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name: Kitalpha  (α Equ)
constellation: Equ
created_by: 8mag
created_date: 2022-01-21 17:00:00
updated_by: skybber
updated_date: 2022-02-10 16:40:48.313240
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 is the brightest star in the constellation, although it only reaches 3.92mag. The other stars in the constellation are already below 4th magnitude. Kitalpha is a yellow giant of spectral class G0, from which light has been traveling to us for 186 years.