An Improved Proper-Motion Catalog Combining USNO-B and the Sloan Digital Sky Survey
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An improved proper-motion catalog is presented, combining the USNO-B and Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) catalogs in the area of sky covered by SDSS Data Release 1 (DR1; 2099 deg 2 ). USNO-B positions are recalibrated using SDSS galaxies, and proper motions are recomputed including both the USNO-B and SDSS positions. Statistical errors in the USNO-B proper motions are decreased by roughly 20%–30%, systematic errors are greatly reduced, and the proper motions are placed on an absolute reference frame. Requiring a match to an SDSS object removes the large number of false high proper motion objects in USNO-B. The resultant catalog is 90% complete to g < 19.7, with statistical errors in the component proper motions of roughly 3–3.5 mas yr -1 , substantially smaller systematic errors, and a contamination rate of less than 0.5%. A number of studies are currently underway using proper motions from this catalog. The catalog is available via ftp.
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SDSS-POSS proper-motion measurements have an accuracy of ~5 mas yr-1 per coordinate at r = 20, and Gaia DR2 has delivered a median uncertainty in parallax of 0.7 mas and in proper motion of 1.2 mas yr-1 at its faint end (r ~ 20).
“For comparison with Table 3, the SDSS-POSS propermotion measurements have an accuracy of ∼ 5 mas yr -1 per coordinate at r = 20 ( Munn et al. 2004 ) , and Gaia DR 2 has delivered a median uncertainty in parallax of 0.7 mas and in proper motion of 1.2 mas yr -1 at its faint end, approximately corresponding to r = 20 ( Gaia Collaboration et al. 2018; Lindegren et al. 2018 ) .”
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- Authors
- Munn, J. A., Monet, D. G., Levine, S. E., Canzian, B., Pier, J. R., Harris, H. C., Lupton, R. H., Ivezić, Ž., Hindsley, R. B., Hennessy, G. S., Schneider, D. P., & Brinkmann, J.
- Affiliations
- United States Naval Observatory (US)
- Princeton University (US)
- United States Naval Research Laboratory (US)
- Pennsylvania State University (US)
- ORCID
- Venue
- The Astronomical Journal
- Publisher
- American Astronomical Society
- Published
- 2004-05
- Volume
- 127
- Issue
- 5
- Pages
- 3034-3042
- ISSN
- 0004-6256 (ISSN-L)
- 1538-3881
- OpenAlex
- W2038016818
- Cited by
- 251
- References
- 29
- Citations by year
- 2025: 2 · 2024: 1 · 2022: 2 · 2020: 1 · 2019: 6 · 2018: 6 · 2017: 9 · 2016: 22 · 2015: 18 · 2014: 14 · 2013: 24 · 2012: 30
- FWCI
- 6.25
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- bronze
- doi.org
- Locations
- The Astronomical Journal (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Physics and Astronomy › Astronomy and Astrophysics › Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies
- Physical Sciences › Physics and Astronomy › Instrumentation › Astronomy and Astrophysical Research
- Physical Sciences › Physics and Astronomy › Astronomy and Astrophysics › Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena
- Keywords
- Sloan Digital Sky Survey, absolute reference frame, systematic errors, statistical errors, catalog completeness
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