Hipparcos Catalogue

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The Hipparcos Catalogue is a comprehensive star catalog produced by the European Space Agency’s Hipparcos satellite mission, providing highly accurate positions, parallaxes, and proper motions for over 100,000 stars.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf star catalogue
approximateMagnitudeLimit V ≈ 12
basedOnMission Hipparcos satellite
compiledBy European Space Agency
containsAstrometricQualityFlags yes
containsDataFor over 100000 stars
containsDeclination yes
containsDoubleStarSolutions yes
containsParallax yes
containsPhotometricQualityFlags yes
containsPhotometry broad-band Hp magnitudes
containsProperMotionInDec yes
containsProperMotionInRA yes
containsRightAscension yes
containsVariableStarSolutions yes
coordinateSystem International Celestial Reference System
dataCollectionPeriodEnd 1993
dataCollectionPeriodStart 1989
dataFormat machine-readable tables
distributedBy CD-ROM
online archives
epoch J1991.25
hasIdentifier HIP number
hasRevisedVersion Hipparcos New Reduction (2007)
linked to: Hipparcos Catalogue
hasSupplement Tycho Catalogue
Tycho-2 Catalogue
linked to: Tycho Catalogue
includesBrightStars yes
languageOfDocumentation English
meanObservationEpoch 1991.25
missionDuration about 3.5 years
operatedFromOrbitType geostationary transfer orbit
providesMeasurement stellar parallaxes
stellar positions
stellar proper motions
publicationYear 1997
publishedBy European Space Agency
publishedInSeries ESA SP-1200
relatedToMission Gaia mission
linked to: Gaia observatory
selectionBasis magnitude-limited sample
typicalParallaxAccuracy about 1 milliarcsecond
typicalPositionAccuracy about 1 milliarcsecond
typicalProperMotionAccuracy about 1 milliarcsecond per year
usedFor Galactic structure studies
calibration of the cosmic distance scale
determination of stellar absolute magnitudes
open cluster distance determinations
stellar kinematics
validation of stellar evolution models

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linked to: Hipparcos Catalogue
23 Tauri isCatalogEntryIn Hipparcos Catalogue
HD 23480 belongsToCatalog Hipparcos Catalogue
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Mimosa isCataloguedIn Hipparcos Catalogue
Gaia Data Release 1 precededBy Hipparcos catalog
linked to: Hipparcos Catalogue
Gaia Data Release 1 astrometricSolutionFor Hipparcos stars
linked to: Hipparcos Catalogue
Gaia Data Release 1 linkedTo Hipparcos catalog
linked to: Hipparcos Catalogue
Hipparcos dataRelease Hipparcos Catalogue
subject linked to: Hipparcos satellite
Epsilon Coronae Australis cataloguedIn Hipparcos Catalogue
HD 23180 isCataloguedIn Hipparcos Catalogue
HD 25443 catalog Hipparcos Catalogue
Bright Star Catalogue relatedCatalogue Hipparcos Catalogue
HD 168454 isCataloguedIn Hipparcos Catalogue
SAO 209384 belongsToCatalog Hipparcos Catalogue
Eta Serpentis catalog Hipparcos Catalogue
HD 23630 catalog Hipparcos Catalogue
HD 24534 belongsToCatalogue Hipparcos Catalogue
HD 26311 catalog Hipparcos Catalogue
HD 23850 catalog Hipparcos Catalogue
Beta Scuti catalog Hipparcos Catalogue
Theta Serpentis isCatalogedIn Hipparcos Catalogue
HD 25940 standardCatalog Hipparcos Catalogue
Alpha Doradus hasCatalogEntry Hipparcos Catalogue
Hadar isCataloguedIn Hipparcos Catalogue
HD 23338 catalog Hipparcos Catalogue
HR 1149 isCataloguedIn Hipparcos Catalogue
HIP 17531 belongsToCatalog Hipparcos Catalogue
BD+23 550 catalog Hipparcos Catalogue
Epsilon Scuti catalog HipparcosCatalogue
linked to: Hipparcos Catalogue
Jabbah isCataloguedIn Hipparcos Catalogue
Dschubba isCataloguedIn Hipparcos Catalogue
Beta Tucanae isCatalogedIn Hipparcos Catalogue
Wezen isCatalogedIn Hipparcos Catalogue
Furud isCataloguedIn Hipparcos Catalogue
Omicron2 Canis Majoris catalog Hipparcos Catalogue
Beta Canis Majoris catalog Hipparcos Catalogue
Gamma Microscopii catalog Hipparcos Catalogue
HD 23850 catalogIn Hipparcos Catalogue
BD+23 455 catalog Hipparcos Catalogue
Hipparcos Catalogue HIP 17954 catalogue Hipparcos Catalogue
Hipparcos Catalogue HIP 17954 belongsToCatalogue Hipparcos main catalogue
linked to: Hipparcos Catalogue
50 Orionis isCataloguedIn Hipparcos Catalogue
HIP 26727 isInCatalog Hipparcos Catalogue
HR 1852 isCataloguedIn Hipparcos Catalogue
HD 36486 isCataloguedIn Hipparcos Catalogue
HIP 25930 belongsToCatalog Hipparcos Catalogue
Bayer designations coexistsWith Hipparcos Catalogue numbers
linked to: Hipparcos Catalogue
Cursa catalog Hipparcos Catalogue