# GSC errata: stars to remove # Comments may be added freely. Guide only pays attention to # lines starting with two GSC numbers. For reference, though, # it's well to add in a few bytes describing why the star is # being removed. # Some "stars" that are pieces of DSOs: 2642 1698 M57 3460 280 M51 (knot in arm) 3463 173 M51 (knot in arm) 5221 646 IC 5126 558 2342 NGC 7189 561 2010 IC 1418 4635 2041 UGC 4078 646 828 NGC 1115 852 915 NGC 3373/3389 # Pluto got imaged on 26 Feb 1982, and mistaken for a "star": 322 694 Pluto # A slew of nearby "stars", since replaced by Tycho/Hipparchos. Many # were imaged twice, in different places at different times: 425 184 Barnard's Star 9010 4906 Proxima Centauri 9010 285 Proxima Centauri 2521 834 Lalande 21185 2521 2270 Lalande 21185 3930 364 STF 2398 7512 1262 Gl 887 7512 1230 Gl 887 7512 762 Gl 887 173 1124 Gl 273 = Luyten's Star 7966 663 AX Mic 7594 1580 VZ Pic = Kapteyn's Star 5635 564 V2306 Oph 5635 1232 V2306 Oph 8981 4378 L 145-141 = Gl 440 3226 519 EV Lac 3012 536 WX Uma 5839 513 L 722-22 6995 598 Gl 1 6995 345 Gl 1 5819 957 IL Aqr 8737 134 HIP 86990 267 1192 83 Leo # In some cases, a double star was recorded as a single "star" at the # photocenter: 9011 2191 Double star HJ4683; GSC recorded one "star" at the center 9010 3163 Double star NZO 50; same problem 6180 1225 Double star H 28 AB-D 4771 1133 Dbl star STF 761 BC 6348 1277 Dbl TYC 6348 1743 2 & TYC 6348 1744 1770 730 Dbl TYC 1770 1479 & 1480 # In many cases, a given star got one ID in GSC and another in Tycho2. # The GSC star then ought to be removed: 4771 1139 moved to TYC2 4771 1193 4949 1105 -> tyc2 4949 1116 4948 1042 -> tyc2 4948 1341 6356 834 -> tyc2 6356 1531 1722 395 -> tyc2 1722 766 5549 148 -> tyc2 5549 770 # Added by Jari Suomela: 874 8741 NGC 4416 877 423 NGC 4486A 5619 1259 Spurious "star" near Xi Sco # Several asteroids imaged as stars... a systematic search would # probably turn up a few hundred: 847 478 458 Hercynia 265 613 190 Ismene 849 1023 213 Lilaea 850 1045 372 Palma 848 696 621 Werdandi 846 900 300 Geraldina 853 1195 578 854 1085 947 842 1050 129 Antigone 843 1378 140 Siwa 845 976 758 Mancunia 5248 203 122 Gerda 5248 646 461 Saskia 5248 925 260 Huberta 5812 1404 29 Amphitrite 5813 476 163 Erigone 5823 463 3109 Machin 5248 1428 723 Hammonia 5249 712 1742 Schaifers 6363 724 223 Rosa # The following pairs were on overlapping plates less than an hour apart: 843 1178 231 Viadobona 843 1437 231 Viadobona 5796 1220 885 Ulrike 5796 1188 885 Ulrike 6356 1334 78 Diana 6356 1342 78 Diana 6356 1154 469 Argentina 6356 960 469 Argentina 6348 809 28 Bellona 6348 1144 461 Saskia 6354 934 3520 Klopsteg # The following two asteroids made _three_ "stars" each, over long trails: 6357 1325 1029 La Plata 6357 1567 " 6357 750 " 6356 1386 720 Bohlina 6356 1319 " 6356 1664 " 1888 927 Oddball obj reported by P Wiggins 1888 1121 2nd "" "" 2520 2633 Duplicate Xi UMa # A long streak, probably due to a satellite trail, resulted in many # spurious "non-stars": 5859 522 5859 553 5859 247 5859 157 5859 191 5859 137 5859 109 5859 50 5859 25 5859 57 5859 938 NGC 872 (core) 5859 2104 NGC 872 5859 1844 NGC 872 5859 187 5859 238 5859 231 PPM 710012 5859 301 5859 593 5859 563 5859 516 TYC2 5859 1161 5859 491 5859 466 5859 442 5859 406 5859 350 5859 299 5859 284 5859 401 5861 20 5861 54 5861 80 5861 201 5861 123 5861 156 5861 199 5861 251 5861 279 5861 437 5861 469 5861 515 5861 471 5861 278 5861 176 5861 305 5861 563 5861 829 5861 930 5861 820 5861 616 5861 645 5861 961 5861 867 5861 799 5861 646 5861 609 5861 544 5861 686 5861 965 5861 966 5861 1104 5861 1077 5861 1058 5861 1106 5861 1112 5861 1136 6433 7 6433 176 6433 228 6433 169 6433 1290 = GSC 6433 1567 5293 32 = TYC2 5293 502