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Double Stars in Corona Australis The Southern Crown

Here is a listing of the 19 or so best doubles in Corona Australis.
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Name	SAO	Sep	PA	Mag1	Mag2	RA	Dec	Spect	Color	Comments
I 230AB		7.1	138	7.5	8.5	18:00.5	-37:42	K0		Third component sep 62.4 PA 117 mag 10
HD 164409	228653	16.0	141	7.5	12.0	18:03.1	-43:28	K0
HJ 5011	228698	29.6	350	8.0	9.0	18:06.5	-41:45	A0
HJ 5014	228708	1.8	215	6.0	6.0	18:06.8	-43:25	A5		Near NGC 6541
HJ 5023	228773	8.7	276	8.0	8.0	18:10.8	-40:25	A2
I 1018	209855	1.4	283	7.5	11.0	18:13.0	-39:09	G0
I 1020	228864	0.4	294	8.0	8.5	18:16.4	-40:27	B8
KAPPA 1/2 CRA	210294	21.4	359	6.0	6.5	18:33.3	-38:43	A0/B8
I 1372	210356	8.2	18	7.5	11.5	18:36.3	-38:08	M0	***	Primary is a Carbon Star
I 250	229191	1.0	120	7.5	9.0	18:41.3	-42:10	A0
I 1379	210488	0.3	182	8.0	8.0	18:42.9	-39:17	B8
LAMDA CRA	210501	29.2	214	5.0	9.0	18:43.7	-38:19	A/K0	***
HJ 5066	229318	10.1	85	7.0	10.0	18:51.0	-41:04	B5		Primary is very blue
HDO 291	229334	36.0	342	6.5	10.0	18:52.1	-41:43	K2/A0	***
HJ 5074	210786	15.9	246	6.5	12.0	18:59.3	-39:32	A0
SAO 210816	210816	12.7	281	6.5	7.0	19:01.1	-37:03	B8		NGC 6726 and NGC 6729 within field
GAMMA CRA	210928	2.7	54	5.0	5.0	19:06.4	-37:03	F8		Very nice even pair!
COO 231	210931	5.6	198	8.5	10.0	19:06.5	-38:07	K5
I 1396	229559	5.2	91	7.5	11.0	19:13.2	-40:44	K0

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Some information gathered from Burgham's Celestial Handbooks and converted to J2000, other from my own observations.
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