Brightest Double Stars in the Hipparcos Catalogue
 
HIP Name Designation V V Sep.(arcsec) P.A. (deg) Chart
32349 Sirius 9 alpha CMa -1.44 8.49 3.5 346 322
71683 Rigil Kent alpha Cen -0.01 1.35 19.1 215 985
69673 Arcturus* 16 alpha Boo 0.00 3.33 0.3 198 696
37279 Procyon 10 alpha CMi 0.40 10.30 5.2 28 224
68702   beta Cen 0.66 4.03 0.9 234 986
60718 Acrux alpha Cru 1.34 1.73 4.1 113 1002
26727 Alnitak 50 zeta Ori 1.88 4.01 2.4 164 253
54061 Dubhe 50 alpha UMa 1.88 4.80 0.7 270 561
86228   theta Sco 1.91 5.30 6.5 315 1458
36850 Castor 66 alpha Gem 1.93 2.97 3.1 76 130
42913   delta Vel 1.97 5.55 0.7 5 981
41037 Avior* varepsilon Car 2.03 3.99 0.5 132 996
9640 Almaak 57 gamma And 2.19 4.88 9.6 63 101
65378 Mizar 79 zeta UMa 2.23 3.85 14.4 152 572
50583 Algieba 41 gamma Leo 2.33 3.48 4.6 124 708
78401   7 delta Sco 2.42 4.64 0.1 344 1398
25930 Mintaka* 34 delta Ori 2.53 3.88 0.3 140 254

*Duplicity discovered by Hipparcos.
Sep. is separation
P.A. is position angle