Captain William Henry Smyth
Nov 18, 1831    No. 6 The Crescent, Bedford, England (map)
150mm f/17.6 refractor by Tully 1827

A wide double star, on the Crab's body. A 8, and B 8½, both pale white; a third star in the np quadrant, at about 3' distance. In general alignment, it will be seen about one-third of the distance from Pollux towards Regulus. This object was No. 1249 of Σ.'s first Catalogue, but was rejected from his grand work. A, small as it is, has been pretty well observed; and both Baily and Argelander assign it a slight proper motion. This, however, is not countenanced by my reductions.

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

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