| YBS | 9100 | Yale Bright Star | Catalogus van de Yale Universiteit. Heldere sterren tot m6.5 |
| SAO | 259000 | Smithsonian | "Smithsonian Astrophysical Obervatory Star Catalog" van het Smithsonian Institution, Washington D.C. , 1966, 1971, upgedate in 1990. Tot m9.5 |
| HD | Henry Draper | ||
| GSC | Hubble | De Hubble Guide Star Catalogue. Sterren tot m15 ( In dicht bevolkte stergebieden tot m13, in dun bevolkte gebieden tot m16 ) | |
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| COD | C.D. Perrine, Cordoba Durchmusterung, Argentinie 1932 | ||
| WDS | 73600 | Washington Catalogue of Double Stars (C.Worley, G.Douglass ) | |
| GCVS | 28500 | General Catalog of Variable Stars |