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Far from any lights, the sky fills with stars. Drawn from real star positions; bigger dots are brighter stars. See it from a city or the suburbs in the app.

✨ Constellation

Pegasus

The winged horse, best known for the Great Square of four stars.

Name means: A winged horse from Greek myth
Best seen: October evenings
Where to see it: The northern half of Earth, and the tropics south of the equator
Brightest star: Alpheratz
Stars in the pattern: 14

Did you know?

One corner of the Great Square, Alpheratz, actually belongs to Andromeda.
The first planet found around a Sun-like star, 51 Pegasi b, circles a star in Pegasus.

In this part of the sky

51 Pegasi b The first planet ever found around a Sun-like star. Andromeda The chained princess, and the way to find the Andromeda Galaxy.

More NASA photos of PegasusStraight from NASA’s image library, in the app

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All of night sky

Orion The Hunter, with three bright stars in a row for his belt. Ursa Major The Great Bear, home of the Big Dipper. Ursa Minor The Little Bear, with Polaris at the tip of its tail. Cassiopeia A bright W of five stars, named after a boastful queen. Scorpius The Scorpion, with red Antares at its heart. Leo The Lion, whose head is a backwards question mark of stars.

Facts: Star patterns: d3-celestial (IAU figures, Hipparcos star data). Stories: traditional Greek and Roman myths. Open Pegasus in the app.