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The Bright Star Catalogue, 5th Revised Ed. (Preliminary Version)
Hoffleit D., Warren Jr W.H.
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ADC_Keywords: Combined data ; Stars, bright
Description (prepared by Wayne H. Warren Jr., 1991 June 28):
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