Issue |
Astron. Astrophys. Suppl. Ser.
Volume 119, Number 1, October I 1996
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Page(s) | 91 - 98 | |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/aas:1996229 | |
Published online | 15 October 1996 |
The Magellanic Catalogue of Stars (MACS)*
1
Astronomisches Institut der Universität Münster, Wilhelm-Klemm-Straße 10, D–48149 Münster, Germany
2
Sternwarte der Universität Bonn, Auf dem Hügel 71, D–53121 Bonn, Germany
Corresponding author: Send offprint request to: H.-J. Tucholke, e-mail: tucholke@astro.uni-bonn.de
Received:
23
November
1995
Accepted:
2
February
1996
We have compiled the Magellanic Catalogue of Stars (MACS), a catalogue
of positions for 243 561 stars covering large areas around the Large
and Small Magellanic Cloud (LMC and SMC). The positions have been
measured using ESO Schmidt plates and refer to the FK5 system via the
PPM catalogue. A comparison of positions from different plates shows
internal errors at a level of to
. The
positional accuracy is estimated to be better than
per
coordinate for 99% of the stars. The limiting magnitude of the MACS
is
, but the catalogue is not complete: only those stars
are included which are undisturbed by close neighbours as verified by
visual screening in order to obtain a clean astrometric reference.
We introduce for the MACS a nomenclature and numbering system in
accord with IAU rules based on position, leaving the possibility to
add further stars without upsetting the numbering system. The
catalogue is available via the Centre des Données Strasbourg (CDS).
Key words: Magellanic Clouds / catalogs / astrometry / galaxies: stellar content
© European Southern Observatory (ESO), 1996