Thursday, August 06, 2009

both wrong

In an effort to figure out which was correct about the double star in Camelopardalis at R.A. (2000) 12h 49.2m and Dec. (2000) +83° 25', I learned that both Sissy Haas's double stars for small telescopes book and Sky & Telescope's summer doubles web page are incorrect!

Finally, I found the correct information. At the amazing wikipedia web site, no less.

Haas refers to the star in question as 32 Cam. This is incorrect. The Flamsteed number 32 should not be used.

S&T refers to this as 35 Cam. This is completely wrong.

The correct short name is 32H Cam. This is in reference to Hevelius's catalog and his 32nd star in Cam. A correct double star catalog reference is Σ (Sigma) 1694, from Struve's work.

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