Apparent Places of Fundamental Stars ... / Apparent Places of Fundamental Stars 2025 - for ... stars selected from the Sixth Catalogue of Fundamental Stars / for 64 stars selected from the Sixth Catalogue of Fundamental Stars

The annual publication Apparent Places of Fundamental Stars (APFS) contains the
apparent places of 64 stars from the Sixth Catalogue of Fundamental Stars (FK6). The
booklet also includes explanations and examples. Right Ascensions (RA) and
Declinations (DEC) are given with respect to the true equator and equinox. The
apparent places of 60 stars are listed for every tenth upper culmination. In the
case of four pole stars the apparent places are listed for every upper culmination.
A further table simplifies the computation of apparent and mean sidereal time. The
online version of this publication is hosted permanently and freely available (open
access) by heiJOURNALS, the e-Journal platform of Heidelberg University Library.
doi: https://doi.org/10.60653/apfs.2025 The complete APFS data for 879 FK6 stars can
be obtained from the web page at the Astronomisches Rechen-Institut (ARI) in
Heidelberg (Germany) at http://www.ari.uni-heidelberg.de/ariapfs. At this address
links are also provided to determine apparent places for the Gaia DR3
catalogue.

Product details

• Assisted by: Astronomisches Rechen-Institut am Zentrum für Astronomie der Universität Heidelberg (Editor)
• Publisher: heiJournals
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 03.04.2025
• EAN: 9783947733156
• ISBN: 978-3-947733-15-6
• No. of pages: 40
• Dimensions: 175 mm x 257 mm x 3 mm
• Weight: 106 g
• Subject: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Physics, astronomy > Astronomy