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Old 04-12-2014, 02:56 PM
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In general UCAC4 does not have stars brighter than 8th magnitude.

I use a combination of UCAC4 and other catalogs cover the brighter stars.

This is what that area looks like in Alt/Az with the DSS image overlaid. There are UCAC4, SAO and HD designations shown.
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