Captain William Henry Smyth
Jan 30, 1833    No. 6 The Crescent, Bedford, England (map)
150mm f/17.6 refractor by Tully 1827

A neat double star, in the space interposed between Hydra's head, and the Unicorn's tail. A 7, silvery white; B 8, smalt blue. This object is No. 160 and 159 of Piazzi's Hora VIII., the last of which was only observed twice by him. It was registered No. 1270, Class II. of the Dorpat Catalogue. The several measures of this star have been remarkably coincident and satisfactory; being

    S. Pos. 258° 26'  Dist. 4".95  Ep. 1824.53
    Σ.      259° 06'        4".70      1830.98
   [WDS     265°            4".70      2020   ]

In RA it slightly precedes ε Hydras, the middle star in that creature's head being 10° to the southward of it, and nearly due south of the Præsepe.

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

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