The Guide Star Catalog II (GSC-II), version 2.3.2

The Guide Star Catalog II (GSC-II) is an all-sky optical catalog based on 1" resolution scans of the photographic Sky Survey plates, at two epochs and three bandpasses, from the Palomar and UK Schmidt telescopes. This all-sky catalog will ultimately contains positions, proper motions, classifications, and magnitudes in multiple bandpasses for almost a billion objects down to approximately Jpg=21, Fpg=20. The GSC-II is currently used for HST Bright Object Protection, and will replace GSC-I for HST pointing in cycle 15. Looking ahead, the GSC-II will form the basis of the Guide Star Catalog for JWST. This was constructed in collaboration with ground-based observatories

Identifier
Source https://dc.g-vo.org/rr/q/lp/custom/astronet.ru/cas/gsc2_3_2
Related Identifier http://vo.astronet.ru/cas/
Metadata Access http://dc.g-vo.org/rr/q/pmh/pubreg.xml?verb=GetRecord&metadataPrefix=oai_b2find&identifier=ivo://astronet.ru/cas/gsc2_3_2
Provenance
Creator Sergey Karpov
Publisher Sternberg Astronomical Institute Virtual Observatory Project
Publication Year 2006
OpenAccess true
Contact Sergey Karpov <karpov(at)sao.ru>
Representation
Resource Type Other; AstroObjects
Discipline Astrophysics and Astronomy; Natural Sciences; Observational Astronomy; Physics