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EQUULEUS

 

(Abbreviation:  Eql).

 

   A very obscure and small constellation, but one of the ‘originals’.  It represents a foal given by Mercury to Caster, one of the Heavenly Twins.  There is only one star above the fourth magnitude: a (3.92).  The name often applied to a has a decidedly modern flavour!  

 

BRIGHTEST STARS

 

STAR

R.A.

DEC

MAG.

ABS.MAG.

SPEC

DIST.PC

H

M

S

o

5  g

21

10

20.3

+10

07

53

4.69

1.0

FOp

64

7  d

21

14

28.7

+10

00

25

4.49

4.0

F8

15

8  a

21

15

49.3

+05

14

52

3.92

0.6

GO

46  KITALPHA

 

DOUBLES

 

STAR

R.A.

DEC

MAGS.

P.A.

DIST.”

H

M

S

o

1  Î

20

59

04.2

+04

17

57

5.7,

288

0.9

MULTIPLE PHYSICAL GROUP. AB FORMS A BINARY; 101 YEARS

7.0,

070

10.6

7.1,

280

74.8

12.5

10  b

21

22

58.5

+06

48

40

5.2,13

257

34.4

OBTICAL-FAINTNESS OF B MAKES A USEFUL TEST d IS A VERY CLOSE BINARY WITH NEARLY EQUAL COMPONENTS.  THE ORBITAL PERIOD IS ONLY 5.70 YEARS, AND THE SEPARATION NEVER EXCEEDES 0”. 35.

 

VARIABLE

 

STAR

R.A.

DEC

RANGE

PERIOD,D.

SPEC

TYPE

H

M

o

S

20

54.7

+04

53

8.0---10.0

3.44

B8

ECLIPSING

 

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