Kitalpha

Equuleus · α Equ · HR 8131

HIP104987
Visual magnitude3.92
Right ascension (J2000)318.956°
Declination (J2000)5.24787°
WDS J21158+0515
IAU adoption2016/08/21

Name origin

Applied in recent times from the sci-A constellation name qit'at al-faras, "the Section of the Horse," for Equuleus. Ptolemy had Ἵππου Προτομή, "the First Half of the Horse," for the constellation, because it shows only half the figure (as with the constellations Taurus, Pegasus, and the Greek ship Argo).

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