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XZ 103822 - A New Double Star Detected by Lunar Occultation

JOA 2020, Vol. 10, No. 2, Page 8

Author(s): Alex Pratt

Abstract: The author recorded a number of lunar occultations on the night of 2019 April 12,one of which, 10.3 V-mag XZ 103822, did not have an instantaneous disappearance. Analysis of its light curve shows it is a previously unreported double star with components of 10.7 mag and11.5 mag, and a separation of ~0.2 at the time of observation.