Type | Star |
---|---|
Magnitude | 7.7 | Right Ascension | 1h 52' 2.5" (2000) |
Declination | 10° 48' 38" N |
Constellation | Aries |
Classification | F0 |
Captain William Henry Smyth
Dec 28, 1834 No. 6 The Crescent, Bedford, England (map)
150mm f/17.6 refractor by Tully 1827
A close double star. A 7½, and B 8, both lucid white. This beautiful object, though catalogued of the Whale, is on the fore leg of Aries; with a distant telescopic star near the vertical sf, and another near the parallel, but the field is otherwise barren. It will readily be fished up, by drawing an imaginary line from α Trianguli through γ Arietis, and carrying it about 8½° to the southward, or nearly as far beyond. It is Σ.'s First Class, No. 178, and was first measured thus:Pos. 192°48' Dist. 3".12 Ep. 1825.81
[205° 3".00 2018 WDS]― A Cycle of Celestial Objects Vol II, The Bedford Catalogue, William Henry Smyth, 1844
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