Constellations
Equuleus (Equ)
The Little Horse
Also known as little horse, foal.
6 looks for Equuleus
The constellation in a clear night sky over the hills: its lines draw themselves one on every beat, its real stars twinkle with the part of the song their colour answers, the Milky Way glows and a shooting star crosses on the big moments.
About Equuleus
- What it is
- One of the IAU's constellations: The Little Horse
- IAU abbreviation
- Equ
- Its stars are named
- Equulei (as in "Alpha Equulei")
- Family
- Heavenly Waters
- Where
- Along the celestial equator: seen from both hemispheres
- Highest in the sky
- At about 9 pm in September
- Centre
- Right ascension 21h 14m, declination +8° 28′
- The figure
- 3 stars joined by 2 lines
- Brightest star
- Kitalpha, magnitude 3.92
Its stars
Brightest first. A smaller magnitude is a brighter star; the visualizer sizes and colours each one by these.
- Kitalpha (α Equ)mag 3.92
- δ Equmag 4.49
- γ Equmag 4.69
Every star's place, brightness and colour is the Yale Bright Star Catalogue's; the figure is the IAU's, through d3-celestial (credited on the licences page). Constellations template · Every constellation