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The Third Catalogue of Nearby Stars — Results and Conclusions

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 August 2017

Hartmut Jahreiß  and
Wilhelm Gliese
Hartmut Jahreiß
Affiliation:
Astronomisches Rechen-Institut Mönchhofstr 12-14 D-6900 Heidelberg Germany
Wilhelm Gliese
Affiliation:
Astronomisches Rechen-Institut Mönchhofstr 12-14 D-6900 Heidelberg Germany

Abstract

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The nearby stars constitute the statistically most complete and therefore most representative sample of stars in our Galaxy. Only this sample allows a direct investigation of luminosity function and kinematics of low-mass stars.

A study of the Third Catalogue of Nearby Stars reveals a considerable increase — not only in quantity but also in quality — in our knowledge of the immediate solar neighbourhood, and reflects very nicely the progress achieved during the last decades — especially in astrometry and photometry. Expectations for the near future (HIPPARCOS) and desiderata for further astrometric and photometric work will be discussed.

Type
Ground-Based Optical Astrometry
Information
Symposium - International Astronomical Union , Volume 156: Developments in Astrometry and their Impacts on Astrophysics , 1993 , pp. 107 - 112
Copyright
Copyright © Kluwer 

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