Dictionary of Nomenclature of Celestial Objects
(Last update: 22-Mar-2024)

Result of query: info cati UPC$

Details on Acronym:   UPC
  
UPC (URAT Parallax Catalog)
Write:<<UPC NNNNNN>>
N: 112177
Object:*  (SIMBAD class: Star)
Note:The URAT Parallax Catalog (UPC) consists of 112177 parallaxes. The catalog utilizes all Northern Hemisphere epoch data from the United States Naval Observatory (USNO) Robotic Astrometric Telescope (URAT). This data includes all individual exposures taken with the URAT telescope from April 2012 to June 2015.
Auth.:Charlie Finch

US Naval Observatory
Originof the Acronym: p = Pre-registered to IAU Comm.5