SKY2000 - Master Star Catalog : V/95


Authors : Myers J.R. orcid , Sande C.B., Miller A.C. (hide) , Sande C.B., Miller A.C. et..al

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CDS Keywords : Positional data; Proper motions; Cross identifications; Combined data
UAT : Astrometry, Proper motions, Astronomical object identification

Records : 299485 stars

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Last modification : 14-Apr-1999

SKY2000 - Master Star Catalog - Star Catalog Database STAR CATALOG DATABASE SKY2000 MASTER CATALOG SKYMAP SOFTWARE CAPABILITIES (1997)

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Abstract:The SKYMAP Star Catalog System consists of a Master Catalog stellar database and a collection of utility software designed to create and maintain the database and to generate derivative mission star catalogs (run catalogs). It contains an extensive compilation of information on almost 300000 stars. Introduction: The original SKYMAP Master Catalog was generated in the early 1970's. Incremental updates and corrections were made over the following years but the first complete revision of the source data occurred with Version 4.0. This revision also produced a unique, consolidated source ...(more)
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The ADC thanks Dr. W.H. Warren Jr. for his help resolving some of the problems and uncertainties we had with the interpretation of the data.

                
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