Alpha Equulei is called Kitalpha, which some interpret as meaning ‘Little Horse’, although this is the name of the constellation itself.

Alpha is a 3.9 magnitude yellow giant, all other stars are fifth-magnitude or fainter.

The star is a bit more than one binocular field southwest of Enif (epsilon Pegasi, that constellation's brightest star): binoculars.

In the same binocular field are seen most of the other important stars in this constellation.

Of these stars, gamma and delta are wide-separation binary systems, while the best binary is 2 Equulei (also known as lambda Equ), fifteen degrees to the east of alpha, which however is only suitable for telescopes.