Pegasus

We are learning to identify and discuss features of the Constellations in the Southern Hemisphere.

I have chosen the constellation Pegasus because I have always wanted to know more about this winged horse and about constellations.

The constellation Pegasus resembles the white winged horse of Greek mythology. It is hard to shape out the horses body because from where we are ( the Southern Hemisphere) the horses body is the other way around.
You can see this constellation in the springtime or the late winter in the Southern hemisphere but in the Northern hemisphere you can see it at the end of summer and through autumn. The Pegasus was named by the astronomer Claudius Ptolemy in the 2nd century like the other forty-seven other constellations he named so in all he named forty-eight. The story of the creation and adventure of Pegasus begins when Perseus battles the snake headed Medusa. When Perseus beheaded Medusa, drops of her blood fell into the sea. This blood then mixed with sea foam and thus Pegasus was born.