Alpha Equulei

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Alpha Equulei (α Equulei, abbreviated Alpha Equ, α Equ), officially named Kitalpha , is the brightest star in the constellation of Equuleus. It is a binary system with an orbital period of 98.8 days and a sky separation of a few milliarcseconds, too small to be resolved with the naked eye.

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Image: IAU and Sky & Telescope magazine (Roger Sinnott & Rick Fienberg), CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons.