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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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