Captain William Henry Smyth
Apr 24, 1833    No. 6 The Crescent, Bedford, England (map)
150mm f/17.6 refractor by Tully 1827

A close double star, under the Lynx's eye; between Dubhe and Capella. A 5½, golden yellow; B 7, purple. This is one of Σ.'s pervicinæ, and No. 963 of the great Dorpat Catalogue, where its measures are thus registered:

    Pos. 50°.51 Dist 0".897 Ep. 1830.88
   [WDS 350°         0".30      2015   ]

It is a very delicate and pretty object, and only seen with dark notches at intervals, being in contact in general, yet with the colours distinct. Piazzi pronounced this a double star, but the term was meant to include the preceding small star as B. His note states: "Duplex. Comes telescopica 1" temporis præcedit."

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

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