- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/I/247
- Title:
- The AC2000 Catalogue
- Short Name:
- I/247
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- The Astrographic Catalogue (AC) was an international effort designed to photograph and measure the positions of all stars brighter than magnitude 11.0. In total, some 4.6 million stars were observed, many as faint as 13th magnitude. Users should realize that a few thousand of the brightest stars are not included; their images on the source plates were grossly over-exposed and therefore measurements were often not made. This project was started over 100 years ago, and the positions that have been derived from the AC data are being used, in combination with modern epoch positions, to determine accurate proper motions. The United States Naval Observatory has completed the reductions of the Astrographic Catalogue data (AC) to a consistent system. The resulting catalog, called AC 2000, contains 4,621,836 stars covering the entire sky, at an average epoch of 1907. The positions are on the Hipparcos reference frame (J2000.0) at the epochs of observation. Each of the 22 zones making up the Astrographic Catalogue was reduced independently using the Astrographic Catalog Reference Stars (ACRS). Each was analyzed for tilt, radial and tangential distortions, coma, magnitude equation and non-symmetric field distortions. Following these reductions, the data were placed on the Hipparcos system and the magnitudes were converted to be close to that of the Tycho B data. The resulting data were then combined into the final catalog. Detailed information on the reduction methodology and input data can be found in the file "intro.tex", or in the postscript documents provided provided in the "ps" subdirectory. The data contain the positions (eq. J2000.0) at mean epochs of observation, magnitude estimates and accuracy estimates for each star. Cross identifications with the Hipparcos Catalogue, Tycho Catalogue and the Astrographic Catalog Reference Stars are provided to facilitate future work with these stars. Interested parties are encouraged to visit the AC web site at http://aries.usno.navy.mil/ad/ac.html.
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- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/I/246
- Title:
- The ACT Reference Catalog
- Short Name:
- I/246
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- The U.S. Naval Observatory has completed the compilation of the ACT Reference Catalog, containing 988,758 stars covering the entire sky. The motivation behind the ACT was to provide accurate proper motions for the majority of the stars in the Tycho Catalogue (ESA SP-1200). To do this, positions from new reductions of the Astrographic Catalogue (AC 2000) were combined with those of Tycho. The large epoch span between the two catalogs yields proper motions about an order of magnitude more accurate than those published in the Tycho Catalogue. The astrometric data contained in the ACT Reference Catalog include positions, proper motions and error estimates. These are on the Hipparcos System (J2000.0) for epoch J2000.0. Photometric data (B and V) from Tycho are included. Additionally, cross references to the Tycho, AC 2000, Bonner Durchmusterung (BD), Cordoba Durchmusterung (CD), Cape Durchmusterung (CPD), Henry Draper (HD) and Hipparcos Catalogues are given.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/I/261
- Title:
- The FON Astrographic Catalogue (FONAC)
- Short Name:
- I/261
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- The FONAC is a catalogue of positions, proper motions and photometric data for 2,008,383 of Astrographic Catalogue (AC) stars covering the sky between declinations +90 and -2 degrees. The average epoch of positions is 1988.19. The catalogue is based on the measurements of more then 1700 plates which were taken with the wide-angle astrograph of the Main Astronomical Observatory (MAO) in Kiev within the FON (Photographic Survey of the Northern Sky) project. The AC data were used both as the input catalogue for measuring machine PARSEC (Programming Automatic Radial-Scanning Coordinatometer) and as the first epochs for determination of proper motions of stars. The ACT Reference Catalogue was applied for the reductions of positions and B magnitudes of stars, the GSC1.1 was used for determination of (B-V) values, and the USNO R-magnitudes were used for determination of (B-R) values. The estimated precision is 0.2 arcseconds for the positions, 3 mas/yr for the proper motions, and 0.18mag for the photometry.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/I/250
- Title:
- The Tycho Reference Catalogue
- Short Name:
- I/250
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- The Tycho Reference Catalogue (TRC) contains high-quality positions and proper motions for 990182 stars of the Tycho Catalogue. The proper motions were derived from Tycho positions and Astrographic Catalogue positions reduced to the Hipparcos system. The median accuracy of the TRC position components is 40 mas at J1991.25. The median accuracy of the proper motion is about 2.5 mas/yr. Systematic errors are less than about 1.0 mas(/yr). The quality of the proper motions in TRC is assessed by comparison with the Hipparcos and Tycho Catalogues. Comparison with the recent ACT Catalogue which is based on an independent reduction of the same observations as used for constructing the TRC is reported.
- 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/I/231
- Title:
- Uccle AC Zone Data Reduced to ACRS
- Short Name:
- I/231
- 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 Uccle Zone, whose plates are centered between declinations +34 and +35 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 over 117,000 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/I/226
- Title:
- Vatican AC Zone Data Reduced to ACRS
- Short Name:
- I/226
- 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 Vatican Zone, whose plates are centered between declinations +55 and +64 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 over 256,000 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.
