Markab

= Markab=
 * Pegasus**


 * 139.42 Light-years away from Earth**

Markab's Constellation Friends

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About Pegasus
If you find where Andromeda is (near Cassiopeia and Perseus), Pegasus shares a star with Andromeda, and then extends down and into the "great square" of Pegasus. Mythology of Pegasus: Pegasus was sired by Poseidon, and hid inside of the Medusa's head until Perseus slew her, whereupon he flew out and was given to Bellerophon by Athene. Bellerophon was a grandson of Sisyphus, and was given Pegasus to help him defeat the Chimaera. Bellerophon defeated the Chimaera by sticking a lump of lead in her jaws, which her breath melted, sending molten lead down her throat and burning her to death. Bellerophon used Pegasus again, to defeat another monster, which of course he succeeded at doing. He returned, and flew towards Olympus as though he belonged there. Zeus sent a gadfly to bite Pegasus, causing him to rear. Bellerophon fell back down to earth, where he lived a long miserable life where no one would talk to him because he was shunned by the gods for assuming he was great enough to be one of them. Pegasus, however, was used by Zeus to carry around his thunderbolts.

Parallax- The Three Steps
The way I did it was very easy. I just divided 1 by 0.0234 to get the distance in arcseconds. Then I multiplied 42.735 by 3.262 Light years to get my answer, which just so happens to be 139.41. media type="custom" key="2870205"
 * 1) Look at the star in question from two different locations (opposite sides of the sun)
 * 2) Measure the "distance" the star appeared to move.
 * 3) Convert by dividing 1 by the parallax angle.