Wolf star catalogue?

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Wolf star catalogue?

Post #1by Evil Dr Ganymede » 10.03.2004, 18:37

My google-fu seems to be weak today... is there an online list of all the stars in the Wolf catalogue (ie Wolf 359, etc), that preferably has what Gliese numbers they stars correspond to?

I just wanted to check if Wolf 1481 = Gliese 555 = HN Librae

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Post #2by selden » 10.03.2004, 18:44

Oh Evil One,

You should use the astronomical database at http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/sim-fid.pll

Just type in the name of the star and it'll tell you where it is and all of its alternative designations. (The answer is "Yes")

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Basic data : V* HN Lib -- Variable Star                          with radius  arc min.
ICRS 2000.0 coordinates
 14 34 16.8101 -12 31 10.398 [25.16 17.66 100] A 1997A&A...323L..49P
 
FK5 2000.0/2000.0 coordinates
 14 34 16.81 -12 31 10.4 [25.16 17.66 100]
 
FK4 1950.0/1950.0 coordinates
 14 31 35.15 -12 18 32.9 [145.06 103.09 102]
 
Galactic coordinates
 338.42 +43.15
 
Proper motion (mas/yr) [error ellipse]
 -357.50 595.12 [ 2.77 2.03 102] A 1997A&A...323L..49P
 
B magn, V magn, Peculiarities 12.97, 11.35, V?
Spectral type
 M4
 
Parallaxes (mas)
 163.51 [2.77] A 1997A&A...323L..49P
 

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Identifiers (22):

V* HN Lib                     NSV 6707                      BD-11 3759
Ci 20 870                     GEN# -0.01103759              GJ 555
GSC 05572-00804               HIC 71253                     HIP 71253
JP11 280                      LFT 1120                      LHS 2945
LPM 532                       LTT 5759                      8pc 163.51
PLX 3296                      PM 14316-1219                 [RHG95] 2310
UBV 12727                     UBV M 5328                    Wolf 1481
Zkh 208                       
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Post #3by Evil Dr Ganymede » 10.03.2004, 22:47

Thanks. I'm sure I looked there, but I must have missed that one. I've been trying to find more proper or alternative names for the stars on the RECONS list. Seems that some of those are Groombridges or Wolfs but they're not indicated as such there. Though it would still be kinda cool to find a list of all the Wolfs anyway.

It also seems that some of the GJ stars listed on RECONS should actually be listed as GL stars. Unless one catalogue has replaced the other?

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Post #4by selden » 11.03.2004, 02:16

Oh Evil one,

GJ is the official abbreviation for the current version of that catalog. This is explained on the CDS site (which hosts both VizieR and Simbad). When you click on one of the alternate names for a star, Simbad gives a detailed description of the naming conventions used in the catalogs associated with the name.

In this case, there are three different catalogs and three different people involved.

GJ = Gl = Gls = Gliese = (NN) = (NSC) (Gliese+Jahreiss)

GJ = Gl = Gliese = (W) = (WEPP) = (Wo) = (Woolley) (Gliese+Jahreiss)
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