Type | Star |
---|---|
Magnitude | 6.76 | Right Ascension | 5h 17' 31.2" (2000) |
Declination | 20° 7' 54" N |
Constellation | Taurus |
Classification | A5:IapHIwk: |
Captain William Henry Smyth
Oct 5, 1839 No. 6 The Crescent, Bedford, England (map)
150mm f/17.6 refractor by Tully 1827
A neat double star, in the middle of the Bull's southern horn; and about 11° along a line projected from Aldebaran towards Pollux. A 8, bright white; B 11, bluish; and there are other companions, as mtentioned at 37 P. V. This delicate object is one of Σ.'s Third Class, being No. 674 of the Dorpat Catalogue, where it is thus registered:Pos. 147°.33 Dist. 10".547 Ep. 1828.19
[WDS 149° 10".10 2019 ]― A Cycle of Celestial Objects Vol II, The Bedford Catalogue, William Henry Smyth, 1844
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