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Bright Star Catalog - 5th Edition

Sample from list used at Kitt Peak telescopes.



 Line# RA           DEC         Epoch    RA     DEC     MAG   Title    Comments:
 HR#                                     PM     PM            HD #     Spec    Cross-ref   R-Velocity
  2478 06:43:59.30 +13:13:40.00 2000.00 -00.003 -00.058 4.49  48433 #  K0III * BD+13 1390  RV7+01
  2479 06:43:38.70 +03:55:56.00 2000.00 +00.006 -00.006 5.90  48434 #  B0III   BD+04 1414  RV +03
  2480 06:44:45.50 +28:58:15.00 2000.00 -00.004 -00.026 5.44  48450 #  K4III   BD+29 1327  RV +01

*An asterisk at the end of the spectral-type field indicates that more information is available. Please refer to the Yale Bright Star Catalog web site linked below.

View entire catalog here. This catalog contains 9110 objects.

This is in fact the Yale Catalogue of Bright Stars containing 9110 objects. Positions were calculated from equinox J2000, epoch 2000.0. It includes stars of magnitude 6.5 and brighter.

Listings are in order of Right Ascension with the object number coresponding to it's HD ([1/9110]+ Harvard Revised Number = Bright Star Number). Each object is also listed with, proper motions; V-magnitude; spectral type; DM (Durchmusterung Identification): and the Heliocentric Radial Velocity (km/s). See example above.

This catalog and the above description were obtained from the:
Yale Bright Star Catalog web site. Please look here for more information.

Last Modified July. 22, 2015

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