The system determined from the observations carried out by the ESA satellite
provides an exclusively precise
catalogue. However, the highly accurate
reference frame
needs a link to an inertial coordinate system. There are some methods
for the link of the
data using ground based
observations. One of them deals with the use of absolute proper motion
of stars determined with respect to galaxies by means of photographic
astrometry. Preliminary results have shown that this method is
competitive with other more expensive techniques (Yatsenko et al.
1987).
Proper motion programmes that may be used for the link are in progress at several observatories (Lick, U.S.A.; Hamburg, Bonn and Potsdam, Germany; Kiev, Ukraine). The Kiev part is based on the application of absolute proper motions of stars obtained from photographic observations on the programmes called Catalogue of Faint Stars (KSZ, Deutch 1952) and Study of the Main Meridional Section of the Galaxy (MEGA, Kharchenko 1987). The present paper is devoted to the description of the new version of the compiled catalogue performed within the KSZ programme.