Type | Star |
---|---|
Magnitude | 5.772 | Right Ascension | 4h 32' 1.8" (2000) |
Declination | 53° 54' 39" N |
Constellation | Camelopardalis |
Classification | B0III+B0IV/V |
Captain William Henry Smyth
Feb 2, 1838 No. 6 The Crescent, Bedford, England (map)
150mm f/17.6 refractor by Tully 1827
A neat double star, between the animal's hind hoofs; and nearly in mid-distance between α Persei, and δ on the head of Auriga. A 7½, white; B 8½, sapphire blue.
The object consists of Piazzi's 83 and 84 of Hora IV.; and though the process of obtaining a position and distance from the observed RA and Dec. can hardly be expected to give a result absolutely exact, the Palermo observations merit grave consideration, and are therefore placed as the earliest epoch, to the conclusions of the principal astrometers, as thus shown:P. Pos. 299°00' Dist. 12".00 Ep. 1800.00
H. and S. 306°26' 10".45 1822.05
Σ. 307°05' 10".13 1830.57
D. 307°10' 10".68 1832.90
[WDS 309° 10".40 2018 ]― A Cycle of Celestial Objects Vol II, The Bedford Catalogue, William Henry Smyth, 1844
2 Camelopardalis | 3 Camelopardalis | Barnard 12 |
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