The double star also known as STF 1686 or HIP 62852 is in Com and has a quoted separation of 5.7 seconds of arc. I had found this suggestion in Haas's book and was curious about the colours...
I sent the Burke-Gaffney Observatory (with SBIG camera) on a mission...
Luminance only, 1 second subexposures, 12 stacked shots. FITS Liberator, GIMP. North is up; east is left.
The seeing was poor and that has made the stars look more like bubbles. But there's clearly a vertically aligned rod shape here.
I'll have to try imaging again to see if I can get a clean split...
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Imaged two nights later with a better result.
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