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The U.S. Naval Observatory has completed the compilation of the ACT Reference Catalog, containing 988,758 stars covering the entire sky. The motivation behind the ACT was to provide accurate proper motions for the majority of the stars in the Tycho Catalogue (ESA SP-1200). To do this, positions from new reductions of the Astrographic Catalogue (AC 2000) were combined with those of Tycho. The large epoch span between the two catalogs yields proper motions about an order of magnitude more accurate than those published in the Tycho Catalogue. The astrometric data contained in the ACT Reference Catalog include positions, proper motions and error estimates. These are on the Hipparcos System (J2000.0) for epoch J2000.0. Photometric data (B and V) from Tycho are included. Additionally, cross references to the Tycho, AC 2000, Bonner Durchmusterung (BD), Cordoba Durchmusterung (CD), Cape Durchmusterung (CPD), Henry Draper (HD) and Hipparcos Catalogues are given.· Quick Access to This Dataset:
FTP ADC ViewerThis data set includes 48 table, 0 image/graphic, and 2 text files.
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| File Name | File Type | Description | Access Methods | |
| 1246_act0000.dat | table | ACT Reference Catalog [00h 00m - 00h 30m[ | FTP | ADC Viewer |
| 1246_act0030.dat | table | ACT Reference Catalog [00h 30m - 01h 00m[ | FTP | ADC Viewer |
| 1246_act0100.dat | table | ACT Reference Catalog [01h 00m - 01h 30m[ | FTP | ADC Viewer |
| 1246_act0130.dat | table | ACT Reference Catalog [01h 30m - 02h 00m[ | FTP | ADC Viewer |
| 1246_act0200.dat | table | ACT Reference Catalog [02h 00m - 02h 30m[ | FTP | ADC Viewer |
| 1246_act0230.dat | table | ACT Reference Catalog [02h 30m - 03h 00m[ | FTP | ADC Viewer |
| 1246_act0300.dat | table | ACT Reference Catalog [03h 00m - 03h 30m[ | FTP | ADC Viewer |
| 1246_act0330.dat | table | ACT Reference Catalog [03h 30m - 04h 00m[ | FTP | ADC Viewer |
| 1246_act0400.dat | table | ACT Reference Catalog [04h 00m - 04h 30m[ | FTP | ADC Viewer |
| 1246_act0430.dat | table | ACT Reference Catalog [04h 30m - 04h 00m[ | FTP | ADC Viewer |
| 1246_act0500.dat | table | ACT Reference Catalog [05h 00m - 05h 30m[ | FTP | ADC Viewer |
| 1246_act0530.dat | table | ACT Reference Catalog [05h 30m - 06h 00m[ | FTP | ADC Viewer |
| 1246_act0600.dat | table | ACT Reference Catalog [06h 00m - 06h 30m[ | FTP | ADC Viewer |
| 1246_act0630.dat | table | ACT Reference Catalog [06h 30m - 07h 00m[ | FTP | ADC Viewer |
| 1246_act0700.dat | table | ACT Reference Catalog [07h 00m - 07h 30m[ | FTP | ADC Viewer |
| 1246_act0730.dat | table | ACT Reference Catalog [07h 30m - 08h 00m[ | FTP | ADC Viewer |
| 1246_act0800.dat | table | ACT Reference Catalog [08h 00m - 08h 30m[ | FTP | ADC Viewer |
| 1246_act0830.dat | table | ACT Reference Catalog [08h 30m - 09h 00m[ | FTP | ADC Viewer |
| 1246_act0900.dat | table | ACT Reference Catalog [09h 00m - 09h 30m[ | FTP | ADC Viewer |
| 1246_act0930.dat | table | ACT Reference Catalog [09h 30m - 10h 00m[ | FTP | ADC Viewer |
| 1246_act1000.dat | table | ACT Reference Catalog [10h 00m - 10h 30m[ | FTP | ADC Viewer |
| 1246_act1030.dat | table | ACT Reference Catalog [10h 30m - 11h 00m[ | FTP | ADC Viewer |
| 1246_act1100.dat | table | ACT Reference Catalog [11h 00m - 11h 30m[ | FTP | ADC Viewer |
| 1246_act1130.dat | table | ACT Reference Catalog [11h 30m - 12h 00m[ | FTP | ADC Viewer |
| 1246_act1200.dat | table | ACT Reference Catalog [12h 00m - 12h 30m[ | FTP | ADC Viewer |
| 1246_act1230.dat | table | ACT Reference Catalog [12h 30m - 13h 00m[ | FTP | ADC Viewer |
| 1246_act1300.dat | table | ACT Reference Catalog [13h 00m - 13h 30m[ | FTP | ADC Viewer |
| 1246_act1330.dat | table | ACT Reference Catalog [13h 30m - 14h 00m[ | FTP | ADC Viewer |
| 1246_act1400.dat | table | ACT Reference Catalog [14h 00m - 14h 30m[ | FTP | ADC Viewer |
| 1246_act1430.dat | table | ACT Reference Catalog [14h 30m - 15h 00m[ | FTP | ADC Viewer |
| 1246_act1500.dat | table | ACT Reference Catalog [15h 00m - 15h 30m[ | FTP | ADC Viewer |
| 1246_act1530.dat | table | ACT Reference Catalog [15h 30m - 16h 00m[ | FTP | ADC Viewer |
| 1246_act1600.dat | table | ACT Reference Catalog [16h 00m - 16h 30m[ | FTP | ADC Viewer |
| 1246_act1630.dat | table | ACT Reference Catalog [16h 30m - 17h 00m[ | FTP | ADC Viewer |
| 1246_act1700.dat | table | ACT Reference Catalog [17h 00m - 17h 30m[ | FTP | ADC Viewer |
| 1246_act1730.dat | table | ACT Reference Catalog [17h 30m - 18h 00m[ | FTP | ADC Viewer |
| 1246_act1800.dat | table | ACT Reference Catalog [18h 00m - 18h 30m[ | FTP | ADC Viewer |
| 1246_act1830.dat | table | ACT Reference Catalog [18h 30m - 19h 00m[ | FTP | ADC Viewer |
| 1246_act1900.dat | table | ACT Reference Catalog [19h 00m - 19h 30m[ | FTP | ADC Viewer |
| 1246_act1930.dat | table | ACT Reference Catalog [19h 30m - 20h 00m[ | FTP | ADC Viewer |
| 1246_act2000.dat | table | ACT Reference Catalog [20h 00m - 20h 30m[ | FTP | ADC Viewer |
| 1246_act2030.dat | table | ACT Reference Catalog [20h 30m - 21h 00m[ | FTP | ADC Viewer |
| 1246_act2100.dat | table | ACT Reference Catalog [21h 00m - 21h 30m[ | FTP | ADC Viewer |
| 1246_act2130.dat | table | ACT Reference Catalog [21h 30m - 22h 00m[ | FTP | ADC Viewer |
| 1246_act2200.dat | table | ACT Reference Catalog [22h 00m - 22h 30m[ | FTP | ADC Viewer |
| 1246_act2230.dat | table | ACT Reference Catalog [22h 30m - 23h 00m[ | FTP | ADC Viewer |
| 1246_act2300.dat | table | ACT Reference Catalog [23h 00m - 23h 30m[ | FTP | ADC Viewer |
| 1246_act2330.dat | table | ACT Reference Catalog [23h 30m - 24h 00m[ | FTP | ADC Viewer |
| 1246_intro.tex | latex | Introduction, latex version | FTP | |
| 1246_intro.ps | postscript | Introduction, postscript version | FTP | |