General notes on Tycho Brahe's catalogs ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - Sources of the various versions m : Tycho Brahe's manuscript catalog of 1004 stars from pp. 344--373 of "Tychonis Brahe Dani Scripta Astronomica", John Louis Emil Dreyer, ed., Tomus III, Hauniae in Libraria Gyldenlaliana, 1916 With notes pp. 407--417. t : Tycho Brahe's catalog of 777 stars from pp. 257--272 of "Astronomiae instauratae progymnasmata", Uraniborg & Prague, 1602 [LOC02] (1602 edition from the Library of Congress) [BSL02] (1602 edition from the Bavarian State Library) With errata at the end of the book. y : Tycho Brahe's catalog of 777 stars from pp. 257--272 of "Astronomiae instauratae progymnasmata", Frankfurt: Gottfried Tampach, 1610 [ETH10] (1610 edition from ETH-Bibliothek Zürich, Rar 4153) [BSL10] (1610 edition from the Bavarian State Library) [LPL10] (1610 edition from the Lyon Public Library) With errata at the end of the book. d : Tycho Brahe's catalog of 777 stars from pp. 258--280 of "Tychonis Brahe Dani Scripta Astronomica", John Louis Emil Dreyer, ed., Tomus II, Hauniae in Libraria Gyldenlaliana, 1913 With notes pp. 451--452. k : Tycho Brahe's catalog of 1005 stars from pp. 105--114 of "Tabulae Rudolphinae", Johannes Kepler, Ulm: Jonas Saur, 1627 b : Tycho Brahe's catalog of 1005 stars from Kepler's Tabulae Rudolphinae from pp. 127--165 of "The Catalogues of Ptolemy, Ulugh Beigh, Tycho Brahe, Halley, Hevelius, Deduced from the Best Authorities", Francis Baily, London: Memoirs of the Royal Astronomical Society, Vol. 13, p.1, 1843. About Pifferi: the abstract at explains that the first printed edition of Tycho's manuscript catalog was published by Pifferi. Pifferi's version of Tycho's catalog is found pp. 121--175 of p : Francesco Pifferi Sfera di Gio. Sacro Bosco Tradotta, e Dichiarata da Don Francesco Pifferi Siena: Appresso Saluestro Marchetti, 1604 - Formal issues + In Latin descriptions, the following abbreviations have been expanded: tilde a -> am or an tilde e -> em or en tilde o -> om tilde u -> um tilde q -> quæ tilde m -> mm (in 3a classis) superscript 9 -> us q; -> que ę -> æ cõis -> communis (Kepler Tau 21) underlined p -> per (e.g., superiori) + In descriptions, the special characters △ (for triangulum) and ☐ (for quadratum) have been preserved, but the zodiac signs are represented by {ari}, {tau}, ..., {psc}. + Italic text in descriptions is enclosed in /slashes/. + In descriptions, Dreyer writes ss as ß [ restored ss ]. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------