ADS = R.G.Aitken, 'New General Catalouge of Double Stars', Carnegie Inst. of Washington Publ. no.417, vols.I, II, 1932 AFGL = See CRL (Cat. ) AN = Preliminary designations of variable stars introduced by the 'Astronomische Nachrichten' AS = P.W. Merrill, C.G.Burwell, 'Additional Stars whose Spectra have a Bright H Alpha Line', Astrophys. J. 112, 72, 1950 (=1950ApJ...112...72M); see also Astrophys. J. 113, 624, 1951 (=1951ApJ...113..624M) BAY = Bayer, list of those bright stars having designations by Greek letters in their constellations BD = Bonner Durchmusterung, F.W.A. Argelander, Bonner Sternverzeichniss, 1 bis 4 sektion, Astronomische Beobachtungen auf der Sternwarte der Kgl. Rhein/ Friedrich-Wilhelms-Unviersiaet zu Bonn (Catalogs and ) BPM = Luyten, W. J. 1963, "Bruce Proper Motion Survey. The general catalogue. Vol. I, II", Publ. of Univ. of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota. BS = D. Hoffleit, 'The Bright Star Catalogue', 4th Revised Ed., Yale University Observatory, New Haven, Conn. USA, 1982 (see catalog ) CCDM = Dommanget, J., Nys, O. 1994, "The Catalogue of Components of Double and Multiple Stars", Comm. Obs. R. de Belg., Serie A No.115 (catalog ). CCS = Stephenson, C. B. 1973, "A General Catalogue of Cool Carbon Stars", Publ. Warner and Swasey Obs. 1, No.4., Cat. CD = (see CoD, Cat. ) CoD = Cordoba Durchmusterung, J. M. Thome, Resultados del Observatorio Nacional Argentino 16 - 18; 21, 1892-1932 (catalog ) CPD = Cape Photographic Durchmusterung, D. GIll and J. C. Kapteyn, Ann. Cape Obs. 3-5, 1895 - 1900 (catalog ) CRL = Air Force Geophysics Laboratory. Four-Color Infrared Sky Survey (and supplement): S.D. Price and R.G. Walker - AFGL-TR-76-028 (Hanscom AFB, MA, Air Force Geophysics Lab., Air Force Systems Command, USAF, 1976; S.D. Price and T.L. Murdock - Air Force Geophysics Laboratory, AFGL-TR-83-0161) (see Catalog ) CSS = Stephenson, C. B. 1976, "A General Catalogue of S Stars", Publ. Warner and Swasey Obs. 2, No.2, Cat. CSS2 = Stephenson, C. B. 1984, "General Catalog of S Stars, second edition", Publ. Warner and Swasey Obs. 3, No. 1., Cat. EG = O.J. Eggen, J.L. Greenstein, 'Spectra, Colors, Luminosities, and Motions of the White Dwarfs', Astrophys. J. 141, 83 (1965ApJ...141...83E); additional stars in Astrophys. J. 142, 925 (1965ApJ...142..925E) and 150, 927 (1967ApJ...150..927E); more stars added by J.L. Greenstein, see references in McCook and Sion, Astrophys. J. Suppl. 65, 603 (1987ApJS...65..603M, Cat. ) FLM = Flamsteed, List of those bright stars having designations by number in their constellations G = H.L. Giclas, R. Burnham Jr., and N.G. Thomas, (Large Proper Motion Stars) Publications of Lowell Obs., Flagstaff, Arizona, 1971 (Catalogs and ) GD = Giclas, H. L., et al. 1980, "Lowell Proper Motion Survey" (white dwarfs), Lowell Obs. Bull. 8, 157. Gl = W. Gliese, 'Catalogue of Nearby Stars', Veroeff. Astron. Rechen-Inst. Heidelberg nr.22, 1969; W. Gliese, H. Jahreiss, 'Nearby star data published 1969-1978', Astron. Astrophys. Suppl. 38, 423 (1979A&AS...38..423G); see catalog GSC = Lasker, B. M., et al. 1990, "The Guide Star Catalog. I. Astronomical Foundations and Image Processing", A. J. 99, 2019; 1992, "The Guide Star Catalog Version 1.1", Cat. (see also Catalogs and ) HBC = See HRC (Catalog ) HD = Henry Draper Catalogue - A.J. Cannon and E.C. Pickering, Havard Obs. Ann. 91 - 99, 1918-1924; A. J. Cannon, Harvard Obs. Ann. 100, 1925 - 1936; see catalog He-2 = Henize, K. J. 1964, An extended list of southern planetary nebulae; see PK Nomenclature. He-3 = Henize, K. G. 1976, "Observations of Southern Emission-Line Stars", 1976ApJS...30..491H Hen = Unpublished list of C-stars by K.G.Henize (given in CCS). Hip = The Hipparcos and Tycho Catalogues (European Space Agency, 1997), ESA SP-1200 (Catalog ) HII = E. Hertzsprung, 'Catalogue de 3259 Etoiles dans les Pleiades', Ann. Sterrewacht Leiden, 19, pt. 1A, 1947 HR = see BS (Catalog ) HRC = G.H. Herbig, N.K. Rao, 'Second Catalog of Emission-line Stars of the Orion Population', Astrophys. J. 174, 401 (1972ApJ...174..401H); G.H. Herbig, K.R. Bell, 'Third Catalog of Emission-Line Stars of the Orion Population', Lick Obs. Bull. no. 1111, 1988 (catalog ) HV = Harvard variables IDS = Jefers, H. M., Van den Bos, W. H., Greeby, F. M. 1963, "Index Catalogue of Visual Double Stars", Publ. Lick Obs. 21. (see also "WDS Catalog" ) IRAS = The Joint IRAS Science Working Group 1988, "Infrared Astronomical Satellite (IRAS) catalogs and atlases" 2-6, NASA RP-1190 (Washington, D.C.: National Aeronautics and Space Adminstration) See catalogs , , IRC = G. Neugebauer, R.B. Leighton, 'Two-Micron Sky Survey, A Preliminary Catalog', NASA SP-3047, 1969; catalog L = Luyten, W. J. 1941, "Proper Motion Survey with the fourty-eight inch Schmidt Telescope", XXI, XXV, XXIX, Publ. of Univ. of Minnesota. LDS = Luyten, W. J. 1943, "Catalogue of 832 Double Stars with Common Proper Motion in the Southern Hemisphere", Publ. Astron. Obs. Univ. Minnesota 3, No. 3, 33. LFT = Luyten, W. J. 1955, "A Catalog of 1849 Stars with Proper Motion exceeding 0.5" annually", The Lund Press, Minneapolis, Minnesota. Cat. LHS = Luyten, W. J. 1976, "A Catalog of Stars with Proper Motion exceeding 0".5 annually", Publ. of Univ. of Minnesota. See Catalogs , LkHa = Herbig, G. H., et al. 1954-1974, Lists of emission-line stars. LP = Luyten, W. J. 1963-1981, "Proper Motion Survey with the 48 inch Schmidt Telescope", Publ. of Univ. of Minnesota, Minneapolis, fasc. 1-57. LS = Hardorp, J., et al. 1959-1971, "Luminous Stars in the Northern Milky Way" I-VI, Hamburger Sternwarte - Warner and Swasey Obs., Hamburg-Bergedorf. Catalog LSS = Stephenson, C. B., Sanduleak, N. 1971, "Luminous Stars in the Southern Milky Way", Publ. Warner and Swasey Obs. 1, No.1. Catalog LTT = Luyten, W. J. 1957, "Catalogue of 9867 Stars in the Southern Hemisphere with Proper Motion exceeding 0".2 annually"; Luyten, W. J. 1961, "Catalogue of 7127 Stars in the Northern Hemisphere with Proper Motion exceeding 0".2 annually", The Lund Press, Minneapolis, Minnesota. See Catalogs , MHa = Mount Wilson H-Alpha Stars, see references for MWC and AS MWC = P.W. Merrill, C.G. Burwell, 'Catalogue and Bibliography of Stars of Classes B and A Whose Spectra have Bright Hydrogen Lines', Astrophys. J. 78, 87 (1933ApJ....78...87M) (Mount Wilson Catalogue); Supplements: Astrophys. J. 98, 153 (1943ApJ....98..153M); 110, 387 (1949ApJ...110..387M) NGC = Dreyer, J. L. E. 1888, "New General Catalogue of Nebulae and Clusters of Stars", Mem. Roy. Astron. Soc. 49, Part I (reprinted 1962, London: Royal Astronomical Society); Sulentic, J. W. and Tifft, W. G. 1973, "The Revised New General Catalogue of Nonstellar Astronomical Objects" (Tucson: The University of Arizona Press). See Catalogs , , NSV = Kholopov, P. N. (ed.) 1982, "New Catalogue of Suspected Variable Stars", Moscow Nauka, Cat. ; and its supplement by Kazarovets et al., 1998, Cat. . See also the file "nsv_cat.dat". OH = OH sources designated by their galactic coordinates Par = A List of Stars in the Region of the Orion Nebula (P.P. Parenago, Sternberg Inst. Publ. vol. 25, 1954; catalog ) PG = Palomar-Green survey, "Cataclysmic Variable Candidates from the Palomar Green Survey", Ap. J. Suppl. 61, 305, Cat. PK = Perek, L., Kohoutek, L. 1967, "Catalogue of Galactic Planetary Nebulae", Academia Publishing House of the Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences. See Cat. PPM = Roeser S., Bastian U.et al.,1988, "Position and Proper Motion" See Catalogs , , Prag = Prager, R. 1934, "Katalog von 2428 als veraenderlich angezeigten Sternen" Ergaenzungsh. Astron. Nachr., Bd. 9, Nr. 3; Prager, R. 1937, "Katalog von 3401 als veraenderlich angezeigten Sternen" Ergaenzungsh. Astron. Nachr., Bd. 10, Nr. 1. RAFGL= See CRL (Cat. ) Ross = Ross, F. E. 1925-1939, "New Proper Motion Stars", eleven successive lists, A. J. Vol. 36 to 48. S = Preliminary designations of variables discovered at Sonneberg Observatory SAO = Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory Star Catalog, parts I-IV, Smithsonian Inst. Washington, 1966. (Catalog ) SVS = Soviet Variable Stars (preliminary designations of Soviet-discovered variables) VES = Lists of the Vatican H Alpha-emission line stars. VV = Vatican variable stars Vys = Vyssotsky, A. N., et al. 1943-1958, "Dwarf M Stars Found Spectrophotometrically", Cat. WD = G.P. Mc Cook, E.M. Sion, 'Catalog of Spectroscopically Identified White Dwarfs', Astrophys. J. Suppl. 65, 603 (1987ApJS...65..603M). See catalog . Wolf = Wolf, M. 1919, "Katalog von 1053 starken bewegten Fixsternen", Veroeff. Sternwarte zu Heidelberg 7, No. 10, 195; and numerous lists in Astron. Nachr. 209 to 236, 1919 to 1929. WR = K.A. van der Hucht et al. 'The Sixth Catalogue of Galactic Wolf-Rayet Stars, Their Past and Present', Space Sci. Rev. 28, 227, 1981 Catalog Wr = Preliminary designations of variable stars discovered by R. Weber. Wray = Wray, J. D. 1966, "A study of H Alpha-emission objects in the Southern Milky Way", Table XV-XIX, Univ. Microfilm Inc., Ann Arbor, Michigan. Zi = Zinner, E. 1929, "Verzeichnis von 2191 verdaechtigen Sternen". Ergaenzungsh. Astron. Nachr., Bd. 8, Nr. 1.