space@mit-mc (03/14/85)
From: TERRY%SAV@LLL-MFE.ARPA I apologize for sending this to the whole group, but I don't have in hand the address of the person looking for nearby stars. In any case, some of you may be interested in these references anyway. I have come up with more and better lists of nearby stars, these including the positions. But still all I can find is the top 50 or so. If you want one of these lists, I'll type it in and send it. I'm still looking. Terry R. Friedrichsen George Abell, "Exploration of the Universe, 2nd ed.", Holt, Rinehart, and Winston, 1969. Appendix 12, page 698, lists about 50 nearby stars (counting multiples as n separate stars), including position, distance, proper motion, radial velocity, spectral type, and visual and absolute magnitudes. Its source is unspecified. Arthur P. Norton, "Norton's Star Atlas, 17th ed.", Sky Publishing Corporation, 1978. Table 45, page 89, lists 25 nearby stars (same conditions as before), with the same information as above, except gives parallax instead of proper motion. Its source is also unspecified. Elske Smith and Kenneth Jacobs, "Introductory Astronomy and Astrophysics", W. B. Saunders Company, 1973. Table A2-5, page 531, lists about 50 nearby stars, with the same information as Abell, minus the radial velocity. It credits distances to P. van de Kamp, and proper motions to W. Gliese.