Does anyone know who discovered the constellation pegasus?
Nobody ”discovered” the constellation Pegasus, but it was “ïnvented” and for a bit of history on how it cane about:- There are a total of 88 constellations which cover the entire sky. These are now taken as fixed areas of the sky and not patterns as was originaly envisaged by ancient Greece. They are still useful for defining the position of celestial objects such as stars and nebulae. Originally there were only 45 constellations published around circa 150 AD by the Greek astronomer Ptolemy it was he who called one particular group of stars “Pegasus” the winged horse of Greek mythology in his famous book The Almagest. So he invented the name and constellation. Many of those in The Almagest were in fact “invented” by the Babylonians (whis is now Iraq) before 2000BC, particularly the 12 constellations of the Zodiac Ptolemys book was used until the 16th Century when two Dutch astronomers added another 12 new ones covering the southern hemisphere. 100 years later a further 7 were added b
