Hipparcos and Tycho Catalogues

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Nov 2000

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"Encyclopedia of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Edited by Paul Murdin, article 1591. Bristol: Institute of Physics Publishing, 2001

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

Coordinates, Time, And Motion, Astrometry

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The decision of the International Astronomical Union to adopt the new celestial reference system ICRS (see EXTRAGALACTIC REFERENCE FRAMES), and its realization in the radio domain (ICRF, see SPACE AND TIME REFERENCES: CONCEPTS), was contingent upon the completion of a secondary catalog of star positions and proper motions in optical wavelengths. The only suitable catalog was the one obtained fro...

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