The Sky Tonight— images from historic star atlases, keyed to the modern constellationsAdjacent to Pegasus toward Aquila, one of the smallest of the 88 constellations.
Equuleus is included in the ancient star catalog of Ptolemy, but not in those of Eudoxos of Knidos and Aratos of Soli.
Foal of Pegasus, or the Flying Horse (not Pegasus), or a seahorse.
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Bayer, Uranometria (1661): Equuleus | 1661 |
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Bayer, Uranometria (1661): Equuleus, detail | 1661 |
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Bode (1801), plate 10 | 1801 |
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Bode (1801), plate 10: Equuleus | 1801 |
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Bode (1801), plate 10: Pegasus | 1801 |
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Bode (1801), Plate 1: Aries Planisphere Uranographia Tab I. Stellatum Hemisphaeri um Arietis. Bode included two planisphere plates. They are not southern and northern hemispheres; each one has Polaris at the top and the south pole at the bottom. Each… |
1801 |
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Urania's Mirror (1825) card: Pegasus more Urania's Mirror (1825) card: Pegasus, Equuleus |
1825 |
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Urania's Mirror (1825) figure: Equuleus more The head of Pegasus is on the right. |
1825 |
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