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The story behind Pegasus begins with the battle between Perseus and Medusa. When Perseus cut off Medusa's head, drops of blood fell into the sea. They mixed with sea foam, and Pegasus was born. The white sea foam gave the horse his brilliant white color. Pegasus became friends with the warrior, Bellerophon. One day, Bellerophon tried to ride Pegasus to Mount Olympus. This angered Zeus so much that he sent a gadfly to bite Pegasus. When the horse was stung, Bellerophon fell to the Earth. Pegasus made it to the home of the gods, where he still remains in the stars as a constellation...or so i've heard

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When was the constellation of Pegasus first sighted?

There is no real answer to that, because as long as humans have been looking at the night sky, all the constellations have been seen. Initially they were not given names and identified in the way we do now, having 88 identified constellations, but they could all be seen. Pegasus was a constellation listed in Ptolemy's 48 constellations, which he did in the 1st century AD. You could use that as an answer, but it was only given a name around that time, not actually first sighted, which is your question.


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