Constellations · Constellation · Equulei · Equ
Constellation
Equuleus
The little horse — the second-smallest constellation, a head poking out beside Pegasus. One of Ptolemy’s original 48.
- Genitive
- Equulei
- Area
- 72 square degrees · 87th of 88
- Brightest star
- Kitalpha · magnitude 3.92
- Naked-eye stars
- 18 brighter than magnitude 6.5
- Highest at midnight
- early August
Myth
Perhaps Celeris, the brother of Pegasus, given to Castor by Mercury. Nobody is quite sure.