Equuleus

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Abbreviation:  Equ
English Name:  The Little Horse
Genitive: Kitalpha
Hemisphere: Northern Hemisphere
Location: Between the constellations of Pegasus and Delphinus.
Visible between latitudes:  +90 and -70 degrees
Best season: Autumn
Seen in three seasons: Summer, Autumn & Winter
Best seen in:  Late September (map)
Seen between: July and November
Right Ascension (RA): 21 hour
Declination (DEC): +10 degrees
Area (square degrees):  72 square degrees (87th)

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Equuleus (The Little Horse)

  • The second smallest constellation in the sky, and contains no notable deep sky objects – due to its small size and its distance from the plane of the Milky Way.
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  • Some very faint galaxies between magnitudes +13.0 and +15.0 including four objects of NGC.

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Messier Objects in Equuleus

No Messier in Equuleus
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More objects in Equuleus

Select CatalogNo of Objects
Barnard (B)0x object
Caldwell (C)0x object
Collinder (Cr)0x object
New General Catalogue (NGC)4x objects
Index Catalogue (IC)11x objects
Sharpless (Sh2)0x object

Features of Interest

  • NGC 7015 – faint spiral galaxy; fairly small, slightly elongated – weak concentration (Magnitude: +12.4).
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  • NGC 7040 – faint galaxy; fairly small, diffuse oval (Magnitude: +14.0).
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  • NGC 7045 – double star; the first IC notes NGC 7045 is not a nebula, but only a couple of very faint stars close together.
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  • NGC 7046 – barred spiral galaxy; weak concentration, fairly small, slightly elongated (Magnitude: +13.0).

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Named Stars

  • Kitalpha (Alpha Equ) – yellow star (magnitude: +3.9).
  • more list of stars  in Equuleus.

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Planetarium / Constellation Map

Live constellation visible
from the UK :- Planetarium (Equuleus)		Best Seen in:
late September (map)		Seen between:
July and November

IAU Sky Chart: Equuleus

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Constellations – Visible from the UK

AndromedaAquariusAquilaAriesAuriga
BoötesCamelopardalisCancerCanes VenaticiCanis Major
Canis MinorCapricornusCassiopeiaCepheusCetus
Coma BerenicesCorona BorealisCorvusCraterCygnus
DelphinusDracoEquuleusGeminiHercules
HydraLacertaLeoLeo MinorLepus
LibraLynxLyraMonocerosOphiuchus
OrionPegasusPerseusPiscesSagitta
ScutumSerpens CaputSerpens CaudaSextansTaurus
TriangulumUrsa MajorUrsa MinorVirgoVulpecula
(50 constellations above are visible from the United Kingdom.)

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Parts visible from the UK

AntliaColumbaEridanusFornaxMicroscopium
Piscis AustrinusPuppisPyxisSagittariusScorpius
Sculptor
(11 constellations above are partially visible from the United Kingdom.)

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Constellations: Southern Celestial Hemisphere
…..– never seen from the UK

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