Hubble Guide Star Catalog – Astrographic Catalog/Tycho

The Hubble Guide Star Catalog – Astrographic Catalog/Tycho (GSC-ACT) is an astronomical catalog which records the twenty million stars of the Hubble GSC, version 1.1, recalibrated using the U.S. Naval Observatory's ACT (Astrographic Catalog/Tycho). By 2009 it was considered obsolete, superseded by such catalogues as GSC-2.2, B1.0, A2.0, and especially UCAC-3.[1]

GSC-ACT was a re-calibration of the Guide Star Catalog version 1.1 for Hubble.[2] The original GSC dated to 1989,[1] and one of the reasons for an update was improvements to star catalogs that took place after that time.[3] In this case the ACT catalog was used, which had for example more stars; whereas the GSC 1.1 had a third-order fit for plate distortions, the ACT has a five-order available.[3] Another improvement of the GSC 1.1 was the GSC 1.2.[3]

GSC-ACT uses five classification codes:[4]

  • 1 Star
  • 2 Galaxy
  • 3 Non-Star
  • 4 Artefact

See also

References

  1. ^ a b Gray, Bill (9 April 2003). "GSC-ACT files and information". www.projectpluto.com.
  2. ^ "VizieR". vizier.u-strasbg.fr. Retrieved 2017-03-03.
  3. ^ a b c Gray, Bill (16 December 1999). "GSC-ACT files and information". tdc-www.harvard.edu.
  4. ^ "GSC-ACT Catalog". ledas-www.star.le.ac.uk. Retrieved 2017-03-03.


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