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- noun astronomy Genitive form of
Equuleus used when naming stars, such as α Equulei.
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Examples
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KITALPHA, α _Equulei_, the Arab name for the asterism.
A Field Book of the Stars William Tyler Olcott 1904
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Of these the lowest is [alpha], to the right of which lies [epsilon] Equulei, a fifth-magnitude star, really triple, but seen as a double star with ordinary telescopes (Plate 5).
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Over the past ten years, Equulei has quietly produced some of the most consistently challenging and innovative electronic music to ever come out of Denver.
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Cb: 13a adds, "It was three degrees in [the constellation] Hsü, whose two stars, α Equulei and β Aquarii, were then in R.A. 291. 1° and 293. 2°.
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