Type | Star |
---|---|
Magnitude | 5.79 | Right Ascension | 0h 54' 35.2" (2000) |
Declination | 19° 11' 18" N |
Constellation | Pisces |
Classification | A1Vn |
Andrew Cooper
Nov 7, 2020 Waikoloa, HI (map)
20cm f/6 Newtonian, Cave Astrola @ 76x
Seeing: 6 Transparency: 6 Moon: 0%
Blue-white, no companion noted, non-visual binary
Captain William Henry Smyth
Nov 17, 1833 No. 6 The Crescent, Bedford, England (map)
150mm f/17.6 refractor by Tully 1827
While these sheets are in the press, it is announced that Flamsteed's next star, 66 Piscium, is detected double in the gigantic Poulkova refractor; the components being 6th and 7th magnitudes, and half a second of space asunder.― A Cycle of Celestial Objects Vol II, The Bedford Catalogue, William Henry Smyth, 1844
59 Piscium | 61 Piscium | NGC 251 |
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