Catalogue · WDS
Washington Double Star Catalog (WDS)
The principal database of double and multiple stars, maintained by the United States Naval Observatory. It gathers positions, separations, position angles, and magnitudes for well over a hundred thousand pairs from centuries of measurements, and its 'WDS' identifiers are the standard reference for binary and multiple systems.
Highlights
- ›The master reference for double and multiple stars
Related catalogues & sources
Across the catalogue layer
Knowledge connections
- Associated withVariable & Double Star Catalogues
- Associated withVizieR
- Associated withVariable & Double Star Catalogues
Sources
The primary and reference sources this topic draws on.
- US Naval ObservatoryUnited States Naval Observatory
Precise time, almanac data, Sun/Moon rise-set, and phases.