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SAO Star Catalog

(Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory Star Catalog)
(1960s catalog)

The SAO Star Catalog (for Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory Star Catalog) is a 1966 catalog of 258,996 stars compiled from previous astrometric catalogs, published by the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory (SAO).

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Further reading:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smithsonian_Astrophysical_Observatory_Star_Catalog
http://tdc-www.harvard.edu/catalogs/sao.html
https://heasarc.gsfc.nasa.gov/W3Browse/star-catalog/sao.html
https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1964SAOSR.151.....S/abstract
https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1966saos.book.....W/abstract
PrefixExample  
SAOSAO 75144 

Referenced by page:
PPM Star Catalogue
Index