Type | Star |
---|---|
Magnitude | 5.406 | Right Ascension | 5h 38' 38.1" (2000) |
Declination | 30° 29' 33" N |
Constellation | Auriga |
Classification | A2.5V+F6III |
Andrew Cooper
Oct 20, 2023 Waikoloa, HI (map)
20cm f/6 Newtonian, Cave Astrola @ 136x
Seeing: 6 Transparency: 7 Moon: 0%
A fine double, yellow, an 8th magnitude companion visible 12" west
Captain William Henry Smyth
Feb 2, 1833 No. 6 The Crescent, Bedford, England (map)
150mm f/17.6 refractor by Tully 1827
A neat double star, on the Waggoner's left shin; where a line from the cluster in Orion's sword, led through the middle star of the belt, through ζ Tauri, will hit it at less than 10° beyond the latter. A 5, pale white; and B 8, violet. This fine object is 64 ♅. III., and from an error in the original entry, was erroneously supposed to have changed its quadrant, in an interval of forty-three years, in an orbital motion npsf or retrograde. These are the measures with which mine are compared:♅. Pos. 272°36' Dist. 13".41 Ep. 1782.68Σ.'s epoch is a mean of four years, and should a retrograde motion be hereafter established, it will prove the delicacy of his measures, and the sterling talent of ♅.; for when he established those admirable epochs, there were no spider-line micrometers, &c.
S. 268°22' 12".32 1825.03
Σ. 268°02' 12".34 1828.61
[WDS 269° 12".40 2019]― A Cycle of Celestial Objects Vol II, The Bedford Catalogue, William Henry Smyth, 1844
Berkeley 71 | Chi Aurigae | IC 419 |
IC 425 | NGC 1985 | NO Aurigae |
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