Notes on Toomer's version of Ptolemy's catalogue ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - In descriptions, references to other stars have been converted to the notation or ~ (Ptolemy constellation abbreviation, Ptolemy number within constellation). - Stars without identification in the file but with identification in the book. 191 Per 1 : double cluster Per h (NGC 869), Per chi (NGC 884) 449 Cnc 1 : open cluster Praesepe M44 (NGC 2632) - Features of the original not captured in the file or otherwise noteworhty [ and their resolution ] 147 Her 29 : no data, same star as 96 Boo 9 [ copied data from 96 Boo 9 ] 191 Per 1 : designation is 'CGal 884 + 869' 206 Per 16 : designation Per.72.b as in P & K but there is no Per.72 295 Aql~ 1 \ ... | the name 'Antinous' is given to these stars 300 Aql~ 6 / 449 Cnc 1 : designation is 'CGal 2632 (Messier 44)' 567 Sco~ 1 : designation is 'G Sco + CGlo 6441' 595 Sgr 26 : erroneous designation Sgr..kap.1 + Sgr..kap.2 (inherited from Peters?) instead of Sgr..the.1 + Sgr..the.2 [ retained theta ] 849 Nav 1 : Pup.11.e was Bayer's Nav..e, now Pup.11.j 852 Nav 4 : Pup..omi was Bayer's Nav..omi, now Pup..o 859 Nav 11 : no designation -- note says it can be any or any combination of HR.2819, HR.2823, HR.2834 [ retained all ] CGal stands for Cumulus Galacticus (Galactic cluster) CGlo stands for Cumulus Globaris (Globular cluster) (note p. 341) - Differences between Toomer (T) and Manitius (M) PNO PID |LO(T) LA (T) MAG|LO (M) LA (M) MAG| ----+------+--------+------+---+--------+------+---+ 3 UMi 3| 10 10 | 16 00 | 42 UMa~ 7| 20 20 | 23 00 | 61 Dra 18| 83 | 87 | 69 Dra 26| 13 00 | 10 20 | 129 Her 11| 53 10 | 50 40 | 233 Aur 14| 10 20 | 16 00 | 268 Ser 6| 23 | 26 | 347 And 13| 01 50 | 02 00 | 348 And 14| 02 00 | 01 50 | 366 Ari 5| 30 30 | 50 50 | 375 Ari~ 1| 00 | 30 | 389 Tau 10| 13 00 | 10 20 | 395 Tau 16| 10 | 30 | 405 Tau 26| 00 | 30 | 406 Tau 27| 30 | 00 | 448 Gem~ 7| 00 40 | 03 00 | 498 Vir 2| 27 | 26 | 501 Vir 5| 10 | 20 | 502 Vir 6| 10 | 30 | 504 Vir 8| 50 | 30 | 518 Vir 22| 30 | 10 | 559 Sco 14| 10 | 00 | 560 Sco 15| 00 | 10 | 568 Sco~ 2| 5-4| 5 | 569 Sco~ 3| 29 | 25 | 596 Sgr 27| 26 | 23 | 641 Aqr 13| 00 | 10 | 642 Aqr 14| 10 | 00 | 645 Aqr 17| + | - | 667 Aqr 39| 14 45 | 15 20 | 668 Aqr 40| 15 20 | 14 45 | 787 Eri 16| 30 | 20 | 822 CMa 5| 25 | 21 | 852 Nav 4| 00 | 10 | 855 Nav 7| 30 | 45 | 864 Nav 16| 45 | 50 | 918 Hya 25| 17 | 13 | 922 Crt 2| 30 | 20 | 931 Crv 4| 30 | 20 | 933 Crv 6| 45 | 40 | 954 Cen 20| 30 20 | 33 00 | 958 Cen 24| 40 20 | 43 00 | 961 Cen 27| 30 | 20 | ----+------+--------+------+---+--------+------+---+ - Differences between Toomer (T) and VizieR's catalog J/A+A/544/A31 (A) PNO PID |LO (T) LA (T) MAG|LO (A) LA (A) MAG| ----+------+--------+------+---+--------+------+---+ 405 Tau 26| 00 | 30 | (1) 406 Tau 27| 30 | 00 | (1) 498 Vir 2| 27 | 26 | (2) 559 Sco 14| 10 | 00 | (3) 560 Sco 15| 00 | 10 | (3) 787 Eri 16| 30 | 20 | (4) 864 Nav 16| 45 | 50 | (5) ----+------+--------+------+---+--------+------+---+ (1) longitudes are swapped as in Manitius (Toomer, note 186, p. 363) (2) longitude corrected as in Manitius (Toomer, note 225, p. 368) (3) longitudes are swapped (Toomer, note 7, p. 372) (4) latitude as in Manitius (5) latitude as in Manitius but not according to the corrigenda p. xiii -------------------------------------------------------------------------------