Captain William Henry Smyth
Dec 28, 1830    No. 6 The Crescent, Bedford, England (map)
150mm f/17.6 refractor by Tully 1827

A star with a distant companion, in the space above the Crab's northern legs; they lie on the parallel with β Tauri and Pollux, at about one-third of the distance eastward of the latter. A 6½, pale white; B 11, lilac. This object was registered 109 ♅. VI., in 1782; but no measures were given. It was, however, assiduously attacked by Sir James South, who obtained these results:

    Pos. 21° 48'  Dist. 120".945  Ep. 1825.13
   [WDS  21             140".40       2015   ]

A small quantity of proper motion has been detected in A, the amount of which is thus stated:

    P....  RA -0".07 Dec. -0".10
    B....     -0".02      -0".10
   [Gaia EDR3 -0".033427  =0".115457]

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

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