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 | | Principal stars are: Rigil Kentaurus (Alpha Centauri), magnitude -0.27; Hadar (Agena) (Beta Centauri), magnitude 0.6; Gamma Centauri magnitude 2.2; Omega Centauri, magnitude 3.7. | | | Principal stars are: Alphard Alpha Hyrdae, magnitude 2.0; Gamma Hydrae, magnitude 3.0 Delta Hydrae, magnitude 4.2; and Beta Hydrae, magnitude 4.3. | | | Principal stars are: Alpha Microscopii, magnitude 4.9; Gamma Microscopii, magnitude 4.7; Epsilon Microscopii, magnitude 4.7. |
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| | UNIVERSE - Journal of The Astronomical Society of New South Wales Inc. |
| | Draw a line between Alpha and Beta Pegasi, and halfway along lies 51 Pegasi, a mere degree or so to the west of the line. | | | The Great Square is marked out by four bright stars: Alpha Pegasi, Beta Pegasi, Gamma Pegasi, and Alpha Andromedae (formerly Delta Pegasi). | | | Imaging the planet around 51 Pegasi, however, is beyond the capability of current telescopes. |
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http://www.asnsw.com/universe/2000/nw-1000.htm
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| | Crater |
| | Principal stars are: Alphard Alpha Hyrdae, magnitude 2.0; Gamma Hydrae, magnitude 3.0 Delta Hydrae, magnitude 4.2; and Beta Hydrae, magnitude 4.3. | | | Principal stars are: Alpha Microscopii, magnitude 4.9; Gamma Microscopii, magnitude 4.7; Epsilon Microscopii, magnitude 4.7. | | | Skat (Delta Aquarii), magnitude 3.3; Sadachbia (Gamma Aquarii), magnitude 3.8. |
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http://sg-1.tv/constellations
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| | ALPHERATZ |
| | (The other star is Elnath, Beta Tauri, which links Taurus to Auriga and is also called Gamma Aurigae.) If you draw a line through Alpheratz and Algenib, Gamma Pegasi to the south, it will pass just to the east of the vernal equinox in Pisces. | | | Since its three principal stars have almost the same brightness, Beyer simply lettered them Alpha, Beta, and Gamma in order, Alpha and Beta tied for the lead in apparent magnitude. | | | As a linking star, Alpheratz is one of two that carries two Greek letter names, and is also Delta Pegasi, though the name is no longer used. |
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http://www.erectus.org/namedstars/alpheratz.html
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| | UNIVERSE - Journal of The Astronomical Society of New South Wales Inc. |
| | Draw a line between Alpha and Beta Pegasi, and halfway along lies 51 Pegasi, a mere degree or so to the west of the line. | | | Imaging the planet around 51 Pegasi, however, is beyond the capability of current telescopes. | | | What was so surprising about 51 Pegasi (and all of the other extrasolar planets discovered thus far)? |
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http://www.asnsw.com/universe/2000/nw-1000.htm
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| | Star Gazetteer |
| | Scheat (A) SHEE-at Beta Pegasi 3 Var, Dia-145, | | | Spica (L) SPY-ka Alpha Virginis 8 16th Br, Sp Bin, Var | | | Alphecca (A) al-FECK-uh Alpha Coronae 8 Sp Bin, Var |
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http://www.astronomy.org/astronomy-survival/stargaz.html
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| | A special version of the Beta Pegasi was designed and built for the | | | The Beta Lupi: a specially modified and outfitted Beta Pegasi built in 1940 for use by a famous American movie star and swordsman to impress impressionable movie starlets. | | | The Beta Lupi was the last of the Betas built. |
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http://www.t-ge.com/beta.html
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| | SPA Variable Star Section - - Annual Section Newsletter: April 1999 |
| | Matthew Barrett Beta Pegasi 76 R Serpentis 18 7. | | | For example, it seems that Beta Per (Algol) and Lambda Tau were not "caught" near mid eclipse - hence their apparent low amplitudes of variation. | | | Except for Beta Lyrae, the phases for the Cepheid and Eclipsing variables have been calculated using the elements in the General Catalogue of Variable Stars (GCVS). |
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http://www.popastro.com/sections/vs/vss1999.htm
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| | Alpheratz |
| | (The other star is Elnath, Beta Tauri, which links Taurus to Auriga and is also called Gamma Aurigae.) If you draw a line through Alpheratz and Algenib, Gamma Pegasi to the south, it will pass just to the east of the vernal equinox in Pisces. | | | Since its three principal stars have almost the same brightness, Beyer simply lettered them Alpha, Beta, and Gamma in order, Alpha and Beta tied for the lead in apparent magnitude. | | | As a linking star, Alpheratz is one of two that carries two Greek letter names, and is also Delta Pegasi, though the name is no longer used. |
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http://www.astro.uiuc.edu/projects/sow/alpheratz.html
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| | SKYWATCHER'S DIARY: March 1995 |
| | At least three corner stars of the Great Square of Pegasus can be seen to the right of the moon: Begin with 3rd-magnitude Gamma Pegasi 11 degrees to the moon's right, then find 2nd-mag Alpha Andromedae 14 degrees upper right of Gamma Peg, and 2nd-mag Beta Peg 14 degrees lower right of Alpha And. | | | At nightfall the moon is well up in W. Second-magnitude Hamal, or Alpha in Aries the Ram, shines 15 degrees to the moon's upper right, with 3rd-mag Beta Ari 4 degrees below it, and 4th-mag Gamma Ari 1.5 degrees lower left of Beta. | | | The variable star Mira, brightening toward its April maximum, is 18 degrees left of the moon. |
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http://www.pa.msu.edu/~ftp/pub/swd/1995/SWD_9503.html
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| | 51 Pegasi |
| | It lies near the center (22:57:28+20:46:7.8, ICRS 2000.0) of Constellation Pegasus, the Winged Horse -- northwest of Markab (Alpha Pegasi) and southwest of Scheat (Beta Pegasi). | | | In 1995, astronomers (Michel Mayor and Didier Queloz) announced the discovery of a Jupiter-class planet around 51 Pegasi using radial-velocity methods (Mayor and Queloz, 1995; and 51 Pegasi at the Observatoire de Genève). | | | As 51 Pegasi has become one of the top 100 target stars for NASA's planned Terrestrial Planet Finder (TPF), images of this star and its position relative to the Milky Way in Earth's night sky are now available from the TPF-C team. |
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http://www.solstation.com/stars2/51pegasi.htm
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| | * Gamma Pegasi - (Astronomy): Definition |
| | Beta Pegasi, called Scheat from the Arabic meaning ‘the shin’; and Gamma Pegasi, or Algenib, meaning ‘the side’ in Arabic. | | | This relatively large galaxy is just over a degree north-west of Gamma Pegasi. | | | The star Algenib (Scientific Name Gamma Pegasi) is located at right ascension 0h 13.237m and declination 15° 11.017'. |
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http://en.mimi.hu/astronomy/gamma_pegasi.html
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| | * 51 Pegasi - (Astronomy): Definition |
| | 14 Herculis 15 Sagittae* 18 Scorpii* 37 Geminorum* 44 (i) Boötis 3* 47 Ursae Majoris* 51 Pegasi* 54 Piscium 55 (Rho1) Cancri 2* 58 Eridani* 70 Virginis 83 Leonis 2* 85 Pegasi 3* Aldebaran 2 Alpha Mensae* Arcturus Beta Pictoris Capella 4 Castor 6 CM... | | | 5-magnitude 51 Pegasi is easily visible in binoculars, high in the evening sky, between Alpha and Beta Pegasi, the western pair of stars in the Great Square of Pegasus. | | | Pegasus is part of the Zodiacal constellation of Aquarius (?) where the first known planet, 51 Pegasi, outside of our own was discovered in 1995. |
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http://en.mimi.hu/astronomy/51_pegasi.html
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| | * Beta Cassiopeiae - (Astronomy): Definition |
| | With beta Cassiopeiae () and gamma Pegasi (), as the Three Guides, it marks the equinoctial colure, the prime meridian of the heavens. | | | Principal stars are: Schedar - The Breast (Alpha Cassiopeiae), magnitude 2.2; Caph (Beta Cassiopeiae), magnitude 2.3; Gamma Cassiopeiae a shell star, variable, with mean magnitude 2.5; Ruchba - The Knee (Delta Cassiopeiae), magnitude 2.7... | | | Beta Cassiopeiae is known as Caph from the Arabic meaning ‘stained hand’, as it was thought by them to represent a hand stained with henna. |
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http://en.mimi.hu/astronomy/beta_cassiopeiae.html
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| | GTD Bastion - A different Freespace game.. |
| | Although once i get the beta up and running, I'll make a little "map maker" program, so people can start making their own systems for the game. | | | Which should save me from having to make everything, instead, people could make deneb, epsilon pegasi, gamma draconis.etc | | | OK, i have been working and I've come across a new handy.dll to help with all the multiplayer stuff. |
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http://www.woodentoyandgift.com/forums/showthread.php?p=4299#post4299
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| | Pegasus (constellation) - Dangeruss-Industries.com |
| | Pegasus' brightest stars (of the second magnitude) are Alpha Pegasi and Beta Pegasi, which together with Gamma Pegasi (third magnitude) form the triangular wing of the horse. | | | The stars Epsilon Pegasi and Theta Pegasi belong to the hind legs, with Epsilon Pegasi being of the third magnitude. | | | Eta Pegasi and Pi Pegasi form the head: Pi Pegasi is the snout, and Eta Pegasi has magnitude three. |
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http://www.dangeruss-industries.com/results/Pegasus_(constellation).html
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| | * Alpha Pegasi - (Astronomy): Definition |
| | Markab = Alpha Pegasi Scheat = Beta Pegasi Algenib = Gamma Pegasi alpheratz = Gamma Pegasi = Alpha Andromedae Enif = Epsilon Pegasi Matar = Eta Pegasi | | | The great square is formed by alpha Pegasi, (or Markab, "the Saddle"), beta Pegasi, (or Scheat or Menkhib, "the Horse's Shoulder"), gamma Pegasi, (or Algenib,... | | | The remaining three stars of the Square are are Alpha Pegasi, also known as Markab from the Arabic for ‘shoulder’... |
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http://en.mimi.hu/astronomy/alpha_pegasi.html
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| | Star Gazetteer |
| | Scheat (A) SHEE-at Beta Pegasi 3 Var, Dia-145, | | | Kochab (A) KOE-kab Beta Ursae Minoris 1 N Star | | | Beta (G) cen-TAR-ee Beta Centauri none 11th Br, Dia-10 |
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| | Pegasus |
| | Alpha, Beta and Gamma Pegasi, together with Alpha Andromedae, form the well known Great Square of Pegasus, a very useful means of orientation in the sky. | | | The horse's back consists of Alpha, Beta and Gamma Pegasi, his head is decorated by Zeta, Theta and Epsilon Pegasi. | | | Its diameter is estimated at 90 to 110 diameters of the Sun, its distance is 199 light-years. |
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| | Markab |
| | Moreover, Mirfak, the Alpha star, just barely second magnitude (2.49), is only third brightest in the constellation, and is exceeded by both the Beta star (Scheat), by of all things, Epsilon ( | | | As a linking star, Alpheratz -- Alpha Andromedae -- is also Delta Pegasi. | | | Pegasus, Markab (Alpha) at the southwestern corner, Scheat (Beta) at the northwestern, Algenib (Gamma) and the southeastern, and |
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| | Solar System Astronomy: Homework 1: Solutions |
| | This means that Alpha is brightest, Beta second brightest, and Gamma third brightest of the stars in Pegasus. | | | Beta is brightest, Gamma second brightest, and Alpha third brightest. | | | The designations in this case are the first 3 Bayer Letters, which are in decreasing order of brightness for stars in a given constellation. |
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http://www.physics.ncsu.edu/courses/astron/homework1solutions.html
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| | Constellations |
| | Castor (alpha Geminorum) and Pollux (beta Geminorum) Alhena (gamma Geminorum) | | | alpha, beta and gamma Trianguli Australis, the corners of the triangle are of mags 2 and 3 | | | Planetary nebula NGC 2392, also known as Eskimo or Clown Face Nebula |
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| | JBO - Pegasus Constellation |
| | Perhaps this is an odd choice for the A-List. There is nothing to see except a single 5.49 magnitude star that can be found just to the west (about 2 degrees) of the line joining the two stars at the western side of the square, Alpha and Beta Pegasi. | | | M15 is easily found by following the line of the two stars Theta and Epsilon Pegasi a further 4 degrees in a north-westerly direction. So, by placing Epsilon at the appropriate side of a binocular or finder scope field, M15 should be visible towards the other. | | | 51 Pegasi - Star with Planet B |
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http://www.jb.man.ac.uk/public/AList/Pegasus.html
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| | Star Gazetteer |
| | Scheat (A) SHEE-at Beta Pegasi 3 Var, Dia-145, | | | Kochab (A) KOE-kab Beta Ursae Minoris 1 N Star | | | Albireo (?) al-BIRR-ee-oh Beta Cygni 2 Double star for binoc. |
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| | 54 Piscium |
| | It lies in the northwestern corner (0:39:21.8+21:15:1.7, ICRS 2000.0) of Constellation Pisces -- northeast of Algenib (Gamma Pegasi), southeast of Alpheratz (Alpha Andromedae), southwest of Delta Andromedae and Mirach (Beta Andromedae), west of the Triangulum Galaxy (M33) and Sheratan (Beta Arietis), and northwest of spiral galaxy M74 (NGC 628) and Delta and Epsilon Piscium. | | | On January 16, 2003, astronomers announced the discovery of a Saturn-sized, planetary companion to this star (exoplanets.org -- more details below). |
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| | The four stars alpha, beta, gamma Pegasi, and alpha Andromedae outline the Great Square of Pegasus- one of the most prominent asterisms in the sky. | | | Pegasi - the nose of Pegasus located at the far western end of the constellation. | | | The 6.4 magnitude globular cluster M15 (NGC 7078) lies roughly 40,000 lightyears away. |
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| | JBO - Pegasus Constellation |
| | Perhaps this is an odd choice for the A-List. There is nothing to see except a single 5.49 magnitude star that can be found just to the west (about 2 degrees) of the line joining the two stars at the western side of the square, Alpha and Beta Pegasi. | | | M15 is easily found by following the line of the two stars Theta and Epsilon Pegasi a further 4 degrees in a north-westerly direction. So, by placing Epsilon at the appropriate side of a binocular or finder scope field, M15 should be visible towards the other. | | | 51 Pegasi - Star with Planet B |
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| | resource.txt |
| | Beta Pegasi Epsilon Lipi Groombridge Beta Leporis Epsilon Draconis Gamma Aquarii Gamma Reticuli Zeta Sextantis Gamma Kepler Alpha Andromedae It may be of interest to note that the locations of the Rainbow worlds form a particular pattern when diagrammed on the map of HyperSpace. | | | Gamma Scorpii 1, Beta Copernicus 1, and Gamma Brahe 1. | | | The distraction you need can be found at the Umgah homeworld of Beta Orionis 1. |
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| | Beta Pegasi Epsilon Lipi Groombridge Beta Leporis Epsilon Draconis Gamma Aquarii Gamma Reticuli Zeta Sextantis Gamma Kepler Alpha Andromedae It may be of interest to note that the locations of the Rainbow worlds form a particular pattern when diagrammed on the map of HyperSpace. | | | Gamma Scorpii 1, Beta Copernicus 1, and Gamma Brahe 1. | | | The distraction you need can be found at the Umgah homeworld of Beta Orionis 1. |
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| | Beta Pegasi Epsilon Lipi Groombridge Beta Leporis Epsilon Draconis Gamma Aquarii Gamma Reticuli Zeta Sextantis Gamma Kepler Alpha Andromedae It may be of interest to note that the locations of the Rainbow worlds form a particular pattern when diagrammed on the map of HyperSpace. | | | Gamma Scorpii 1, Beta Copernicus 1, and Gamma Brahe 1. | | | The distraction you need can be found at the Umgah homeworld of Beta Orionis 1. |
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