Notes on Flamsteed's version of Tycho's catalog ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - Completed alternative longitude or latitude values even when only alternative sign, degrees or minutes are given: |(z) | |LON LAT | -------+----------+--------+ Ori 53 | 3 .. .. | Ori 56 | 2 .. .. | Crt 6 | ... 16 | -------+----------+--------+ - Differences with other versions of Tycho's catalogs + Sgr 1 and Sgr 2 absent from this version as in Progymnasmata and Manuscript + 42 stars from Manuscript absent from this version as in Progymnasmata as if Flamsteed had ignored Kepler's additions to Progymnasmata before UMa (see Baily "An Account of Flamsteed", p. 368) 5 stars [ Gem 26 to Gem 29 ] 10 stars [ Leo 31 to Leo 40 ] 6 stars [ Vir 34 to Vir 39 ] 8 stars [ Lib 11 to Lib 18 ] 13 stars [ UMi 8 to UMi 20 ] - Issues with individual entries 103 98 584 Cnc 9 : suspicious letter mu.1 138 133 619 Leo 29 : suspicious letter e.2 one zodiac sign off 379 337 44 UMa 24 : letter gam typo for nu [ fixed ] 746 585 398 Atn 1 < letters in Atn interpreted in Aql 747 586 399 Atn 2 | 748 587 400 Atn 3 | 749 401 Atn 4 | 750 402 Atn 5 | 751 403 Atn 6 | 752 404 Atn 7 > 806 637 458 And 17 : letter phi interpreted as Per.phi 807 638 459 And 18 : letter ups interpreted as Per.ups 821 652 823 Cet 5 : suspicious letter nu instead of xi 830 661 832 Cet 14 : suspicious letter rho instead of zet 874 705 876 Ori 37 : latitude 20" instead of 30" (typo ?) [ fixed ] 946 747 947 CMi 1 : longitude 20" instead of 30" (typo ?) [ fixed ] 981 982 Hya 20 : letter bet interpreted as Crt.bet - Differences between Kepler's version (k) and Flamsteed's version (z) besides missing entries listed above and missing alternative values. |(k) |(z) | MNO TNO KNO TID |LON LAT M |LON LAT M | ----+----+----+------+----------+--------+--+----------+--------+--+ 413 344 78 Dra 2| 15.5 | 14.5 | 417 348 82 Dra 6| 17 | 21 | 428 359 93 Dra 17| 83 | 84 | 430 361 95 Dra 19| 48 | 48.5 | 436 367 101 Dra 25| 32 | 23 | 469 393 134 Boo 15| 39 | 39.5 | 497 397 148 CrB 1| 23 | 23.5 | 523 423 174 Her 19| 13.5 | 03.5 | 554 454 205 Cyg 11| 41.5 | 45.5 | 577 469 229 Cas 8| 06.5 | 06 | 586 478 238 Cas 17| 0 23 | 1 33 | 619 492 272 Per 5| 26 | 26.5 | 650 519 303 Aur 3| 50.5 | 51.5 | 652 521 305 Aur 5| 24 28 | 23 59 | 696 548 336 Oph 9| 33 | 03 | 720 562 372 Ser 8| 35 | 35.5 | 726 568 378 Sge 1| 29 | 39 | 784 619 436 Peg 18| 49 | 49.5 | 785 620 437 Peg 19|11 | 0 | 483 526 469 Com 1| 17 | 17.5 | 486 528 471 Com 3| 46 | 46.5 | 490 532 475 Com 7| 00 | 00.5 | 492 534 477 Com 9| 51 | 51.5 | 495 537 480 Com 12| 42 | 41.5 | 16 16 498 Ari 16| - | + | 17 17 499 Ari 17| - | + | 41 41 523 Tau 20| + | - | 42 42 524 Tau 21| + | - | 43 43 525 Tau 22| + | - | 47 47 529 Tau 26| - | + | 48 48 530 Tau 27| - | + | 55 55 537 Tau 34| 1 | 2 | 56 56 538 Tau 35| 1 | 2 | 61 61 543 Tau 40| 02 | 02.5 | 84 84 566 Gem 20| 23 | 23.5 | 106 101 587 Cnc 12| 4 | 3 | 107 102 588 Cnc 13| 4 | 3 | 108 103 589 Cnc 14| 4 | 3 | 109 104 590 Cnc 15| 4 | 3 | 119 114 600 Leo 10| 43.5 | 04.5 | 124 119 605 Leo 15| 48 | 43 | 174 159 655 Vir 25| 09 | 03 | 215 186 696 Sco 9| 53 | 51.5 | 231 202 714 Cap 1| 02 | 02.5 | 259 230 742 Aqr 1| 26.5 | 06.5 | 319 290 802 Psc 20| + | - | 333 304 816 Psc 34| 19 | 18 | 825 656 827 Cet 9| 32.5 | 31.5 | 834 665 836 Cet 18| 26 | 16 | 860 691 862 Ori 23| 03.5 | 31.5 | 905 716 907 Eri 6| 14.5 | 14 | 934 735 935 CMa 2| 19 | 11 | 960 961 Nav 10| 20.5 | 30.5 | 972 762 973 Hya 11| 5 | 4 | 973 763 974 Hya 12| 5 | 4 | 976 766 977 Hya 15| 53 | 51 | ----+----+----+------+----------+--------+--+----------+--------+--+