Catalog family
Astrometric Star Catalogues
The positional catalogues that pin down where the stars are — from Argelander's pre-photographic Bonner Durchmusterung and the Smithsonian's SAO catalogue to the space-based precision of Hipparcos, Tycho-2, and Gaia.
Highlights
- ›From the Durchmusterung to Gaia — where the stars are
Related catalogues & sources
Across the catalogue layer
Knowledge connections
- Associated withTycho-2 Catalogue
- Associated withSAO Star Catalog
- Associated withBonner Durchmusterung (BD)
- Associated withHipparcos Catalogue
- Associated withGaia Catalogue
- Associated withTycho-2 Catalogue
- Associated withSAO Star Catalog
- Associated withBonner Durchmusterung (BD)
- Associated withGaia
Sources
The primary and reference sources this topic draws on.
- IAUInternational Astronomical Union
Official naming, definitions, constellation boundaries, and astronomical nomenclature.