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Top 25 Most Popular Catalogs at the ADC


From January 01 2001 Through June 04, 2001



Note: These counts are based on files downloaded from the ADC ftp site only.
They also do not include hits to currently superseded catalogs or journal tables nor do they include
hits made to catalogs/journal tables that are listed as included in ADC CD-ROMs 1 - 4.

Rank Catalog Short Title
1 6016 Line Spectra of the Elements (Reader, Corliss 1980-1981)
2 5050 Yale Bright Star Catalogue, 5th Revised Ed. (Hoffleit, Warren 1991)
3 7118 NGC 2000.0 (Sky Publishing 1988, ed. Sinnott)
4 1239 The Hipparcos and Tycho Catalogues (ESA 1997)
5 1131A SAO Star Catalog J2000 (SAO Staff 1966; USNO, ADC 1990)
6 5102 SKY2000 - Master Star Catalog, Version 2 (Sande+ 1998)
7 5070A Nearby Stars 3, Preliminary (Gliese, Jahreiss 1991)
8 1259 The Tycho-2 Catalogue (Hog+ 2000)
9 1254 The HST Guide Star Catalogue, Version 1.2 (Lasker+ 1996)
10 1245 Orbital Elements of Minor Planets 1998 (Batrakov+ 1997)
11 1246 The ACT Reference Catalog (Urban+ 1997)
12 1252 The USNO-A2.0 Catalogue (Monet+ 1998)
13 1171 Astrographic Catalog Reference Stars (Corbin,Urban 1991)
14 7155 Third Reference Cat of Bright Galaxies (RC3; de Vaucouleurs+ 1991)
15 7004A Abell and Zwicky Clusters of Galaxies (Abell+ 1974)
16 5061 Ptolemy's Star Catalogue (Almagest; Manitus 1913; Jaschek 1987)
17 1094A JPL Ephemeris DE200/LE200, 1960-2025, J2000 (Standish+ 1981,1990)
18 1255 The HST Guide Star Catalog, Version 1.3 (Lasker+ 1996-99)
19 7001B Rev New Gen Cat of Nonstellar Objects (RNGC; Sulentic, Tifft 1973)
20 5084 Strasbourg-ESO Catalogue of Galactic Planetary Nebulae (Acker+, 1992)
21 7092A Open Cluster Data, 5th Edition (Lynga 1987)
22 1005 Proper Motions of 20843 Cape Zone Stars 1900 (Spencer Jones+ 1936)
23 1146 Positions and Proper Motions (Roeser, Bastian 1988)
24 7103 Galactic Globular Clusters (Monella 1985)
25 2214A Combined General Catalogue of Variable Stars (Kholopov+ 1998)


Author: James H. Blackwell Jr.
Last Revised: June 04, 2001 [JHB]