The Constellation Equuleus
by Dominic Ford
Equuleus is the second-smallest of the modern constellations, and perhaps the most insignificant.
It contains no stars brighter than mag 3.9, and no deep sky objects brighter than thirteenth magnitude.
Its name is Latin for ‘little horse’ or foal. So small is the constellation that there is only space to depict the horse's head. It lies next to the much larger horse Pegasus.
Accounts vary as to horse's identity in Greek mythology.
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| Stars | Open Clusters | Globular Clusters | Galaxies |
| Kitalpha (mag 3.9) | NGC 7015 (mag 12.5) | ||
| δ-Equ (mag 4.5) | NGC 7046 (mag 12.7) | ||
| γ-Equ (mag 4.7) | IC 1364 (mag 13.4) | ||
| β-Equ (mag 5.1) | IC 1377 (mag 14.8) | ||
| 3-Equ (mag 5.6) | NGC 7040 (mag 14.8) | ||
| 9-Equ (mag 5.8) | IC 1375 (mag 15.2) | ||
| ε-Equ (mag 5.9) | IC 5083 (mag 15.3) | ||
| 4-Equ (mag 6.0) | IC 1361 (mag 15.4) | ||
| HIP 105224 (mag 6.0) | IC 1360 (mag 15.4) | ||
| HIP 103652 (mag 6.0) | IC 1367 (mag 15.5) | ||
| 6-Equ (mag 6.1) | IC 1379 (mag 15.7) | ||
| HIP 104357 (mag 6.2) | IC 1365 (mag 15.8) | ||
| HIP 105695 (mag 6.3) | |||
| HIP 104041 (mag 6.4) | |||
| HIP 104481 (mag 6.4) | |||
| λ-Equ (mag 7.4) |
