Dictionary of Nomenclature of Celestial Objects
(Last update: 11-Mar-2024)

Result of query: info cati USNO-B1.0$

Details on Acronym:   USNO-B1.0
  
USNO-B1.0 (US Naval Obs., B1.0 catalogue)
Write:<<USNO-B1.0 NNNN-NNNNNNNN>>
N: 1042618261
Object:*  (SIMBAD class: Star)
Note:The USNO-B1.0 is a catalog that presents positions, proper motions, magnitudes in various optical passbands for star or galaxy estimators. The USNO-B1.0 is made of the zone number (from 0000 in South Pole to 1799 in North Pole), followed by a sequential number.
Ref:=2003AJ....125..984M
byMONET D.G. , LEVINE S.E., CANZIAN B., ABLES H.D., BIRD A.R., DAHN C.C., GUETTER H.H., HARRIS H.C., HENDEN A.A., LEGGETT S.K., LEVISON H.F., LUGINBUHL C.B., MARTINI J., MONET A.K.B., MUNN J.A., PIER J.R., RHODES A.R., RIEPE B., SELL S., STONE R.C., VRBA F.J., WALKER R.L., WESTERHOUT G., BRUCATO R.J., REID I.N., SCHOENING W., HARTLEY M., READ M.A., TRITTON S.B.
 Astron. J., 125, 984-993 (2003)
  The USNO-B catalog.
oCatalog: <USNO-B1.0 NNNN-NNNNNNNN> N=1042618261.
=E=Catalogue in electronic form as I/284
Originof the Acronym: A = Assigned by the author(s)