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in March 2001 based on ADC/CDS Catalog I/131A, which itself is originally derived from a character-coded machine-readable version of the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory Star Catalog (SAO, SAO Staff 1966) prepared by T.A. Nagy in 1979, and subsequently modified over the next decade or so.
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for which accurate proper motions were known. Names in the SAO catalogue start with the letters SAO, followed by a number. The numbers are assigned following 18 ten-degree bands of
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in 1966 and contains 258,997 stars. The catalogue was compiled from various previous astrometric catalogues, and contains only stars to about ninth
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Star Catalog: Positions and Proper Motions of 258,997 Stars for the Epoch and Equinox of 1950.0
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Millis, R. L.; Wasserman, L. H.; Birch, P. V. (1977). "Detection of rings around Uranus".
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Online version of the SAO Catalog was created by the
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astrometric
star catalogue
Smithsonian Institution
research institute
Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory
magnitude
declination
right ascension
HEASARC
SAO 67174
Vega
SAO 113271
Betelgeuse
SAO 40012
HD 277559
SAO 158687
occulted
Uranus
rings around Uranus
Webpage on the SAO star catalog, B1950
Catalog translated to J2000
Interactive query form of the catalog
"SAO - Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory Star Catalog"
Bibcode
1977Natur.267..330M
doi
10.1038/267330a0
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astronomical catalog

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