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Covering 1121 square degrees, Pegasus ranks 7th of the 88 constellations in size. Pegasus is bordered by Andromeda to the north and east, [[Lacerta]] to the north,[[Cygnus]] to the northwest, [[Vulpecula]], [[Delphinus]] and [[Equuleus]] to the west, [[Aquarius]] to the south and [[Pisces]] to the south and east.
Covering 1121 square degrees, Pegasus ranks 7th of the 88 constellations in size. Pegasus is bordered by Andromeda to the north and east, [[Lacerta]] to the north,[[Cygnus]] to the northwest, [[Vulpecula]], [[Delphinus]] and [[Equuleus]] to the west, [[Aquarius]] to the south and [[Pisces]] to the south and east.
[[Messier 15]] (NGC 7078) is a globular cluster of magnitude 6.4, 34,000 light-years from Earth. It is a Shapley class IV cluster, which means that it is fairly rich and concentrated towards its center.


==History==  
==History==