Hipparcos Catalogue
E581539
The Hipparcos Catalogue is a comprehensive star catalog produced by the European Space Agency’s Hipparcos satellite mission, providing highly accurate positions, parallaxes, and proper motions for over 100,000 stars.
Observed surface forms (3)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Hipparcos catalog | 2 |
| Hipparcos | 1 |
| Hipparcos stars | 1 |
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | star catalogue ⓘ |
| approximateMagnitudeLimit | V ≈ 12 ⓘ |
| basedOnMission | Hipparcos satellite NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| compiledBy | European Space Agency NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| containsAstrometricQualityFlags | yes ⓘ |
| containsDataFor | over 100000 stars ⓘ |
| containsDeclination | yes ⓘ |
| containsDoubleStarSolutions | yes ⓘ |
| containsParallax | yes ⓘ |
| containsPhotometricQualityFlags | yes ⓘ |
| containsPhotometry | broad-band Hp magnitudes ⓘ |
| containsProperMotionInDec | yes ⓘ |
| containsProperMotionInRA | yes ⓘ |
| containsRightAscension | yes ⓘ |
| containsVariableStarSolutions | yes ⓘ |
| coordinateSystem | International Celestial Reference System NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| dataCollectionPeriodEnd | 1993 ⓘ |
| dataCollectionPeriodStart | 1989 ⓘ |
| dataFormat | machine-readable tables ⓘ |
| distributedBy |
CD-ROM
ⓘ
online archives ⓘ |
| epoch | J1991.25 ⓘ |
| hasIdentifier | HIP number ⓘ |
| hasRevisedVersion | Hipparcos New Reduction (2007) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasSupplement |
Tycho Catalogue
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Tycho-2 Catalogue NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| includesBrightStars | yes ⓘ |
| languageOfDocumentation | English ⓘ |
| meanObservationEpoch | 1991.25 ⓘ |
| missionDuration | about 3.5 years ⓘ |
| operatedFromOrbitType | geostationary transfer orbit ⓘ |
| providesMeasurement |
stellar parallaxes
ⓘ
stellar positions ⓘ stellar proper motions ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1997 ⓘ |
| publishedBy | European Space Agency NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publishedInSeries | ESA SP-1200 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relatedToMission | Gaia mission NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| selectionBasis | magnitude-limited sample ⓘ |
| typicalParallaxAccuracy | about 1 milliarcsecond ⓘ |
| typicalPositionAccuracy | about 1 milliarcsecond ⓘ |
| typicalProperMotionAccuracy | about 1 milliarcsecond per year ⓘ |
| usedFor |
Galactic structure studies
ⓘ
calibration of the cosmic distance scale ⓘ determination of stellar absolute magnitudes ⓘ open cluster distance determinations ⓘ stellar kinematics ⓘ validation of stellar evolution models ⓘ |
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