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List of stars in Pegasus

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionAug 23, 2026
Entity authorityQ546783 ↗
Source-derived summary

This is the list of notable stars in the constellation Pegasus, sorted by decreasing brightness.

See also

List of stars by constellation

References

"The Hipparcos and Tycho Catalogues". ESA. 1997. Retrieved 2006-12-26.

Kostjuk, N. D. (2002). "HD-DM-GC-HR-HIP-Bayer-Flamsteed Cross Index". cdsarc.u-strasbg.fr. Retrieved 2006-12-26.

Roman, N. G. (1987). "Identification of a Constellation from a Position".

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This entry incorporates text from “List of stars in Pegasus” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.