Pegasus is an ancient Greek northern constellation, situated south-east of Andromeda. The three brightest stars of Pegasus form a square with Andromeda, called the square of Pegasus. The constellation, which is named for the winged horse of Greek mythology, is usually seen upside down in the sky, with only the head, neck, and front half of the animal represented by the stars. Research Pegasus
In Greek mythology, Bellerophon was a hero who, having accidentally killed his brother, fled to Proetus, king of Argos, whose wife, Antsea, fell in love with him. Being slighted, she instigated her husband to send him to her father Iobates, king of Lycia, with a letter urging him to put to death the insulter of his daughter. That king, not wishing to do so directly, imposed on him the dangerous task of conquering the Chimaera, which Bellerophon, mounted on Pegasus, a gift from Athena, overpowered. Iobates afterwards gave him his daughter in marriage, and shared his kingdom with him. He attempted to soar to heaven on the winged horsePegasus, but fell to the earth, where he wandered about blind, until he died. Research Bellerophon
In Greek mythology, the Gorgons; Stheino, Buryale, and Medusa, were daughters of Phorcys and Ceto. Two of them were believed to be immortal, while the third. Medusa, the youngest and most beautiful of them, was mortal. She loved Poseidon, and having met him once in the temple of Athene, to the desecration of that building, was punished by having her beautiful hair turned into snakes, thus making her appearance more ghastly than that of her sisters. Her face was terrible to behold, turning the spectator into stone. At last Perseus, finding her asleep, cut off her head with his curved sword, and presented it to Athene, who had assisted him in the enterprise, to be worn on her aegis or shield as a terror to her enemies.
The ancient poets describe the Gorgons generally as horrid, aged women, and frequently place them by the side of the Furies. In early times there was only one Gorgon - Medusa - instead of the three of later times. The winged horse, Pegasus, was the offspring of her and Poseidon. In art Perseus is represented standing with sword in one hand and the head of Medusa in the other, turning his face away to avoid seeing it. The subject of Perseus cutting off the head of Medusa occurs in one of the earliest examples of Greek sculpture - one of the metopes of the oldest temple at Selinus, in Sicily; and from the conventional manner in which her face is represented, compared with the other parts of the sculpture, it is agreed that the type must have been familiar for some time to Greek art. To possess a representation of a Gorgon' s face was to be provided with a charm against ills, and accordingly it was frequently employed as a personal ornament. Research Gorgons
Constellations are the groups into which astronomers have divided the fixed stars, and which have received names for the convenience of description and reference. It is plain that the union of several stars into a constellation, to which the name of some animal, person, or inanimate object is given, must be entirely arbitrary, since the several points (the stars) may be united in a hundred different ways, just as imagination directs.
The grouping adopted by the Egyptians was accordingly modified by the Greeks, though they retained the Ram, the Bull, the Dog, etc; and the Greek constellations were again modified by the Romans, and again by the Arabians. At various times, also, Christianity has endeavoured to supplant the pagan system, the VenerableBede having given the names of the twelve apostles to the signs of the zodiac, and Judas Schillerius having, in 1627, applied Scripture names to all the constellations. Weigelius, a professor of Jena, even grouped the stars upon a heraldic basis, introducing the arms of all the princes of Europe among the constellations. The old constellations have, however, been for the most part retained.
Ptolemy enumerated forty-eight constellations, which are still called the Ptolemaean. They are the following: 1. The twelve signs of the zodiac. 2. Twenty-one constellations found in the northern hemisphere - the Great Bear (Ursa Major), the Little Bear (Ursa Minor), Perseus, the Dragon, Cepheus, Cassiopeia, Andromeda, Pegasus, Equulus (Horse's Head), the Triangle, the Waggoner (Auriga), Bootes, the Northern Crown (Corona Boredlis), Ophiuchus, the Serpent (Serpentarius), Hercules, the Arrow (Sagitta), the Lyre, the Swan (Cygnus), the Dolphin, the Eagle (Aquila). 3. Fifteen constellations in the southern hemisphere - Orion, the Whale (Cetus), Eridanus, the Hare (Lepus), the Great Dog (Canis Major), the Little Dog (Canis Minor), Hydra, the Cup (Crater), the Crow (Corvus), the Centaur, the Wolf (Lupus), the Altar (Ara), the Southern Fish (Piscis Australia), the Argo, the Southern Crown (Corona Australia). Others were subsequently added, this being especially rendered necessary by the increased navigation of the southern hemisphere, and now the different groups of stars have come to be associated with all sorts of animals and objects, including the Giraffe, the Fly, the Air-pump, the Compasses, etc.
The different stars of a constellation are marked by Greek letters, alpha denoting those of the first magnitude, beta,those of the second and so on. Stars of the sixth magnitude are the smallest visible to the naked eye. Several stars also have particular names. Research Constellation
Pegasus Mail is a free, standards-based electronic mailclient for IBMPC computers, suitable for use by single or multiple users on single computers or on local area networks.
Pegasus mail is very feature rich, including mail filtering, mail-merge, and the ability to operate multiple-user accounts from one PC. Pegasus Mail can run on single computers using the DOS or Windows operating system, or on local area networks - it has special support for Novell NetWare LANs that allow it to operate intuitively and with almost no maintenance. The program also supports multiple users on a single computer. Versions are available for both 32-bit Windows (Windows 95, 98, NT4 and 2000) and 16-bit Windows (any version of Windows 3.1 or later). Pegasus Mail can act as a complete internal mail system on its own without needing further servers or components: it can send and receive Internet mail on its own using standard protocols (SMTP, IMAP and POP3). Research Pegasus Mail
the Dornier Do 31 was a German experimental tactical VSTOL transport aircraft first flown in 1967. The Dornier Do 31 was a high-wing cantilever monoplane of metal construction powered by two Bristol Siddeley Pegasus 5-2 vectored-thrust propulsion engines providing a top speed of 750 kmh and a range of 1800 km fully laden. The Dornier Do 31 carried a crew of two with dual controls on a flight deck and had thirty-six folding seats for fully-equipped troops in the cabin, or could carry twenty-four stretcher cases in tiers of four or other cargo including three jeeps. Research Dornier Do 31
The Fairey Swordfish was a British land-based and carrier-borne two or three-seater torpedo-bomber and reconnaissance biplane first flown in 1934 and produced until 1944. The Fairey Swordfish was a two-bay unequal-span staggered biplane powered by a Bristol Pegasus 30 9-cylinder radial air-cooled engine rated at 750 hp that provided a top speed of 220 kmh. The Fairey Swordfish was armed with one 0.303 inch Vickers machine-gun in the top deck of the fuselage firing through the airscrew and one trainable 0.303 inch Lewismachine-gun mounted at the back of the rear cockpit, a payload of 1500 lbs could also be carried and typically comprised a single torpedo carried beneath the fuselage, or a sea mine, bombs or eight 60 lb rockets. Research Fairey Swordfish
The Handley Page Hampden was a British mid-wing cantilever monoplane bomber aircraft of the Second World War. It carried a crew of four and was armed with one fixed and one movable Vickers machine-gun firing forward, two Vickers machine-guns mounted on top and two below the fuselage firing aft. It was powered by two 1000 hp Bristol Pegasus air-cooled radial engines. Research Hampden
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