Captain William Henry Smyth
Sep 9, 1836    No. 6 The Crescent, Bedford, England (map)
150mm f/17.6 refractor by Tully 1827

A wide double star, closely following the preceding object, and about one-third the distance from Al'mak to Algol. A 7, yellow; B 11, pale lilac. This object was examined on seeing Piazzi's note of proxime to an 8th-magnitude star closely following the north vertical at about 8' distance, which I am satisfied is No. 62 of his Catalogue; although its mean place from A is found to be at an angle of 3°5' and a distance of 283". Between these two there are three other small stars, which the Palermo telescope overlooked; the nearest of which is here measured. When Mr. Dawes procured his doubly-refracting micrometer, he kindly measured this pair for me, as follows :

Pos. 355° 11' Dist. 49".0 Ep. 1842.76
[ 8° 66".10 2013 WDS]

[Gaia DR2 data shows the companion to be a background star]

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

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