{
  "id": "V/50",
  "title_cds": "Bright Star Catalogue, 5th Revised Ed.",
  "title_create": "Hoffleit+, 1991",
  "year": "1991",
  "author": "Hoffleit D., Warren Jr W.H.",
  "title_pub": " The Bright Star Catalogue,  5th Revised Ed. (Preliminary Version)",
  "first_author": "Hoffleit D.",
  "bibcode": [
    "1964BS....C......0H",
    "1991bsc..book.....H"
  ],
  "ref_biblio": [
    "<Astronomical Data Center, NSSDC/ADC (1991)>"
  ],
  "keyword_cds": [
    "Combined data",
    "Stars, bright"
  ],
  "description": [
    "",
    "The  Bright  Star  Catalogue  (BSC) is widely used as a source of",
    "basic astronomical and astrophysical data for stars brighter than",
    "magnitude 6.5.   The  catalog  contains  the  identifications  of",
    "included stars in several other widely-used catalogs, double- and",
    "multiple-star  identifications,  indication  of  variability  and",
    "variable-star identifiers, equatorial positions for  B1900.0  and",
    "J2000.0,  galactic  coordinates,  UBVRI photoelectric photometric",
    "data when they exist, spectral types on  the  Morgan-Keenan  (MK)",
    "classification   system,   proper  motions  (J2000.0),  parallax,",
    "radial-   and   rotational-velocity   data,   and   multiple-star",
    "information  (number  of  components,  separation,  and magnitude",
    "differences) for known nonsingle stars.  In addition to the  data",
    "file, there is an extensive remarks file that gives more detailed",
    "information  on  individual  entries.   This information includes",
    "star  names,  colors,  spectra,   variability   details,   binary",
    "characteristics,  radial  and rotational velocities for companion",
    "stars,  duplicity  information,  dynamical  parallaxes,   stellar",
    "dimensions (radii and diameters), polarization, and membership in",
    "stellar groups and clusters.  The existence of remarks is flagged",
    "in the main data file.",
    "",
    "The  BSC  contains  9110  objects,  of  which  9096 are stars (14",
    "objects catalogued in the original compilation of 1908 are  novae",
    "or  extragalactic objects that have been retained to preserve the",
    "numbering, but most of their data are omitted), while the remarks",
    "section is slightly larger than the main catalog.    The  present",
    "edition of the compilation includes many new data and the remarks",
    "section has been enlarged considerably.",
    "",
    "This  preliminary version of the fifth edition of the Bright Star",
    "Catalogue supersedes the published and machine-readable  versions",
    "of  Hoffleit  (1982, Yale University Observatory) and is intended",
    "for use until the final version of this edition is completed.  It",
    "has  been  made  available  only   for   dissemination   on   the",
    "Astronomical Data Center CD ROM.",
    "",
    "The  brief  format description applies to the preliminary version",
    "of the catalog only.   The  format  will  change  for  the  final",
    "edition.",
    "",
    "",
    "Author's addresses:",
    "Dorrit Hoffleit",
    "Department of Astronomy",
    "Yale University",
    "Wayne H. Warren Jr.",
    "ST Systems Corporation",
    "National Space Science Data Center",
    "NASA Goddard Space Flight Center"
  ],
  "curator": "Francois Ochsenbein     [CDS]",
  "see_also": [
    "V/36 : Supplement to the Bright Star Catalogue  (Hoffleit+ 1983)"
  ],
  "tables": [
    {
      "name": "catalog",
      "desc": "The main part of the Catalogue"
    },
    {
      "name": "notes",
      "desc": "Remarks"
    }
  ],
  "archive_date_creation": "05-Apr-1995",
  "catid": 5050,
  "vizier_date_update": "09-Dec-1997",
  "xmatch": "V/50/catalog",
  "doi_pub": [
    ""
  ],
  "alias": "HR",
  "records": "9110 stars",
  "archive_date_update": "04-Apr-2022",
  "ip_addr": "216.73.216.244",
  "data_access": "v-f"
}