USNO CCD Astrograph Catalog

First USNO CCD Astrograph Catalog
Alternative namesUCAC

The USNO CCD Astrograph Catalog (UCAC) is an astrometric star catalog of the United States Naval Observatory.

UCAC-1[edit]

The first preliminary edition, published in March 2000, gives the positions and proper motions of over 27 million stars in the southern hemisphere in the brightness range 8–16.

UCAC-2[edit]

The second issue was the IAU published General Assembly in Sydney (2003) and includes positions and proper motions of about 50 million stars.

UCAC-3[edit]

The third edition was published in the IAU General Assembly in Rio (August 2009).

UCAC-4[edit]

The fourth edition was published in August 2012.

Since Spring 2015, the successor URAT is available.

UCAC-5[edit]

The fifth edition was published in February 2017.[1][2]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "UCAC5 - nowy katalog pozycji i ruchów własnych gwiazd" (in Polish). 2017-03-29.
  2. ^ UCAC5: New Proper Motions using Gaia DR1

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