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Christian Mayer's Catalogue of Double Stars
In 1777-1778, Christian Mayer, court astronomer at the "Churfüerst" of
Mannheim, compiled a catalogue of 80 double stars which were published in 1781
in Johann Elert Bode's "Astronomisches Jahrbuch" for 1784, p. 183-6.
Christian Mayer's Original Catalogue
No Name RA (2000) Dec PA Separ m1 m2 Spec Names
1 And
2 And
3 86 Zeta Psc 01:13.7 +07:35 63 23.0 5.6 6.5 A5 F8 Struve 100
4 at Mu Psc
5 5 Gamma Ari 01:53.5 +19:18 0 7.8 4.8 4.8 A0 Struve 180
6 Lambda Ari
7 Gamma And
8 Alpha Ari
9 30 Ari
10 Cet
11 Tau
12 Tau Tau
13 Tau
14 Ori
15 Delta Ori
16 at Zeta Ori
17 Gem
18 Or. (11 Mon)
19 30 Gem
20 Gem
21 Castor
22 Zeta Cnc
23 2. Phi Cnc
24 Cancer
25 Iota Cnc
26 at Pi Cnc
27 at Pi Cnc
28 54 Leo
29 at Tau Leo No. 83
30 Tau Leo
31 a Hya
32 Com
33 Gamma Vir
12 CVn (d.Heart
34 of Charles II)
35 54 Vir
36 Virgo
37 Zeta UMa (*)
38 Pi Boo
39 Beta Sco
40 Nu Sco
41 12. m Her
42 A Oph
43 Alpha Her
44 39 Oph
45 71 Her
46 Rho Her
47 61 Oph
48 b Sgr
49 at Oph.
50 Her (pres. No. 95)
51 p Oph
52 Hercules
53 Serpens
54 Sagittarius
55 Ophiuchus
56 Zeta Lyr
57 Epsilon Lyr
58 5. Lyr
59 Beta Lyr
60 Theta Ser
61 Eta Lyr
62 Beta Cyg
63 at Gamma Cyg
64 Alpha Cap
65 Delphinus
66 above Beta Del
67 Gamma Del
68 at Equuleus
69 Cygnus
70 Cygnus
71 Cygnus
72 Mu Cyg
73 Aquarius
74 Zeta Aqr
75 Aquarius
76 Aquarius
77 Pisces
78 Andromeda
79 Omega Psc
80 Andromeda
Christian Mayer's Original Catalogue
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