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	Constellation Guide Nearby Perseus Cygnus, the Swan Keyword Search Find StarDate radio programs about: Aquila, the Eagle Auriga, the Charioteer Big Dipper Boøtes, the Herdsman Cancer, the Crab Canis Major, the Greater Dog Capricornus, the Sea-Goat Cassiopeia Cygnus, the Swan Delphinus, the Dolphin Gemini, the Twins Leo, the Lion Libra, the Scales Lyra, the Harp Orion, the Hunter Orion's Belt Pegasus, the Flying Horse Perseus Pisces, the Fish Sagittarius, the Archer Scorpius, the Scorpion Taurus, the Bull Ursa Major, the Great Bear Pegasus, the Flying Horse Pegasus is a large pattern of stars marked by a great square — four bright stars that form the body of the winged horse. The brightest star in the Great Square — Alpheratz — isn't in the constellation Pegasus. It's in Andromeda, which is just northeast of Pegasus. It's part of the ancient sky picture that we know as Pegasus. But when astronomers drew the official boundaries for the constellations, this star was placed just across the line in Andromeda. The brightest star in the constellation Pegasus is called Markab, which means "the saddle." It's at the southwestern corner of the Great Square.
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