Notes on Flamsteed's catalog ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - Sources + Historia Coelestis Britannica John Flamsteed London, 1725 https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=4K9FAAAAcAAJ + Éphémérides des Mouvements Célestes Joseph Jérôme de Lalande Paris, 1783 https://books.google.fr/books?id=pZAAAAAAMAAJ - Ptolemy, Tycho, Hevelius or Bayer designations outside the constellation The constellation to which a Ptolemy, Tycho, Hevelius number or Bayer letter refers to in Flamsteed's catalog is sometimes different from the one where Flamsteed placed the star. Sometimes, that constellation is not even mentioned. The following list enumerates all these cases (the Pup/Nav cases are an artifact of my choice to use Puppis instead of Navis in Flamsteed designations). A '*' after the designation indicates that the catalog does not specify the other constellation explicitly. I have tried to restore the correct constellation in all cases in the electronic version. FNO FID PID TID HID BID ----+-------+-+------*+------*+------*+---------* 76 Tau 10 : Eri 18 298 Cnc 6 : Gem chi 600 Lib 20 : Sco gam * 1004 Cet 1 : Aqr~ 1 1009 Cet 6 : Aqr~ 2 1010 Cet 7 : Aqr~ 3 1271 Mon 5 : Ori 53 1274 Mon 8 : Ori 56 1276 Mon 10 : Ori 55 1277 Mon 11 : Ori 54 1278 Mon 12 : Ori 59 1279 Mon 13 : Ori 57 1281 Mon 15 : Ori 58 1283 Mon 17 : Ori 60 1284 Mon 18 : Ori 61 1287 Mon 21 : Ori 62 1345 Pup 3 : Nav 9 Nav tau 1349 Pup 7 : Nav 2 1349 Pup 7 : Nav 3 Nav xi 1353 Pup 11 : Nav 1 Nav e 1357 Pup 15 : Nav 2 Nav iot 1409 Crt 1 : Hya phi 2* 1410 Crt 2 : Hya 17* Hya phi 3* 1411 Crt 3 : Hya 19* Hya b 1* 1412 Crt 4 : Hya 18* Hya 18* Hya nu * 1413 Crt 5 : Hya b 2* 1414 Crt 6 : Hya b 3* 1417 Crt 9 : Hya 20* Hya 20* Hya chi * 1427 Crt 19 : Hya 21* Hya xi * 1433 Crt 25 : Hya 22* Hya omi * 1436 Crt 28 : Hya 23* Hya bet 1645 And 51 : Per ups 1648 And 54 : Per phi 1914 LMi 10 : UMa 33* 2131 Com 7 : Leo~ 7 2139 Com 15 : Leo~ 6 2145 Com 21 : Leo~ 8 2179 CVn 12 : UMa 29* 2384 Her 93 : Cer 2 2386 Her 95 : Cer 1 2387 Her 96 : Cer 4 2400 Her 109 : Cer 3 2457 Ser 53 : Oph 17* 2459 Ser 55 : Oph 18* 2460 Ser 56 : Oph 19* 2564 Aql 1 : Sct 2 2565 Aql 2 : Sct 4 2569 Aql 6 : Sct 7 2572 Aql 9 : Sct 1 2575 Aql 12 : Atn 7 2579 Aql 16 : Atn 6 2593 Aql 30 : Atn 4 2602 Aql 39 : Atn 3 2604 Aql 41 : Atn 2 2618 Aql 55 : Atn 5 2628 Aql 65 : Atn 1 - Issues with specific entries 39 Ari 39 : description has 'Le Lys.' in Lalande but not in Flamsteed 76 Tau 10 : TID in margin 192 Tau 126 : MAG unreadable in Flamsteed [ used Lalande ] 471 Vir 1 : DRA_SEC unreadable in Lalande [ used Flamsteed ] 474 Vir 4 : 'Sequens & minor ad' instead of index for letter xi 510 Vir 40 : Inf. mentioned but no PID 514 Vir 44 : BID unreadable in Flamsteed [ used Lalande ] 579 Vir 109 : Hevelius constellation MoM in description 580 Vir 110 : Hevelius constellation MoM in description 700 Sgr 34 : DRA_SEC unreadable in Flamsteed [ used Lalande ] 701 Sgr 35 : MAG unreadable in Flamsteed [ used Lalande ] 703 Sgr 37 : DDP_SEC unreadable in Flamsteed [ used Lalande ] 704 Sgr 38 : DDP_SEC unreadable in Flamsteed [ used Lalande ] 870 Aqr 88 : 'Borealior' instead of index 'ad c' 871 Aqr 89 : 'Australior' instead of index 'ad c' 922 Psc 32 : LO_SEC unreadable in Flamsteed [ used Lalande ] 940 Psc 50 : DDP_SEC unreadable in Flamsteed [ used Lalande ] 955 Psc 65 : letter is iot in Flamsteed (mentioned by Baily, note 82), i in Lalande [ used Lalande ] 1059 Cet 56 : number 46 instead of 56 in Lalande [ fixed ] 1072 Cet 69 : DRA_SEC unreadable in Lalande [ used Flamsteed ] Eri : Lalande claims a count of 96 instead 69 stars in Eri 1194 Ori 25 : DDP_MIN unreadable in Lalande [ used Flamsteed ] 1234 Ori 65 : DDP_SEC unreadable in Flamsteed [ used Lalande ] 1235 Ori 66 : DDP_SEC unreadable in Flamsteed [ used Lalande ] 1236 Ori 67 : DDP_SEC unreadable in Flamsteed [ used Lalande ] 1237 Ori 68 : DDP_SEC unreadable in Flamsteed [ used Lalande ] Mon : Lalande does not specify that TID is relative to Ori in Mon [ fixed ] Pup : stars in Navis are all in Puppis, used Pup in FID Hya : Hya.45 to Hya.60 numbered Hya.1 to Hya.16 in Lalande [ renumbered ] Sex : Lalande does not specify that TID column contains HID [ used HID ] Cen : assuming TID after HID in TID column in Sextans 1659 And 65 : DDP_SEC looks like 30 in both but hard to read 1692 Per 16 : DRA_SEC unreadable in Flamsteed [ used Lalande ] 1707 Per 31 : MAG unreadable in Lalande [ used Flamsteed ] 1783 Cam 48 : LO_MIN unreadable in Lalande [ used Flamsteed ] 1795 Aur 2 : LA_DEG unreadable in Flamsteed [ used Lalande ] 1822 Aur 29 : LO_SEC unreadable in Lalande [ used Flamsteed ] 1856 Aur 63 : MAG unreadable in Flamsteed [ used Lalande ] Lyn : HID column mislabeled in Lalande 1872 Lyn 13 : DRA_SEC unreadable in Flamsteed [ used Lalande ] 1881 Lyn 22 : DDP_SEC missing in Flamsteed [ used Lalande ] 1900 Lyn 40 : HID unreadable in Flamsteed [ used Lalande ] 1912 LMi 8 : LO_SEC unreadable in Flamsteed [ used Lalande ] 1961 UMa 4 : assumed PID & TID shared with UMa.3 as in Lalande 2056 Dra 12 : DRA_SEC unreadable in Lalande [ used Flamsteed ] 2109 Dra 65 : assumed TID (along with BID) shared with Dra.64 as in Lalande 2310 Her 19 : DDP_MIN unreadable in Flamsteed [ used Lalande ] 2384 Her 93 : HID in description 2386 Her 95 : HID in description 2387 Her 96 : HID in description 2400 Her 109 : HID in description 2457 Ser 53 | mention 'Serpentarii' in description would apply to TID for 53, 55, 56 2459 Ser 55 | with TID Oph 17, 18, 19 (these stars also correspond to Ser 16, 17, 18 2460 Ser 56 | in Kepler's 2a classis catalog). 2554 Lyr 12 : assumed PID & TID shared with Lyr.11 Aql : TID constellation Antinous written 'Anti' or 'A' 2564 Aql 1 : HID in description 2565 Aql 2 : HID in description 2567 Aql 4 : DDP_DEG unreadable is Lalande [ used Flamsteed ] 2569 Aql 6 : HID in description 2572 Aql 9 : HID in description 2618 Aql 55 : TID unreadable in Lalande [ used Flamsteed ] 2654 Vul 2 : no RA & DE, marked 'Hevel.' 2663 Vul 11 : no RA & DE, marked 'Hevel.' & no MAG 2705 Cyg 18 : DRA_SEC unreadable in Flamsteed [ used Lalande ] 2827 Peg 31 : DDP_SEC unreadable in Flamsteed [ used Lalande ] 2872 Peg 76 : LA_SEC unreadable in Lalande [ used Flamsteed ] 2878 Peg 82 : LO_SEC unreadable in Lalande [ used Flamsteed ] 2881 Peg 85 : LO_MIN unreadable in Lalande [ used Flamsteed ] 2883 Peg 87 : LO_DEG unreadable in Lalande [ used Flamsteed ] 2904 Cep 3 : PID unreadable in Lalande [ used Flamsteed ] 2906 Cep 5 : PID unreadable in Lalande [ used Flamsteed ] - Note on Oph.47 Flamsteed's Oph.47 clearly matches HR.6496 in Serpens Cauda. A note about HR.6496 in the Bright Star Catalogue says that it was formerly known as 47 Oph, now in Serpens (the Bright Star Catalogue doesn't retain Flamsteed designations outside the actual constellation). However, Oph.47 is identified with HR.6493 in Becvar's atlas, in VizieR Cross Index catalog IV/27A, Simbad, and Wikipedia. There is a note about it in Wagman too. - Notes on HR and HD numbers All differences between flamsteed_ids.dat and Wagman are documented here. 5 Ari 5 : (p. 348) x HD | is HR 545/6|HD 11503/2 in Wagman (also p. 48); swapped HD 11502/3 as in Simbad 548 Vir 78 : (p. 490) typo | is HR 5105, not HR 5101 (correct p. 322) 619 Lib 39 : (p. 430) swap | is HR 5794|HD 139063, not HR 5814|HD 139446 (swapped with Lib 41) (correct p. 195) 621 Lib 41 : (p. 430) swap | is HR 5814|HD 139446, not HR 5794|HD 139063 (swapped with Lib 39) 837 Aqr 55 : (p. 340) typo | is HD 213051/2, not HD 210051/2 (correct p. 35) 1626 And 33 : (p. 336) | is not HR 182 which is only a nova in M31 2011 UMa 54 : (p. 484) typo | is HD 98262, not HD 89262 (correct p. 310) 2663 Vul 11 : (p. 493) | HR 7539 for Nova Vulpeculae 1670 omitted in the file 2705 Cyg 18 : (p. 393) typo | is HR 7528, not HR 2528 (correct p. 128) 2748 Cyg 61 : (p. 394) typo | is HD 201091/2, not 201191/2 Other than these cases, flamsteed_ids.dat should reflect exactly Wagman'se HR and HD assigments to Flamsteed stars. In the case of double or multiple stars, it can be endlessly debated whether a given Flamsteed star should be assigned more or fewer close components. For instance, 1879 Lyn 20 : is HD 57066 in Wagman; Bidelman and Simbad add HD 57067, 2893 Lac 8 : is HR 8603|HD 214168 in Wagman; Simbad adds HD 214167, 2918 Cep 17 : is HR 8417|HD 209790 in Wagman; Simbad adds HD 209791, and there can be many more.