in the Pegasus constellation.
Alpha Pegasi is the third brightest star in the constellation Pegasus (despite its "alpha" designation). One of the four stars in the asterism known as the Great Square of Pegasus (Alpheratz, Scheat, Markab, Algenib). (The SW corner star.
This star, found in the constellation of Pegasus, is much more like our Sun with respect to its temperature, size, rotation speed and emitted radiation.
Launching from a high-flying airplane--like Burt Rutan's "SpaceshipOne" (using a clever combination of liquid and solid fuel), or the "Pegasus" solid-fuel rocket, used in launching some small satellites--also helps cut air resistance, another factor.
SWAS, the Submillimeter Wave Astronomy Satellite, to be launched in 1999 aboard a Pegasus XL rocket. SWAS will, for the first time by direct observation, measure the amount of water and molecular oxygen in interstellar clouds.
During the spring, the comet will pass through the northern constellations: between the Great Square of Pegasus and Cassiopeia (which is shaped like a 'W' or a '3').
72 million light-years from us, NGC 7742 lies in the constellation Pegasus; this image covers approximately 80 arcseconds across, and the entire visible object is about 36,000 light-years across.
" The name is appropriate to the location of the star in the figure of Pegasus, The Flying Horse.
The Battle of Khe Sanh, or Operation Scotland and Operation Pegasus, was conducted in northwestern Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam , between 21 January and 8 April 1968 during the Vietnam War....
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[ The 5.5-magnitude 51 Pegasi is easily visible in binoculars between Alpha and Beta Pegasi, the western pair of stars in the Great Square of Pegasus. The star's equinox-2000 coordinates are R.A. 22 hours 57 minutes, Dec. +20 degrees 46 minutes. ] ...
Great stories have been woven in the constellations. Perseus, Andromeda, Hercules and Pegasus all look down on us from the sky. So many people throughout history have been enthralled by the stars, why not join them?
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Andromeda (the princess, the daughter of Cassiopeia in mythology) is a northern hemisphere constellation. Alpha Andromedae (called Sirrah, meaning "Horse's navel") is the same as Delta Pegasi (from the constellation Pegasus).
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Given that the zodiac extends eight degrees north and south of the ecliptic, an additional twelve constellations reside in part within the zodiac's belt of stars: Auriga, Canis Minor, Cetus, Corvus, Crater, Hydra, Ophiuchus, Orion, Pegasus, Scutum, ...
in Milky Way Galaxy (astronomy): The general interstellar medium )
interstellar matter (in astronomy: Investigations of interstellar matter)
Martian atmosphere (in Mars (planet): Atmospheric structure)
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OK, now that you know all about meteors, I'll teach you how to spot the best meteor shower of the year! In the process, I'll introduce you to several more constellations (PEGASUS, LIBRA, SCORPIUS, SAGITTARIUS, OPHIUCHUS, and the two SERPENS) and ...
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