jgsimbad on 12-Dec-2010 15:03:43 GMT about * rho Oct
TYC 9513-2728-1
is a common proper motion companion to this naked eye star (rho Octantis), as revealed by Yale SPM 4.0 data, with separation 65.7" in 333 degrees Position Angle.
Hindsight shows the information was there to see via combination of Hipparcos and UCAC proper motion data, as well as in catalogues such as PPMX.
AC2000.2 data of epoch 1897 show the moving pair are pretty fixed.
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