Aldebaran double ID

[nytecam]

Took this shot of Aldebaran fov Thursday night - can someone ID the star 35"-arc [my estimate] from Aldebaran in 'box'?  Are the other field stars IDed too?  TIA

[Martin Meredith]

Hi Nytecam

Any use? I can't match up the field stars (they don't appear to be in the PPMXL catalogue, perhaps because the glare from Aldebaran wipes them out). Looks like you've got the B component (30.8" at 110 deg) and Burnham 550 too.

Martin

[DeepSkyBagger]

Although I'm not particularly au fait with double stars and double star catalogues, I found an entry that might be your star in the Washington Double Star Catalogue:

WDS 04359+1631

Discoverer's ID: BU 550AB

Magnitudes: 0.85 and 13.6

Separation 30.5" (1877), 31.6" (2007)

PA: 109 degrees (1877), 113 degrees (2007)

Hope this helps.

[DeepSkyBagger]

That's OK. You're welcome.

You didn't? Oh. I won't bother in future then.