HD 73710

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Σ 1254, BD+20 2166, HR 3428, WDS J08404+1940, SAO 98021, GSC 01395-02963, HIP 42549, SDSS J084022.03+194011.8, Gaia DR3 661297080936069632

Type  Star
Magnitude  6.39
Right Ascension  8h 40' 22.1"  (2000)
Declination  19° 40' 12" N
Constellation  Cancer
Classification  G9III-IIIb
Observing Notes

Captain William Henry Smyth
Mar 22, 1833    No. 6 The Crescent, Bedford, England (map)
150mm f/17.6 refractor by Tully 1827

A neat double star close to the Præsepe on the Crab's body; and the "cloudy Præsepe" group is visible to the inquiring eye, at one-third of the distance between Pollux and Regulus. A 7, golden yellow; B 10, blue. This object is the southern member of a triangle, and is preceded by three pairs of stars, all of which were measured by Sir James South. The former registers of this are:
    S.  Pos. 52° 58'  Dist. 20".69  Ep. 1825.14
Σ. 53° 51 20".52 1831.31
[WDS 55° 20".80 2017 ]
The reductions of A show some slight aberrations from the common laws of precession, which are thus valued:
    P....  RA -0".10  Dec. -0".07
B.... +0".06 -0".07
T.... -0".02 -0".07
[Gaia EDR3 -0".036237 -0".013881]
― A Cycle of Celestial Objects Vol II, The Bedford Catalogue, William Henry Smyth, 1844
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HD 73710