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most citedThe second US Naval Observatory CCD Astrograph Catalog (UCAC2)

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astro-ph.SR2018★ 8 cited

Speckle Interferometry at the U.S. Naval Observatory. XXIII

Brian D. Mason, William I. Hartkopf, Sean E. Urban +1

The results of 3,989 intensified CCD observations of double stars, made with the 26-inch refractor of the U.S. Naval Observatory, are presented. Each observation of a system repres…

astro-ph.IM2016

W1J00 and W2J00: Results of the Observations made with the Six-inch Transit Circle 1977-1982 AND Results of Pole-to-Pole Observations made with the Six-inch and Seven-inch Transit Circles 1985-1996

T. J. Rafferty, E. R. Holdenried, S. E. Urban

The astronomical results contained in this publication represent a continuation of previous work of the United States Naval Observatory Six-inch and Seven-inch transit circles. The…

astro-ph.EP2015★ 3 cited

Historical Reflections on the Work of IAU Commission 4 (Ephemerides)

George H. Kaplan, John A. Bangert, Agnes Fienga +10

As part of a reorganization of the International Astronomical Union (IAU), Commission 4 (Ephemerides) went out of existence after the IAU General Assembly in August 2015. This pape…

astro-ph.IM2010★ 353 cited

The Third US Naval Observatory CCD Astrograph Catalog (UCAC3)

N. Zacharias, C. Finch, T. Girard +27

The third US Naval Observatory (USNO) CCD Astrograph Catalog, UCAC3 was released at the IAU General Assembly on 2009 August 10. It is the first all-sky release in this series and c…

astro-ph2004★ 615 cited

The second US Naval Observatory CCD Astrograph Catalog (UCAC2)

N. Zacharias, S. E. Urban, M. I. Zacharias +4

The second USNO CCD Astrograph Catalog, UCAC2 was released in July 2003. Positions and proper motions for 48,330,571 sources (mostly stars) are available on 3 CDs, supplemented wit…

astro-ph2000★ 19 cited

Comparing Tycho-2 Astrometry with UCAC1

Norbert Zacharias, Marion I. Zacharias, Sean E. Urban +1

The Tycho-2 Catalogue, released in February 2000, is based on the ESA Hipparcos space mission data and various ground-based catalogs for proper motions. An external comparison of t…