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Present Status of Work on the FK5 Extension

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 April 2016

Thomas E. Corbin  and
Heiner Schwan
Thomas E. Corbin
Affiliation:
U.S. Naval Observatory 34th and Massachusetts Ave., NW Washington, D.C. 20392U.S.A.
Heiner Schwan
Affiliation:
Astron. Rechen-InstitutMönchhofstr. 12-14 D-6900 Heidelberg 1 F.R.G.

Abstract

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The FK5 Extension, consisting of 3117 new fundamental stars selected from the FK4 Sup catalogue and the IRS list, will extend the FK5 system to about 9.5th visual magnitude. The construction of the FK5 Extension is briefly described and the main characteristics are given.

Type
Part 2. Poster Papers
Information
International Astronomical Union Colloquium , Volume 127: Reference Systems , 1991 , pp. 238 - 241
Copyright
Copyright © United States Naval Observatory 1991

References

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