I/138 Southern Reference Star Cat of 20488 Positions (SRS; Smith+ 1988)

The Southern Reference Star Catalogue of 20488 Positions

Smith Jr. C.A., Jackson E.S., Corbin T.E., Hughes J.A., Khrutskaya E.V., Polojentsev A.D., Polojentsev D.D., Yagudin L.I., Zverev M.S.

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Description:

The positions in The Southern Reference Star Catalogue are the combined results of observations of all participants in the Southern Reference Star (SRS) observing campaign from 1961 to 1973. Preliminary catalogs were compiled at both the U. S. Naval Observatory (Washington) and the Pulkova Observatory (Leningrad). The two compilations were compared, reconciled, and combined to render this catalog. The proper motions were culled from a number of sources and should not be regarded as part of the SRS observed catalog; they should not be used to extend the SRS system of positions very far from the mean epoch of the observations, which is about 1968. Two sets of positions and proper motions are given, referred to the Equator and equinox of B1950.0 and J2000.0, respectively. In addition to a serial number, in order of right ascension, the positions, and the proper motions, the catalog contains the original SRS number in the observing list, a code to indicate the source of the proper motions, the Durchmusterung number, magnitude, spectral type, the mean error, number of observations, and mean epoch for right ascension and for declination, the number of catalogs in each coordinate in the Washington and in the Leningrad compilations, and the differences (FK5-FK4) from the coefficients of the analytical representation by H. Schwan.

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(End) Gail L. Schneider [SSDOO/ADC] 25-Sep-1995