Andrew Cooper
Nov 15, 2020    Waikoloa, HI (map)
20cm f/6 Newtonian, Cave Astrola @ 76x
Seeing: 6 Transparency: 6 Moon: 0%

Yellow, no companion noted

Andrew Cooper
Nov 7, 2020    Waikoloa, HI (map)
20cm f/6 Newtonian, Cave Astrola @ 76x
Seeing: 6 Transparency: 6 Moon: 0%

White, a 9th magnitude companion visible 28" east

The Gaia DR2 data should reasonably well matched parallax and proper motion, this may be a physical pair

Captain William Henry Smyth
Nov 29, 1835    No. 6 The Crescent, Bedford, England (map)
150mm f/17.6 refractor by Tully 1827

A fine double star in a line about one-third the distance from γ Pegasi to η Ceti. A 6½, pearl white; B 9, lilac tint. This is in the centre of that part of the kheït, or ribbon, of the sign Pisces, which is near the tail of the preceding fish; and my observations for position and distance are highly satisfactory.

It is H IV 70; and a comparison with his first measures would indicate a sensible increase of distance between the two stars, as well as a retrocession of the orbital angle: but from the concordance of recent measures, it may still be questioned whether the position has not been stationary. Indeed, when we recollect that WH first classed these interesting objects, and made the instruments wherewith to grapple their details, we can only admire how well they stand such rigorous comparisons.

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

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