Starwatch: how to see Pegasus the winged horse

Seventh-largest constellation is most easily spotted by finding the square denoting the horse ’s bodyWe began the month with a look at theconstellation of Cassiopeia, the vain queen who inspired the wrath of Poseidon, so we will end it with a look at another constellation derived from that same myth: Pegasus, the winged horse.In the Greek myth, the heroPerseus rode Pegasus to the shoreline to save Cassiopeia ’s daughter,Andromeda, fromCetus, the sea monster unleashed by Poseidon. As such, Pegasus is another of the original 48 constellations listed in the 2nd century by theastronomer Ptolemy.Continue reading...

Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - October 25, 2021 Category: Science Authors: Stuart Clark Tags: Astronomy Space Source Type: news