Andrew Cooper
Jul 21, 2023    Oregon Star Party, Ochoco Mts, OR (map)
25cm f/4.5 Newtonian, Holoholo @ 71x
Seeing: 7 Transparency: 6 Moon: 0%

Brilliant pale yellow, the 12th magnitude star visible 3' north is the B component listed in WDS

Checking WDS one finds the C companion is a close 10" double to B at magnitude 14.5. Gaia EDR3 and Hipparcos data shows none of these three to be physically related with very different parallax and proper motions. B is a background to 44 Dra, while C is background to B. 44 Dra is a very high proper motion star with 531.21 mas/yr in RA and -349.71 mas/yr in Dec. Despite B and C not being related 44 Dra is binary, having a 5.7 magnitude companion with 0.1" separation.

Andrew Cooper
Jul 20, 2023    Oregon Star Party, Ochoco Mts, OR (map)
25cm f/4.5 Newtonian, Holoholo @ 71x
Seeing: 7 Transparency: 6 Moon: 0%

Brilliant rich orange, no companion noted

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