Is the constellation Pegasus the only constellation that when imagined is an upside down horse?
Pegasus, The Winged Horse, is a constellation that appears in the south in the autumn for the northern latitudes. Its main geometrical figure is the “Great Square of Pegasus.” To the observers on earth, the winged horse appears to be flying upside down. The vernal equinox, the sun’s location when spring begins, is not far south of the square. To locate features of this area, it may be convienient to imagine that the square is the bowl of a large dipper, having as its handle the line formed by three bright stars of Andromeda (her head and length of body) and a fourth star in Perseus (his hand holding the Gorgon’s head). The hind legs of Pegasus appear to make up the constellation of Andromeda. The constellation can be found below the Summer Triangle which has the constellations of Lyra, Cygnus and Aquila. To the left would be located Aquarius The main stars (marked with larger star icons) found in this constellation are: Alpheratz (it’s the head of Andromeda as well), Algenib, Scheat an
