<b>Field 61, 1st digit</b>: Survey star and identification chart



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Field 61, 1st digit: Survey star and identification chart

The letters in this field have the following meaning:

[][ S:] the star is a `survey' star [ C:] an identification chart is provided within the faint star Atlas (Annex 2, Volume 7 of the printed version) [ T:] the star is a `survey' star, and an identification chart is provided within the faint star Atlas

[]The survey is the basic list of bright stars added to and merged with the total list of proposed stars (see `Star Selection', page 5). Its limiting magnitude is a function of the star's spectral type and galactic latitude, and is defined by:

(if no spectral type was available, the break was taken at mag).

Where there was considered to be some possible doubt as to the identification of the star (e.g. for faint stars, for crowded zones, or for components of double or multiple systems), charts were constructed from the Guide Star Catalog (Lasker et al. 1990).


The Meudon Hipparcos Input Catalogue Team
mer 16 nov 15:51:31 MET 1994