HD 97810 is a 'Clube Selected Areas' binary system close to the north celes
tial pole. It has a very eccentric orbit (e similar to 0.73) and a period o
f 1164 days. Indirect evidence suggests a spectral type of K1 III. The obje
ct has been catalogued and repeatedly measured as a very close, equal, visu
al binary, but the author cannot see how to reconcile such a system with th
e radial-velocity observations.