Captain William Henry Smyth
Sep 24, 1830    No. 6 The Crescent, Bedford, England (map)
150mm f/17.6 refractor by Tully 1827

A wide and delicate double star, over the Hero's left thigh in the Galaxy; where it follows Mirphak by about 8°, a little to the north. A 6½, white; B 10, red. This object is 41 ♅. V., enrolled in September, 1781, but no measures given. There are some companions in the field, of which a 9th and llth in the sf quadrant form a coarse pair, at a Δ RA = 50s.5. The principal pair constitute No. 440 of S. A is said to be variable, by Taylor of Madras; and a proper motion is assigned to it thus:

    P....  RA +0".21  Dec. -0".15
    B....     +0".20       -0".16
    A....     +0".16       -0".17
   [Gaia DR2  +0".092450   -0".129755]

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

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