Andrew Cooper
Nov 7, 2020    Waikoloa, HI (map)
20cm f/6 Newtonian, Cave Astrola @ 136x
Seeing: 6 Transparency: 6 Moon: 0%

An orange with a faint 11th magnitude companion visible 30" northwest

Gaia DR2 data shows this companion is not physically associated with dramatically different parallax and proper motions

Captain William Henry Smyth
Dec 13, 1833    No. 6 The Crescent, Bedford, England (map)
150mm f/17.6 refractor by Tully 1827

A delicate double star following γ Pegasi at about 2½° in the sf quarter. A 7, topaz yellow; B 13, emerald green. It is in the boundary, but not in the figure of the Fishes; and though not close, has an elegant aspect from the strong contrast of its colours in so barren a field of view. As the small star defies illumination, the position is approached by the rock-crystal micrometer, and the distance is cautiously inferred. This object is Σ's No. 27, and was thus first measured: Pos. 344°54' Dist. 31".63 Ep. 1828.76

― A Cycle of Celestial Objects Vol II, The Bedford Catalogue, William Henry Smyth, 1844

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