AG catalog

AG catalog, compilation of the positions of all stars brighter than the ninth magnitude, compiled by the Astronomische Gesellschaft of Germany. Friedrich W.A. Argelander, founder of the society, proposed the star catalog in 1867, after completing the Bonner Durchmusterung (“Bonn Survey”). The massive project gave each participating observatory responsibility for mapping a specific zone of declination, and observatories around the world took part in the work. The first version of the Astronomische Gesellschaft Katalog (AGK1)...