Lick Saturn-Voyager Reference Star Catalogue : I/153


Authors : Klemola A.R. orcid , Taraji H., Ocampo A. (hide) , Taraji H., Ocampo A. et..al

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CDS Keywords : Positional data; Regional catalog
UAT : Astrometry

Records : 4551 stars

Inserted into VizieR : 20-May-1998
Last modification : 14-Feb-2013

Lick Saturn-Voyager Reference Star Catalogue (1979)

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Abstract:The Lick Saturn-Voyager Reference Star Catalogue contains accurate equatorial coordinates for 4551 stars in a band of sky against which cameras of the Voyager spacecraft were pointed for observations in the region of Saturn during the flyby. All of the reference stars are in the range 12h 40min to 14h 12min in right ascension (1950) and +02deg. to -09deg. in declination. Mean errors of the positions are about 0.25". Introduction: The Lick Saturn-Voyager Reference Star Catalogue was prepared for purposes of determining up-to-date, reasonably accurate, equatorial ...(more)
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Appreciation is expressed to A. R. Klemola for providing the magnetic tape of the catalog and for reviewing the modifications made to the data. Dr. Klemola also kindly reviewed a draft copy of this document before its completion and printing. The work of W. M. (Bill) Owen, Jr., in correcting and updating the earlier version of the catalog, is gratefully acknowledged, as are his comments on the statistical accuracy of the positions and the revised documentation. This document was written by Wayne H. Warren Jr. and was translated from a Script version to the current standard ASCII form.

                
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