Bright Star Catalogue

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The Bright Star Catalogue is a comprehensive astronomical catalog listing all stars of relatively high apparent brightness, widely used as a standard reference in stellar astronomy.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf astronomical catalogue
reference work
star catalogue
abbreviation BSC NERFINISHED
YBS NERFINISHED
alsoKnownAs Harvard Revised Photometry Catalogue NERFINISHED
Yale Bright Star Catalogue NERFINISHED
Yale Catalogue of Bright Stars NERFINISHED
catalogDesignationScheme HR numbers NERFINISHED
compiledBy Yale University Observatory NERFINISHED
contains all stars visible to the naked eye from Earth under good conditions
over 9000 stars
coordinateSystem equatorial coordinates
criterion includes stars of relatively high apparent brightness
dataEpoch various epochs depending on edition
dataIncluded declination
multiple star information (when applicable)
proper motion
radial velocity (when available)
right ascension
spectral type
star names and designations
variability type (when applicable)
visual magnitude
distributionFormat machine-readable data files
printed book
editor Dorrit Hoffleit NERFINISHED
Wayne H. Warren Jr. NERFINISHED
field astronomy
stellar astronomy
fifthEditionEditors Dorrit Hoffleit NERFINISHED
fifthEditionPublicationYear 1991
fifthEditionStarCount 9110
firstEditionPublicationYear 1930
firstEditionPublisher Yale University Observatory NERFINISHED
identifierType HR number
language English
magnitudeLimit about visual magnitude 6.5
maintainedBy Yale University (historically) NERFINISHED
notableEdition 5th revised edition
relatedCatalogue Henry Draper Catalogue NERFINISHED
Hipparcos Catalogue NERFINISHED
Tycho Catalogue NERFINISHED
use source of stellar magnitudes
source of stellar positions
source of stellar proper motions
source of stellar spectral types
source of stellar variability information
standard reference for bright stars
usedIn cross-identification with other star catalogues
observational planning
stellar identification

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HR 1457 belongsTo Bright Star Catalogue
HD 23480 belongsToCatalog Bright Star Catalogue
Delta Crucis catalog Bright Star Catalogue
Taygeta cataloguedIn Bright Star Catalogue
star Sterope I hasCatalogDesignation Bright Star Catalogue
subject surface form: Sterope I
this entity surface form: Bright Star Catalogue HR 1178
HR 1156 hasDesignation Bright Star Catalogue
this entity surface form: Bright Star Catalogue HR 1156
23 Tauri isCatalogEntryIn Bright Star Catalogue
Saiph isCatalogedIn Bright Star Catalogue
87 Tauri isCataloguedIn Bright Star Catalogue
HR 1156 isInCatalogue Bright Star Catalogue
Epsilon Sagittarii isIncludedIn Bright Star Catalogue