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The New Index Catalog of Visual Double Stars-WDS

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 August 2017

Charles E. Worley  and
Geoffrey G. Douglass
Charles E. Worley
Affiliation:
U.S. Naval Observatory, Washington, D.C. 20390
Geoffrey G. Douglass
Affiliation:
U.S. Naval Observatory, Washington, D.C. 20390

Abstract

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A new index catalog of visual double stars, the Washington Double Star Catalog (WDS), 1984.0, is now available in tape form. All of the double star data has been updated, as well as the notes to the catalog. This report summarizes the contents of the WDS and describes its compilation.

Type
VIII. Objects
Information
Symposium - International Astronomical Union , Volume 109: Astrometric Techniques , 1986 , pp. 649 - 651
Copyright
Copyright © Reidel 1986 

References

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