WDS 18542-2245 HJ 5072 AC : NOTES
 
 
discov_num notes refcode
BU 1033 nu 1 Sgr = 32 Sgr = Ainalrami
nu Sgr Henroteau notes that Ptolemy (Magna compositio. Venetiis 1515, lib HFC1928
VIII, cap 1) called the 14' pair nu 1 + nu 2 Sgr a double star.
This is perhaps the earliest description of a double star.
 
 
REFERENCES
 
 
refcode metd author reference
HFC1928 - Henroteau, F.C. 1928HDA.....6..299H
HFC1928 Handbuch der Astrophysik 6, part 2, 299, 1928 (no data)
 
 
DISCOVERER
 
 
idgroup discov author
1 BU Burnham, S.W. (BU 1 - 81)
179 HJ Herschel, J.F.W.
 
 
WDS HISTORIC DATA
 
 
coord_2000 discov_num comp epoch obs pa sep mag_pri mag_sec spectr notes coord_arcsec_2000
18542-2245 HJ 5072 AC 1998 10 57 27.9 4.90 11.21 G2I D 185410.18-224441.4
18542-2245 HJ 5072 AC 1999 11 59 27.5 4.90 11.21 G2I N D 185410.18-224441.4
18542-2245 HJ 5072 AC 2019 12 58 28.0 5.01 11.21 G2I N 185410.18-224441.4

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