Equuleus constellation

Equuleus, the Little Horse, is the second-smallest of the 88 constellations after Crux. Ptolemy already listed it, and it may go back to the Greek astronomer Hipparchus. Only the head of a young horse is depicted; there is no clear myth, though it is sometimes considered the brother or foal of Pegasus, beside which it stands in the sky. It lies between Pegasus and Delphinus and consists only of faint stars. The brightest, Kitalpha, reaches about fourth magnitude, and its Arabic name means roughly “part of the horse”. There are hardly any notable deep-sky objects for small instruments, though a few double stars reward telescope users. From Central Europe, Equuleus is visible in the south on late summer and autumn evenings, best under a dark sky.