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| English name | Little Horse | ||||
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| Major stars | No star of the constellation exceeds the magnitude 3,5. | ||||
| Description | Weak constellation of the equatorial region, beside Pegasus: in order of extension, it is the second among the smallest constellations of the sky (the first one is Crux). It doesn't contain particular heavenly objects, besides a double star, epsilon Equulei, formed by a yellow component of fifth magnitude and by a white-blue component of seventh magnitude. |
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| Mythology and history | The constellation was drawn perhaps by Ptolemy: it represents Celeris, brother of the near Pegasus. | ||||
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