Type | Star |
---|---|
Magnitude | 5.5 | Right Ascension | 5h 8' 6.6" (2000) |
Declination | 24° 15' 55" N |
Constellation | Taurus |
Classification | B2V |
Captain William Henry Smyth
Dec 10, 1831 No. 6 The Crescent, Bedford, England (map)
150mm f/17.6 refractor by Tully 1827
A double star, between the horns of Taurus; where a line from Sirius passed close to the west of Betelgeuze, and led nearly as far again, will find it, lying between α and β Tauri. A 6, pearly white; B 13, pale blue. This is No. 114 ♅. V., and though a widish object in a bare field, it is fine and delicate. ♅., who calls A 203 Tauri, has not mentioned the quadrant in which B is placed, but assuming his angle 72°24' to be sp, his measures will be thus:Pos. 197°36' Dist. 30".03 Ep. 1782.94
[WDS 198° 36".60 2000 ]― A Cycle of Celestial Objects Vol II, The Bedford Catalogue, William Henry Smyth, 1844
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