Washington Double Star Catalog
(WDS)
(modern database of double stars)
The Washington Double Star Catalog is a database of double stars
maintained by the USNO, that combines information from earlier
such catalogs. For each entry, it includes a Latin-alphabet
code-abbreviation
indicating the discoverer, such as STF for Friedrich Struve
rather than the traditional Σ
So in addition to the traditional designations,
such stars are often cited using these codes (e.g., STF2740;
for Σ2740; see Struve Catalogs) or with a WDS designation.
The WDS is an outgrowth of the IDS
(Index Catalog of Visual Double Stars),
developed and previously maintained by Lick Observatory.
(catalog,stars,double stars)
Further reading:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Washington_Double_Star_Catalog
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Index_Catalogue_of_Visual_Double_Stars
http://www.astro.gsu.edu/wds/
https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1963icvd.book.....J/abstract
https://www.usno.navy.mil/USNO/astrometry/optical-IR-prod/wds/WDS
Prefix | Example | | |
IDS | IDS 05200+2831 A | Index Catalog of Double Stars | |
WDS | WDS 10494+5517 | | |
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Referenced by pages:
double star
double star designation
Lacaille Star Catalog (Lac)
Stelle Doppie
Index