Skywatch: The great flying horse of the sky

One of the classic constellations of the night sky is Pegasus, the flying horse. The heavenly horsey is currently soaring in the southeastern early evening sky.

The traditional interpretation of Pegasus is a horse flying upside down with puny little wings. If you can see it that way, more power to you.. I see a majestic horse flying right side up with a huge wingspan. With apologies to purists, in order to do this, I had to “borrow” some stars from the constellation Andromeda. My unofficial version of Pegasus is what you see on Mobile gas station signs. Pegasus is rescuing the lovely Princess Andromeda from a giant ravenous sea monster.

As soon as it’s dark enough, look directly above the eastern horizon for a giant diamond of four fairly bright stars that outline the torso of Pegasus, o