Luyten Palomar Survey
(LP, Palomar Proper Motion Survey)
(1970s catalog of stars with high proper motion)
The Luyten Palomar Survey
(or Luyten Palomar Catalog, and abbreviated LP) is
a catalog of stars with high proper motion
created using the Palomar Observatory Sky Survey (POSS) plates along with some additional
Palomar 48 plates taken specifically for this survey.
This catalog predated the Luyten Half-second Catalog (LHS) and New Luyten Two-Tenths Arcsecond Catalog (NLTT).
(catalog,stars,proper motion)
Further reading:
https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1974IAUS...61..169L/abstract
http://cds.u-strasbg.fr/cgi-bin/Dic-Simbad?LP
Prefix | Example | | |
LP | LP 731-58 | | |
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Referenced by pages:
Luyten Double Star Survey (LDS)
Luyten Two-Tenths Arcsecond Catalog (LTT)
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