Captain William Henry Smyth
Jan 4, 1831    No. 6 The Crescent, Bedford, England (map)
150mm f/17.6 refractor by Tully 1827

A neat double star, in front of the Greater Bear's head; where a line run from Capella through δ in Auriga's head, and extended 15° to the north-east, will meet it. A and B, both 8, and both white, in a rich neighbourhood. This fine object is formed by Piazzi's Nos. 159 and 160, Hora VII; and the fixity shown by my observations, is also indicated by a comparison of the other measures and deductions from Piazzi, which are:

    P.  Pos. 6° 00'  Dist. 13". 8  Ep. 1800.00
    S.       4° 17'        16".17      1825.05
    Σ.       4° 52'        15".46      1830.59
   [WDS    186°            14".90      2019   ]

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

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