constellation Pegasus

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Pegasus is a prominent northern-sky constellation named after the winged horse of Greek mythology, notable for its large asterism known as the Great Square of Pegasus.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
constellation Pegasus canonical 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (55)

Predicate Object
instanceOf asterism ⓘ
compact galaxy group ⓘ
constellation ⓘ
exoplanet ⓘ
abbreviation Peg ⓘ
areaRank 7 ⓘ
areaSquareDegrees about 1121 ⓘ
associatedMythology Greek mythology ⓘ
belongsTo modern 88 constellations ⓘ
bestViewingMonth October ⓘ
borderedBy Andromeda ⓘ
Andromeda (twice, north and east) ⓘ
Aquarius ⓘ
Cygnus ⓘ
Delphinus ⓘ
Equuleus ⓘ
Lacerta ⓘ
Pisces ⓘ
Pisces Austrinus ⓘ
linked to: Piscis Austrinus

Vulpecula ⓘ
celestialHemisphere northern ⓘ
containsDeepSkyObject M15 ⓘ
NGC 7331 ⓘ
Stephan's Quintet ⓘ
containsExoplanetHostStar 51 Pegasi ⓘ
containsPartOf Milky Way halo ⓘ
containsStar Algenib ⓘ
Enif ⓘ
Homam ⓘ
Markab ⓘ
Matar ⓘ
Scheat ⓘ
declinationRange about +2° to +36° ⓘ
distanceFromEarth about 33,000 light-years ⓘ
family Perseus family of constellations ⓘ
genitiveForm Pegasi ⓘ
linked to: Pegasus
hasAsterism Great Square of Pegasus ⓘ
hasExoplanet 51 Pegasi b ⓘ
introducedBy Ptolemy ⓘ
linked to: Ptolemaios
isAlsoKnownAs Alpha Pegasi ⓘ
Beta Pegasi ⓘ
Epsilon Pegasi ⓘ
Eta Pegasi ⓘ
Gamma Pegasi ⓘ
Zeta Pegasi ⓘ
isBrightestStarOf Pegasus ⓘ
isOneOf 48 constellations listed by Ptolemy ⓘ
isProminentIn northern sky ⓘ
nameOrigin Pegasus, the winged horse of Greek mythology ⓘ
linked to: Pegasus (mythology)
notability first exoplanet discovered orbiting a Sun-like star ⓘ
rightAscensionRange about 21h to 0h ⓘ
spectralType K2 Ib ⓘ
symbolizes winged horse ⓘ
visibleInSeason autumn (Northern Hemisphere) ⓘ
zodiacal no ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Andromeda XI → locatedIn → constellation Pegasus ⓘ
NGC 7317 → locatedIn → constellation Pegasus ⓘ