Notes on Flamsteed's version of Hevelius's catalog ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - Stars omitted in Flamsteed's version The entire constellations Corvus (8 stars) and Leo Minor (18 stars) are omitted for no apparent reason. So are the entries without Hevelius position (18 cases), two duplicate stars, and one star in Sextans, according to the following table. HNO HID Reason ----+------ ------------------------ 83 Aqr 17 : no Hevelius position 302 CMa 17 : no Hevelius position 400 Cap 25 : no Hevelius position 415 Cas 10 : no Hevelius position 517 Cet 19 : no Hevelius position 725 Eri 27 : no Hevelius position 726 Eri 28 : no Hevelius position 866 Leo 15 : no Hevelius position 947 Lib 12 : no Hevelius position 1016 Nav 5 : no Hevelius position 1163 Per 47 : duplicate of 1154 Per 38 1164 Per 48 : duplicate of 1150 Per 34 1216 Sgr 8 : no Hevelius position 1218 Sgr 10 : no Hevelius position 1230 Sgr 22 : no Hevelius position 1231 Sgr 23 : no Hevelius position 1279 Oph 18 : no Hevelius position 1282 Oph 21 : no Hevelius position 1283 Oph 22 : no Hevelius position 1284 Oph 23 : no Hevelius position 1331 Sex 4 : omitted for no obvious reason - Miscellaneous issues [ and their resolution ] HNO HID HNOF HIDF Issue ----+------+----+------ --------------------------------------------------- 892 Leo 41 160 Leo 15 : letter pi incorrect 1410 Vir 8 196 Vir 2 : spurious index to Vir.nu.1 (there is only Vir.nu in Fl.'s catalog) 1241 Sco 7 265 Sco 1 : LA sign B almost unreadable [ fixed ] 1209 Sgr 1 290 Sgr 6 : LO sec 20 looks like 0 [ fixed ] 1219 Sgr 11 292 Sgr 8 : LO min 51 looks like 1 [ fixed ] 1223 Sgr 15 298 Sgr 14 : RA order swapped with 1224 Sgr 16 299 Sgr 15 1224 Sgr 16 299 Sgr 15 : RA order swapped with 1223 Sgr 15 298 Sgr 14 421 Cas 16 429 Cas 8 : LO sec last digit missing [ assumed 35 ] 431 Cas 26 451 Cas 30 : letter psi incorrect 22 And 22 497 And 39 : letter ups interpreted as Per ups 23 And 23 500 And 42 : letter phi interpreted as Per phi 1121 Per 5 551 Per 34 : letter eps instead of zet 1120 Per 4 552 Per 35 : letter zet instead of eps 248 Boo 44 759 Boo 20 : letter iot incorrect, should be f 692 Dra 40 875 Dra 10 : PD sec last digit missing [ assumed 25 ] 134 Aql 20 980 Aql 19 : letter phi instead of chi 55 Atn 8 988 Atn 4 : RA order swapped with 49 Atn 2 988 Atn 5 49 Atn 2 989 Atn 5 : RA order swapped with 55 Atn 8 989 Atn 4 372 Cam 29 1144 Cam 21 : "Inter Pedes anteriores" instead of "posteriores" 500 Cet 2 1294 Cet 36 : "iu" instead of "in" in description [ fixed ] 1074 Ori 58 1391 Ori 61 : improbable letter o 923 Lep 4 1405 Lep 13 : RA order swapped with 930 Lep 11 1406 Lep 14 930 Lep 11 1406 Lep 14 : RA order swapped with 923 Lep 4 1405 Lep 13 930 Lep 11 1406 Lep 14 : letter xi probably typo for zet - Value differences in Flamsteed's version (typos, errors, or corrections) Flamsteed Hevelius HNO HID HNOF HIDF TY LO LA RA PD MAG TY LO LA RA PD MAG Description ----+------+----+------+--+-----------+----------+---------+---------+---+--+-----------+----------+---------+---------+---+---------------------------- 142 Ari 5 7 Ari 7| 5 6| 5 | different MAG 138 Ari 1 8 Ari 8| 2 3| 2 | different MAG 1384 Tau 45 35 Tau 8| 5 | | spurious Tycho number 1381 Tau 42 39 Tau 12|36 |33 | wrong Tycho number 1342 Tau 3 78 Tau 51| 69 07 33 | 110 52 27 | fixing wrong DE sign in Hev. 281 Cnc 25 125 Cnc 9| - | + | wrong LA sign 267 Cnc 11 130 Cnc 14| - | + | wrong LA sign 259 Cnc 3 133 Cnc 17| - | + | wrong LA sign 274 Cnc 18 134 Cnc 18| - | + | wrong LA sign 893 Leo 42 173 Leo 28| 49 | 19 | wrong PD min 1452 Vir 50 237 Vir 43| + | - | wrong LA sign 1241 Sco 7 265 Sco 1| |17 | missing Tycho number 1227 Sgr 19 304 Sgr 20|14 |12 | wrong Tycho number 81 Aqr 15 345 Aqr 10| + | - | wrong LA sign 84 Aqr 18 355 Aqr 20| 11 | 10 | wrong LO sign 421 Cas 16 429 Cas 8| 1 | 0 | wrong LO sign 419 Cas 14 434 Cas 13| 00 | 05 | wrong LO sec 1399 Tri 9 509 Tri 4| 42 | 43 | wrong LO sec 195 Aur 31 576 Aur 13| 02 | 01 | wrong LO sec 975 Lyn 19 622 Lyn 19| 33 | 34 | wrong PD sec 1468 UMa 16 637 UMa 15| 44 | 45 | wrong RA sec 1483 UMa 31 660 UMa 38| |31 | missing Tycho number 1504 UMa 52 670 UMa 48| 42 | 41 | wrong PD sec 322 CVn 2 699 CVn 4| 48 | 47 | wrong PD min 564 Com 20 730 Com 12| 3 | | spurious Tycho number 249 Boo 45 753 Boo 14| 30 | 31 | wrong LO sec 226 Boo 22 780 Boo 41| 6 | 5 | wrong MAG 1306 Ser 1 803 Ser 4| 39 | 38 | wrong LO sec 1316 Ser 11 807 Ser 8| 87 41 40 | 92 18 20 | wrong DE sign 1326 Ser 21 814 Ser 15| 41 | 42 | wrong LA sec 1317 Ser 12 815 Ser 16| 77 35 45 | 102 24 15 | wrong DE sign 1318 Ser 13 816 Ser 17| 74 56 | 105 03 | wrong DE sign 1266 Oph 5 822 Oph 1| 42 | 41 | wrong LO sec 1272 Oph 11 827 Oph 6| 97 31 03 | 82 28 57 | fixing wrong DE sign in Hev. 1538 Vul 1 927 Vul 5| 4 | 4 3| different MAG 1260 Sct 6 955 Sct 1| 4 | 14 | wrong LA deg 1261 Sct 7 960 Sct 6| 39 | 29 | wrong RA sec 467 Cep 24 1061 Cep 1| 29 | 39 | wrong LO sec 457 Cep 14 1089 Cep 29| 00 | 08 | wrong LO min 810 Her 45 1171 Her 16| 22 | 23 | wrong RA sec 794 Her 29 1194 Her 39| NE | | NE in Tyc. MAG but not Hev. MAG 697 Equ 5 1220 Equ 6| - | + | wrong LA sign 1088 Peg 10 1242 Peg 22| 51 | 41 | wrong RA sec 530 Cet 32 1262 Cet 4| 4 5| 5 4| different MAG 510 Cet 12 1280 Cet 22| 97 15 08 | 82 44 52 | wrong DE sign 537 Cet 39 1285 Cet 27| 43 | 42 | wrong DE sec 524 Cet 26 1288 Cet 30| 90 42 52 | 89 17 08 | wrong DE sign 500 Cet 2 1294 Cet 36| 91 48 37 | 88 11 23 | wrong DE sign 499 Cet 1 1298 Cet 40| 92 44 02 | 87 15 58 | wrong DE sign 713 Eri 15 1310 Eri 7| 28 | 29 | wrong RA sec 1032 Ori 16 1332 Ori 2| 07 | 08 | wrong LA sec 1066 Ori 50 1347 Ori 17| 97 18 02 | 82 41 58 | fixing wrong DE sign in Hev. 1042 Ori 26 1361 Ori 31| 10 | 16 | wrong LA sec 920 Lep 1 1403 Lep 11| 28 | 27 | wrong LA sec 1011 Mon 19 1459 Mon 17| 45 | 48 | wrong PD sec 838 Hya 28 1495 Hya 30| 13 | 12 | wrong LO sec 1337 Sex 10 1506 Sex 10| 09 | 00 | wrong RA sec ----+------+----+------+--+-----------+----------+---------+---------+---+--+-----------+----------+---------+---------+---+----------------------------