Andrew Cooper
Oct 23, 2022    Waikoloa, HI (map)
28cm f/10 SCT, NexStar 11" GyPSy @ 127x
Seeing: 6 Transparency: 7 Moon: 0%

Pale yellow, the seeing is not steady enough to split a 1" binary this morn

Tycho lists identical proper motion in these two stars, Gaia EDR3 lists matching proper motion for the pair but not the components, no other data data from the more modern catalogs seems to be listed in SIMBAD

Captain William Henry Smyth
Apr 9, 1838    No. 6 The Crescent, Bedford, England (map)
150mm f/17.6 refractor by Tully 1827

A close double star, on Orion's left shoulder; about 2° south-west of Betelgeuze. A 6, pale white; B 6½, yellowish. From a comparison of all the measures of this very elegant object, it appears to have remained unaltered, both in position and distance, for upwards of half a century. The other registered results are:

    H. Pos. 200° 19' Dist. 1".00 Ep. 1781.76
    S.      200° 41'       1".65     1824.18
    Σ.      200° 01'       1".75     1831.23
   [WDS     220°           1".00     2021   ]

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

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