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Keywords

astrometry
catalogs
reference systems
stars: kinematics
techniques: image processing

How to Cite

CdC-SF: Proper motion catalogue from Carte du Ciel plates, San Fernando Zone. (2009). Revista Mexicana De Astrofísica Y Astronomía Serie De Conferencias, 35(1), 121-122. https://astronomia.unam.mx/journals/rmxac/article/view/2009rmxac..35..121v
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Abstract

We present an astrometric catalogue of positions and proper motions derived from the Carte du Ciel plates of the San Fernando zone, photographic material with a mean epoch 1901.4 with a limiting magnitude V ∼ 15. Digitization has been made using a conventional flatbed scanner. Special techniques have been developed to handle the combination of plate material and the large distortion introduced by the scanner. A variety of post-scan corrections are shown to be necessary. The equatorial coordinates are on the ICRS system defined by Tycho-2. Comparison with the reference catalog indicates external errors of 0''.2. The UCAC2 Catalogue was used as second-epoch positions to derive proper motions with a mean accuracy of 1.2 mas/year for the proper motions for well-measure stars.