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1997A&A...323L..49P - Astronomy and Astrophysics, volume 323, L49-52 (1997/7-1)

The Hipparcos Catalogue.

PERRYMAN M.A.C., LINDEGREN L., KOVALEVSKY J., HOG E., BASTIAN U., BERNACCA P.L., CREZE M., DONATI F., GRENON M., GREWING M., VAN LEEUWEN F., VAN DER MAREL H., MIGNARD F., MURRAY C.A., LE POOLE R.S., SCHRIJVER H., TURON C., ARENOU F., FROESCHLE M. and PETERSEN C.S.

Abstract (from CDS):

The principal observational characteristics of the Hipparcos Catalogue, and a summary of its main astrometric and photometric properties, are presented. Median astrometric standard errors (in position, parallax, and annual proper motion) are in the range 0.7-0.9 milliarcsec (mas) for stars brighter than 9 mag at the catalogue epoch (J1991.25). The catalogue is a materialisation of the ICRS reference system, coinciding with its principal axes at the level of ±0.6mas, and with proper motions consistent with an inertial system at the level of ±0.25mas/yr. The 118218 constituent stars provide a mean sky density of ∼3 stars/deg². The catalogue is available in printed and machine-readable forms.

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Journal keyword(s): Hipparcos - astrometry - parallaxes - proper motions - catalogues

CDS comments: reprint in the special issue (500/1) : 2009A&A...500..501P

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