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Pegasus is a constellation in the northern sky, named after the winged horse Pegasus in Greek mythology. It was one of the 48 constellations listed by the 2nd-century astronomer Ptolemy , and is one of the 88 constellations recognised today.
This is the list of notable stars in the constellation Pegasus, sorted by decreasing brightness. Name B F G. Var HD HIP ... "Identification of a Constellation from a ...
NGC 7726 is a large barred spiral galaxy located in the constellation Pegasus in the northern sky. It is estimated to be 348 million light-years from the Milky Way and about 150,000 light-years in diameter. Many other objects are located within a close proximity to NGC 7726, including NGC 7720, NGC 7728, IC 5341 and IC 5342. [2] [1] [3]
NGC 7331 Group is a visual grouping of galaxies in the constellation Pegasus. Spiral galaxy NGC 7331 is a foreground galaxy in the same field as the collection, which is also called the Deer Lick Group. [1]
Epsilon Pegasi (Latinised from ε Pegasi, abbreviated Epsilon Peg, ε Peg), formally named Enif / ˈ iː n ɪ f /, is the brightest star in the northern constellation of Pegasus. With an average apparent visual magnitude of 2.4, [3] this is a second-magnitude star that is readily visible to the naked eye.
σ Pegasi, Latinised as Sigma Pegasi, is a binary star [3] system in the northern constellation of Pegasus. With a combined apparent visual magnitude of 5.16, [2] it is faintly visible to the naked eye. Based upon an annual parallax shift of 36.66 mas as seen from Earth, [1] the system is located 89 light years distant from the Sun.
1 Pegasi (1 Peg) is a triple star [10] system in the constellation Pegasus, located approximately 156 light years away from the Sun based on parallax. [1] It is visible to the naked eye as a faint, orange-hued star with an apparent visual magnitude of 4.09. [2] The system is moving closer to the Earth with a heliocentric radial velocity of − ...
ν Pegasi, Latinized as Nu Pegasi is a single [12] star in the northern constellation of Pegasus. It is an orange-hued star that is faintly visible to the naked eye with an apparent visual magnitude of 4.84. [2] The star is located approximately 261 light years away based on parallax, [7] but is drifting closer with a radial velocity of −19 ...