Andrew Cooper
Aug 15, 2023    Waikoloa, HI (map)
20cm f/6 Newtonian, Cave Astrola @ 76x
Seeing: 6 Transparency: 7 Moon: 0%

A fine pair of orange stars separated by 45", HD 4372 is the southwestern component whie HD 4388 sits to the northeast, the two are 1.5° east of δ And

Gaia EDR3 data shows HD4388 to be a background star with a parallax of 5.2124mas while HD 4372 has a parallax of 14.3011mas, the proper motions do not match up either

Captain William Henry Smyth
Feb 13, 1836    No. 6 The Crescent, Bedford, England (map)
150mm f/17.6 refractor by Tully 1827

A wide double star, following δ on the Lady's right shoulder, by about a degree and a half. Both individuals are of the 8th magnitude, and pale yellow. B is Piazzi's No. 176; and the pair which is not a fine one constitutes WH V 123

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

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