Equuleus Equ
Equuleus is one of the 88 constellations, covering 71 square degrees of the sky (87th largest). It is highest at midnight in August and best in the evening sky in September and October.
None of its objects has a page of its own here yet.
Facts
| Abbreviation | Equ |
|---|---|
| Size | 71 square degrees (87th largest of the 88; the full Moon covers about 0.2) |
| Middle (J2000) | 21h 12m, +7° |
| Highest at midnight | August (in the evening, around 8–10 pm: September and October) |
| How high | From India (about 20° N) its middle climbs to about 77° above the horizon; from 50° N, to about 47°. |
| Pages here | 0 objects |
Brightest NGC and IC objects
OpenNGC| Object | Type | Magnitude | Size |
|---|---|---|---|
| NGC 7015 (on the map) | Galaxy | 12.5 | 1.7′ |
| NGC 7046 (on the map) | Galaxy | 12.7 | 1.1′ |
| IC 1364 (on the map) | Galaxy | 13.4 | 1.1′ |
| IC 1377 (on the map) | Galaxy | 14.8 | 0.7′ |
| NGC 7040 (on the map) | Galaxy | 14.9 | 1′ |
| IC 1365 NED01 (on the map) | Galaxy | 15 | 1.7′ |
| IC 1375 (on the map) | Galaxy | 15.2 | 0.6′ |
| IC 5083 (on the map) | Galaxy | 15.3 | 0.8′ |
| IC 1361 (on the map) | Galaxy | 15.4 | 0.8′ |
| IC 1360 (on the map) | Galaxy | 15.4 | 0.8′ |
| IC 1367 (on the map) | Galaxy | 15.5 | 0.7′ |
| IC 1379 (on the map) | Galaxy | 15.7 | 0.6′ |
Smaller magnitudes are brighter; the faintest stars the eye sees are about 6. The full Moon is about 31′ across.
Data: IAU constellation boundaries (Roman 1987) · OpenNGC (Mattia Verga, CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data sources & credits