Equuleus

One of the 88 IAU constellations. It was invented in the Almagest (138 CE), called Protamos.

Etymology and History

The Greek constellation ...

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Greek name for the constellation in the Almagest: protamos means "the bust" and it designated the bust of a horse (alf, bet, gam, del Equ). alf Equ already has gotten an IAU-name. Among the remaining ones, del Equ is the brightest

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