- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/I/186
- Title:
- Tokyo Photoelectric Meridian Circle Catalog 1985
- Short Name:
- I/186
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- The catalog of positions of 1007 stars (792 FK4 and FK4S stars, 57 OB stars, 49 NPZT stars, and 109 SAO stars) is presented. They were observed during the period from December 1984 to September 1985 with the Tokyo Photoelectric Meridian Circle (Tokyo PMC). The positions in the catalog are referred to the equinox and equator of J2000, and are based on the FK4 system. The internal errors of a single observation were estimated to be (epsilon(alpha)*cos(delta), epsilon(delta)) = (0.16", 0.19"), whereas the mean internal errors of the catalog positions were (0.08", 0.08") for FK4 stars and (0.09", 0.11") for FK4S stars. The comparison of the positions of the FK4 stars in the present catalog with those of the FK4 catalog shows the significant differences delta(alpha(delta)) and delta(delta(delta)) in some declination zones. Some of those differences are commonly found in other recent catalogs. Thus they may be considered to be the real systematic errors in the FK4 system. Neither significant magnitude nor color equation exists in the Tokyo PMC85 catalog.
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- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/VI/155
- Title:
- Topocentric positions of Pluto
- Short Name:
- VI/155
- Date:
- 22 Feb 2022
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- Catalog of 90 astrometric positions of Pluto have been compiled with Tycho-2 as a reference frame from photographic observations obtained at the Main Astronomical Observatory, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Astronomical Observatory of the Kyiv Shevchenko National University, Research Institute Mykolaiv Astronomical Observatory and Baldone Observatory of the University of Latvia in 1961-1996. Astronegatives have been digitized with Epson Perfection V750 Pro and Epson Expression 10000XL commercial scanners in 16-bit grayscale with a resolution of 1200 dpi. (O-C) residuals obtained from the comparison with JPL PLU055/DE433 ephemeris are 0.09 ... 0.14 arcsec. Gallery of plate images used for catalog: http://gua.db.ukr-vo.org/catalog_gallery.php?catn=pluton_1961_1996
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/other/KFNT/33.70
- Title:
- Topocentric positions of Saturn's moons
- Short Name:
- J/other/KFNT/33.
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- A catalog of 1399 astrometric positions of Saturn's moons S2-S9 has been compiled with Tycho-2 as a reference frame from photographic observations obtained at the Main Astronomical Observatory, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, in 1961-1990. Astronegatives have been digitized with an Epson Expression 10000XL commercial scanner in 16-bit grayscale with a resolution of 1200 dpi. Reduction has been performed in the LINUX-MIDAS-ROMAFOT software supplemented with additional modules. The internal positional accuracy of the reduction is 0.09...0.23" for both coordinates and 0.27...0.37m for the photographic magnitudes of the Tycho-2 catalog. Gallery of plate images used for the catalog: http://gua.db.ukr-vo.org/catalog_gallery.php?catn=satmoons_1961_1990
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/I/232
- Title:
- Toulouse AC Zone Data Reduced to ACRS
- Short Name:
- I/232
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- The U.S. Naval Observatory is in the process of making new reductions of the Astrographic Catalogue (AC) using a modern reference system, the ACRS, which represents the system of the FK5. The data from the Toulouse Zone, whose plates are centered between declinations +5 and +11 degrees (eq. 1900), have been analyzed for scale, rotation, tilt, coma, magnitude equation, radial distortion and distortions introduced by the use of reseaux in the Carte du Ciel program. The result is a positional catalog of almost 270,000 stars on eq. J2000.0, epoch of observation. Additionally, all stars have been matched with the Tycho Input Catalog (revised); those numbers have been added for additional identification purposes.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/AJ/119/936
- Title:
- Triton stellar occultation candidates
- Short Name:
- J/AJ/119/936
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- As part of our ongoing program of predictions and observations of stellar occultations by solar system bodies, we have completed a search for candidates for occultations by Triton over the decade 2000 to 2009. Star positions near Triton's projected orbit as determined by the DE405 ephemeris and NEP016 orbit model were measured on (unfiltered) CCD strip scans recorded with the 0.6 m telescope at the George R. Wallace Astrophysical Observatory to a depth of 16th to 18th magnitude, depending on the quality of individual strip scans. Within 1.0" of the predicted orbit of Triton during this period, 128 stars were found, including 12 stars brighter than 14th magnitude. Only appulses with geocentric minimum separations of less than about 0.37" will result in an occultation visible from Earth, but potential errors in the ephemeris and in the positions of our candidates preclude accurate prediction of actual occultation events without further astrometry.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/AJ/109/1352
- Title:
- Triton stellar occultation candidates
- Short Name:
- J/AJ/109/1352
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We have completed a search for candidates for stellar occultations by Triton over the years 1995-1999 CCD strip scan images provided star positions in the relevant sky area to a depth of about 17.5Rmag. Over this time period, we find that Triton passes within 1.0arcsec of 75 stars. Appulses with geocentric minimum separations of less than 0.35arcsec will result in stellar occultations, but further astrometry and photometry is necessary to refine individual predictions for identification of actual occultations. Finder charts are included to aid in further studies and prediction refinement. The two most promising potential occultations, Tr176 and Tr180, occur in 1997.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/AJ/104/862
- Title:
- Triton stellar occultation candidates
- Short Name:
- J/AJ/104/862
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- A search for Triton stellar occultation candidates for the period 1992-1994 has been completed with CCD strip-scanning observations. The search reached an R magnitude of about 17.4 and found 129 candidates within 1.5arcsec of Triton's ephemeris during this period. Of these events, we expect around 30 occultations to be visible from the Earth, indicating that a number of Triton occultation events should be visible from major observatories. Even the faintest of our candidate events could produce useful occultation data if observed with a large enough telescope. Our astrometric accuracy is inadequate to identify which of these appulse events will produce occultations on the Earth; further astrometry is needed to refine the predictions for positive occultation identification. To aid in selecting candidates for additional astrometric and photometric studies, we include finder charts and Earth-based visibility charts for each event.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/I/197A
- Title:
- Tycho Input Catalogue, Revised version
- Short Name:
- I/197A
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- A Tycho Input Catalogue of three million stars brighter than V=12.1 has been prepared, for the needs of the Tycho mission (Hipparcos satellite). This catalogue results from the cross-matching of a subset of the Hubble Space Telescope Guide Star Catalog with the Hipparcos INCA database. References to these major catalogues, and details about the cross-matching procedures are to be found in the paper published in Astron. Astrophys. 258, 217-222 (May 1992). Among the 3,154,204 stars of the Tycho Input Catalogue, only a bit more than 1 million will appear in the final Tycho catalogue. A preliminary selection was done in the Recognition process, that was based on the first year of the satellite scientific mission (Halbwachs et al., =1994A&A...281L..25H). 1,049,971 stars were thus selected, and are flagged in this version of the Tycho Input Catalogue. The main file contains 3 154 204 records of 80 characters (total size: 256 Mbytes). It is split into four files tic1 to tic4 for easier manipulations. An annex file contains the following additional data for a subset of the stars: (a) the cross-identification with the Hipparcos Input Catalogue (117 778 records, flag 26) (b) the cross-matching with the INCA database (217 625 records, flag 20). The annex file contains 217 625 records (64 char., 14 Mbytes).
559. UCAC5 Catalogue
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/I/340
- Title:
- UCAC5 Catalogue
- Short Name:
- I/340
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- New astrometric reductions of the US Naval Observatory CCD Astrograph Catalog (UCAC) all-sky observations were performed from first principles using the TGAS stars in the 8 to 11 magnitude range as reference star catalog. Significant improvements in the astrometric solutions were obtained and the UCAC5 catalog of mean positions at a mean epoch near 2001 was generated. By combining UCAC5 with Gaia DR1 data new proper motions on the Gaia coordinate system for over 107 million stars were obtained with typical accuracies of 1 to 2mas/yr (R=11 to 15mag), and about 5mas/yr at 16th mag. Proper motions of most TGAS stars are improved over their Gaia data and the precision level of TGAS proper motions is extended to many millions more, fainter stars. External comparisons were made using stellar cluster fields and extragalactic sources. The TGAS data allow us to derive the limiting precision of the UCAC x, y data, which is significantly better than 1/100 pixel.
560. UCAC2 Catalogue
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/I/289
- Title:
- UCAC2 Catalogue
- Short Name:
- I/289
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- The UCAC2 is the second release of the ongoing UCAC project, designed to observe the entire sky for R magnitudes of about 7.5 to 16. The observed positional errors are about 20 mas for the stars in the 10-14 magnitude range, and about 70 mas at the limiting magnitude of R~16. For up-to-date information on the project, see the UCAC web page at http://ad.usno.navy.mil/ucac/ . This web page will also serve as the location that the UCAC team will post addenda to the UCAC2 catalog. The UCAC2 is a high density, highly accurate, astrometric catalog of 48,330,571 stars covering the sky from -90 to +40 degrees in declination and going up to +52 degrees in some areas. The northern limit is a function of right ascension. Proper motions and photometry are provided for all stars. Positions and proper motions are on the ICRS (International Celestial Reference System) and given at the epoch J2000.0. The UCAC2 has a number of major differences with respect to UCAC1. These differences include: - much larger sky coverage - reduced systematic errors of CCD observations - positions given at a standard epoch (J2000.0) - the addition of several new catalogs for improved proper motions - photometry in the J, H, and K_s bands from the 2MASS project Additional details of the data are found in Sections 3, 4, and 5 of the "readme.txt" file. UCAC2 is the last intermediate data release before the final, all sky catalog will be constructed. Observations will end around mid 2004; the final catalog is expected out in 2005. The UCAC project, observations, and first data release are described in detail in the paper Zacharias et al. AJ 120, 2131 (2000). Versions of that and other related papers are placed on the UCAC Web page (http://ad.usno.navy.mil/ucac/). The paper describing UCAC2 is in preparation (AJ, 2003); some further details can be found in the "readme.txt" file.