USNO CCD Astrograph Catalog

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First USNO CCD Astrograph Catalog
Alternative namesUCAC
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The USNO CCD Astrograph Catalog (UCAC) is an astrometric star catalog of the United States Naval Observatory.

EditionDescription
UCAC-1The first preliminary edition, published in March 2000, gives the positions and proper motions of over 27 million stars in the southern hemisphere in the brightness range 8–16.
UCAC-2The second issue was the IAU published General Assembly in Sydney (2003) and includes positions and proper motions of about 50 million stars.
UCAC-3The third edition was published in the IAU General Assembly in Rio (August 2009).
UCAC-4The fourth edition was published in August 2012. Since Spring 2015, the successor URAT is available.
UCAC-5The fifth edition was published in February 2017. [1] [2]

References

  1. ↑ "UCAC5 - nowy katalog pozycji i ruchów własnych gwiazd" (in Polish). 2017-03-29.
  2. ↑ UCAC5: New Proper Motions using Gaia DR1


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