Catalogue · LHS · 1979
Luyten Half-Second Catalogue (LHS)
A catalogue of stars with large proper motions — at least half an arcsecond per year — compiled by Willem Luyten from decades of photographic plate comparisons. Because high proper motion usually signals a nearby star, the 'LHS' catalogue is a rich hunting ground for the Sun's closest neighbours, including many faint red and white dwarfs.
Highlights
- ›Stars racing across the sky — a map of the solar neighbourhood
Related catalogues & sources
Across the catalogue layer
Knowledge connections
- Associated withGliese Catalogue of Nearby Stars
- Associated withNearby-Star Catalogues
- Associated withWolf Catalogue of High-Proper-Motion Stars
- Associated withVizieR
- Associated withWolf Catalogue of High-Proper-Motion Stars
- Associated withNearby-Star Catalogues
Sources
The primary and reference sources this topic draws on.
- IAUInternational Astronomical Union
Official naming, definitions, constellation boundaries, and astronomical nomenclature.