Astrometric Measurements of Double Star WDS 06047-4505

Abstract

Measurements of the position angle and separation of the double star system WDS 06047-4505 were made on images taken by telescopes from the Las Cumbres Observatory (LCO) equipped with CCD cameras. The position angle was measured to be 5.77″ and the separation to be 213.52°. Analysis of the data when compared to previous measurements as well as parallax and proper motion data from Gaia strongly suggests this is a binary star. More observations are required in order to confirm the true nature of the double star.