Constellation Chart

The Little Horse

Equuleus is a tiny constellation formed by fine warped square. The constellation is positioned between Delphinus and Pegasus, and is the smallest constellation to the Southern Cross. Alpha Equ, Kitalpha, has a visual magnitude of 4.5 at most. Although the constellation contains no major stars, unexpectedly conspicuous because Equuleus is lying in autumn sky decorated with empty asterisms. The constellation had established in 127 BC, and the 48 Ptolemaic constellations included this minor one. So it can be said that Equuleus has a long and distinguish history.

Equuleus is after Crux the secondary smallest constellation of the sky. Although it consists only of weak stars, it is visually clearly recognizable, if one oriented oneself. Equuelus can exhibit only 4 objects from the NGC catalog, is still the clearest of which the 12mag-Galaxie NGC 7015. In addition there are a number of weak IC galaxies as well as some double stars, whereby perhaps Epsilon Equulei is the most beautiful.

Galaxies In Equuleus

IC 1361

Galaxy IC 1361 In the constellation of Equuleus. The galaxies Co-ordinates are Right Ascension: 21 11 30.0 & Declination: +5 03 00. The magnitude of the galaxy is 1.1'X1.1'.

NGC7015

Both Stephan and Swift saw the fog. The fog appears schwacht and elongiert with bright center. Indirect seeing is necessary around its light to erhaschen.

NGC7040

This galaxy is the only NGC object, which was discovered by Marks of W. Harrington with that 12.5"Refraktor of the observatory of the University OF Michigan (to 18.8.1882). It appears indirectly relatively weak. Also with 126x only very smaller, vague fog is to be recognized, which appears about round altogether.

NGC7045

Behind the NGC number 7045 a closer weak double star hides itself - saliently convenient between two 9mag-Sternen. With 98x it becomes clear why the object is in the NGC catalog - which appears double star as not dissolved, vague fog of oblong form. Even with 191x the separation is difficult due to the weakness of the object. Actually John Herschels telescope should have separated the double star - probably it observed at one night with particularly bad Seeing.

IC1360

This small galaxy IC1360 stands south a salient small Sterngrueppchens and is well discoverable therefore. It appears indirectly very weakly and very small - nearly too weakly, in order to recognize a form - earliest appeared the fog round oval.

IC1375

A rather weak object - also for 8". With indirect view a very small fog is approx. 50% of the time to hold - not all too difficult with 126x. Beginning way konte I an oblong form recognizes, which might be due to the galaxy however north of a very weak star.

IC1377

This galaxy seems to possess a smaller flaechenhelligkeit, than the two previous IC's. It is straight with 126x only very weakly visibly - times in good moments lighting up. Too weakly, in order to determine a form - however it is very small like their colleagues. Many weak stars are in the proximity.

NGC 7046

This is that only objects, which the large William Herschel in Equuleus discovered, and already he found the fog very weak (category III). With 8"only a larger, quite remarkable Woelkchen appears, with very small flaechenhelligkeit after some adaptation. The elongation in east west direction amounts to about 3:1, whereby itself a central clarification only very weakly suggest.

IC1364

One must already highly increase, in order to recognize with this fog more than only a vague weak star. With 126x or 191x the galaxy appears better rather weakly, small and approximately.

IC 5083

Galaxy IC 5083 In the constellation of Equuleus. The galaxies Co-ordinates are Right Ascension: 21 03 48.0 & Declination: +11 46 00.

IC 1365

Galaxy IC 1365 In the constellation of Equuleus. The galaxies Co-ordinates are Right Ascension: 21 13 54.0 & Declination: +2 35 00.

IC 1367

Galaxy IC 1367 In the constellation of Equuleus. The galaxies Co-ordinates are Right Ascension: 21 14 12.0 & Declination: +2 59 00.

IC 5097

Star IC 5097 In the constellation of Equuleus. The Stars Co-ordinates are Right Ascension: 21 15 00.0 & Declination: +4 27 00.

IC 1361

Galaxy IC 1361 In the constellation of Equuleus. The galaxies Co-ordinates are Right Ascension: 21 11 30.0 & Declination: +5 03 00. The magnitude of the galaxy is 1.1'X1.1'.