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    Beta PegasiPegasi, abbreviated Beta Peg, β Peg), formally named Scheat /ˈʃiːæt/, is a red giant star and the second-brightest star (after Epsilon...
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    Pegasus is the orange supergiant Epsilon Pegasi, also known as Enif, which marks the horse's muzzle. Alpha (Markab), Beta (Scheat), and Gamma (Algenib), together...
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    Gamma Pegasi is a star in the constellation of Pegasus, located at the southeast corner of the asterism known as the Great Square. It has the formal name...
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    Alpha PegasiPegasi, abbreviated Alpha Peg, α Peg), formally named Markab /ˈmɑːrkæb/, is the third-brightest star in the constellation of Pegasus and...
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    البارع Mu Pegasi Sadalmelik Saʿad ul-Malik Lucky star of the King سعد الملك Alpha Aquarii Sadalsuud Saʿad us-Suʿūd Luck of Lucks سعد السعود Beta Aquarii...
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  • system 2.41 Kappa Scorpii Binary star system Maximum brightness 2.42 2.31 Beta Pegasi Star 2.42 Eta Ophiuchi Binary star system 2.440 Phecda Binary star system...
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    distance of its line-of-sight double μ Pegasi. In the constellation, Lambda and Mu lie to the southwest of Beta Pegasi, the nearest bright star. van Leeuwen...
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  • also spelt Menchib or Menkhib.) Mankib, traditional name for the star Beta Pegasi in the constellation of Pegasus. Menkab, traditional name for the star...
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    Alpheratz (redirect from Delta Pegasi)
    mark the prime meridian of the heavens, the other two being Beta Cassiopeiae and Gamma Pegasi. It was believed to bless those born under its influence with...
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    rendered Scheat, Seat, Sheat, etc., which was erroneously applied to Beta Pegasi in late medieval times), from the Arabic الساق al-sāq "shin". In 2016...
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  •   8m.1 (p) 9m.7 (p) 1.6 N:v Lb   Beta Pegasi Pegasus Schmidt, 1847 2m.31 2m.74 0.43 M2.3 II-III Lb   Epsilon Pegasi (Enif) Pegasus 2m.37 2m.45 0.07 K2...
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  • Herculis, 53 Piscium, Nu Eridani, Gamma Pegasi, HD 13745 (V354 Persei) and 53 Arietis had been found to exhibit both Beta Cephei and SPB variability. In 2021...
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    Wang Liang.) Together with Alpha Andromedae (Alpheratz) and Gamma Pegasi (Algenib), Beta Cassiopeiae was one of three bright stars known as the "Three Guides"...
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    the galaxy. The other members of this grouping are Alpha Aquarii and Eta Pegasi. β Aquarii appears as a solitary star to the naked eye, but when viewed...
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  • constellations Table of stars with Flamsteed designations Also designated Delta PegasiPegasi, δ Peg) by Bayer, after Ptolemy – Bayer’s Uranometria and Bayer letters...
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    was a V-shaped constellation formed by Alpha Aquarii, Theta Pegasi, and Epsilon Pegasi; it shared its name with two other Chinese constellations, in...
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    Alasad Alpha Leonis Algomisa Procyon Alhabor Sirius Alghul Beta Persei Alnath Beta Tauri Markab Alpha Pegasi Alradif Delta Cephei Alnasir Alpha Andromedae...
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  • until 2002; while the PSR B1257+12 planets orbit a pulsar. This leaves 51 Pegasi b (discovered and confirmed 1995) as the first confirmed exoplanet around...
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    Bolt, aligned north to south, consists of the stars Epsilon Pegasi, Alpha Aquarii, Beta Aquarii and Delta Capricorni. Easily visible to naked eyes even...
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    standards: G0V – Beta Canum Venaticorum G0IV – Eta Boötis G0Ib – Beta Aquarii G2V – Sun G5V – Kappa1 Ceti G5IV – Mu Herculis G5Ib – 9 Pegasi G8V – 61 Ursae...
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    stars a Greek letter from both constellations: Alpha Andromedae = Delta Pegasi, Beta Tauri = Gamma Aurigae, and Nu Boötis = Psi Herculis. (He catalogued Fomalhaut...
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    towards the end of the Hertzsprung gap include: Epsilon Pegasi Pi Puppis Epsilon Geminorum Beta Arae Gamma Cygni Capella B Canopus, Iota Carinae, and Upsilon...
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    astrology and a great general in mythology. Alpha Andromedae and Gamma Pegasi together made "Wall" (壁宿), representing the eastern wall of the imperial...
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    al-jānib, 'the flank' or 'side'. and was also the traditional name for Gamma Pegasi. In 2016, the International Astronomical Union organized a Working Group...
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  • Crawford, D. L.; Barnes, J. V.; Golson, J. C. (1971-12-01). "Four-color, H-beta and UBV photometry for bright B-type stars in the northern hemisphere". The...
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    M. (1983). "The F-type eclipsing binaries ZZ Bootis, CW Eridani, and BK Pegasi". Astronomical Journal. 88: 1242–56. Bibcode:1983AJ.....88.1242P. doi:10...
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    international team of astronomers. The astronomers studied light from 51 Pegasi b – the first exoplanet discovered orbiting a main-sequence star (a Sunlike...
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    Continuing the line from Beta to Alpha Pegasi towards the southern horizon, Fomalhaut is about 45˚[clarification needed] south of Alpha Pegasi, with no bright...
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    made in 1995, when a giant planet, 51 Pegasi b, was found in a four-day orbit around the nearby G-type star 51 Pegasi. The frequency of detections has increased...
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  • known, reflecting less than 1% its star's light. Beta Pictoris b 1,451±15 (1,178 °C) 11.729 MJ Teff 51 Pegasi b (Dimidium) 1,265 (992 °C) 0.46 MJ Teq The first...
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