IK Pegasi is a binary star system in the constellation Pegasus. It is just luminous enough to be seen with the unaided eye, at a distance of about 154 light years from the Solar System.
The Helix Nebula is being created by a star evolving into a white dwarf. NASA & ESA image.
Pegasus is a constellation in the northern sky, named after the winged horse Pegasus in Greek mythology. It was one of the 48 constellations listed by the 2nd-century astronomer Ptolemy, and is one of the 88 constellations recognised today.
Pegasus with the foal Equuleus next to it, as depicted in Urania's Mirror, a set of constellation cards published in London c.1825. The horses appear upside-down in relation to the constellations around them.
The constellation Pegasus as it can be seen by the naked eye
Pegasus from Al-Sufi's Book of Fixed Stars, dated 1009-10
Stephan's Quintet photographed by the James Webb Space Telescope