| Acronym | Code | Description |
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| A1 | 620015BBB | Barbieri, Blue object at high galactic lat. |
| A2 | 620016BBB | Barbieri, Blue object at high gal. lat. (NGP) |
| ADS | 6007BBBBB | Aitken, Double star catalogue |
| AGK2 | 810XXBBBB | Cat AGK2/3 |
| AS | 620010BBB | Additional bright H line stars |
| AzV | 620053BBB | Azzopardi & Vigneau, SMC* Cat. of 506 stars |
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| BBB | 620094BBB | Basinski & Bok & Bok, LMC region |
| BD | 00XXBBBBB | Bonner Durchmusterung |
| BPM | 6002BBBBB | Luyten, Bruce Proper Motion Survey |
| Braes | 90007BBBB | Braes, Stars in Sco OB1 |
| Breys | 620136BBB | Breysacher, WR Stars in LMC |
| Brun | 90001BBBB | Brun, Stars in Orion |
| BS | 14FFFFFBBB | Stars on Burrell Schmidt plates |
| BSD | 73XXXBBBB | Bergedorfer Spektral Durchmusterung |
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| C | 620012BBB | LMC, Additional stars |
| Case M | 620115BBB | Nassau et al, M-type stars |
| Case S | 620116BBB | Nassau et al, S-type stars |
| CCS | 61018BBBB | Stephenson, Catalogue of Cool Carbon Stars I |
| CCCS | 61034BBBB | Stephenson, Catalogue of Cool Carbon Stars II |
| CoD | -00XXBBBBB | Cordoba Durchmusterung |
| CpD | -00XXBBBBB | Cape Photographic Durchmusterung |
| CS | 15FFFFFBBB | Stars on Curtis Schmidt plates |
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| DO | 6009BBBBB | Dearborn Observatory catalogue of red stars |
| Dril | 620077BBB | Drilling, Stars near the NGP |
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| E | 9515XXBBB | Cousins, Harvard E regions |
| EG | 620020BBB | Eggen & Greenstein, WD and p.m. stars |
| FB | 620124BBB | Greenstein & Sargent, Halo faint blue stars |
| Feige | 620001BBB | Feige, Underluminous hot stars |
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| G (LMC) | 620050BBB | Fehrenbach et al. LMC, Etoiles a grande vitesse |
| G | 980XXXBBB | Giclas, G-numbered Stars |
| GCVS | 65XX0BBBB | Kukarkin, Cat of variable stars (type: Df Tau) |
| GCVS | 65XX1BBBB | Kukarkin, Cat of variable stars (type: V380 Ori) |
| GD | 61006BBBB | Giclas, White Dwarfs |
| GJ | 61023BBBB | Gliese & Jahreiss, 1st supplement |
| Gl | 61001BBBB | Gliese, Catalogue of Nearby Stars |
| GR | 61005BBBB | Giclas, Red stars |
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| Haro 6 | 620037BBB | Haro, Estrellas con emission |
| HBC | 61030BBBB | Herbig & Bell Catalogue |
| HD | 100BBBBBB | Henry Draper Catalogue |
| HDE | 100BBBBBB | Henry Draper Extension |
| He3 | 61013BBBB | Henize, Emission line stars |
| HG7 | 520257BBB | Giclas, Hyades stars |
| HG8 | 520258BBB | Giclas, Hyades stars |
| HII | 52022BBBB | Hertzsprung, Stars in the Pleiades |
| Hiltner | 61009BBBB | Hiltner, Catalogue Of Ob Stars |
| HRC | 620078BBB | Herbig & Rao, Catalogue of Orion pop. stars |
| HV | 6004BBBBB | Harvard Variables |
| HZ | 620004BBB | Humason & Zwicky, Faint blue stars |
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| IC | 3IIIIBBBB | Stars in IC clusters |
| Ir-Ch | 620059BBB | Estrellas con emission |
| IRC | 807XXBBBB | Two Micron Sky Survey |
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| Jenkins | 61003BBBB | Jenkins, Cat. of trigonometric parallaxes |
| JL | 620022BBB | Jaidee & Lynga, Faint violet stars |
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| Klemola | 620028BBB | Klemola, Blue stars at high galactic lat. |
| KS | 61017BBBB | Klare & Szeidel, OB stars in the Southern MW |
| KW | 22632BBBB | Klein-Wassink, Stars in Praesepe |
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| L | 986XXXBBB | Luyten, Proper motion stars |
| L | 620099BBB | Luyten, White dwarfs |
| LB | 6000BBBBB | Luyten, A Search For Faint Blue Stars |
| LDS | 6003BBBBd | Luyten, Double stars |
| LHS | 61025BBBB | Luyten, Proper motion stars (>0.5/yr) |
| Loden | 66XXXXBBB | Loden, Loose star clustering |
| LP | 985XXXBBB | Luyten, Proper motion stars |
| LSE | 61026BBBB | Drilling (1983), subluminous O stars |
| LSN | 80VXXBBBB | Luminous Stars in the Northern Milky Way |
| LSS | 61000BBBB | Stephenson & Sanduleak, Luminous stars in SMW |
| LSWR | 620118BBB | Lindsay Smith, Wolf-Rayet stars |
| LTT | 6001BBBBB | Luyten, Two Tenth catalogue |
| Ly | 620005BBB | Lynga, Faint OB stars |
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| MtW | 71XXXBBBB | Mount Wilson Selected Areas |
| MWC | 61012BBBB | Merrill & Burwell, Bright H-line stars |
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| NGC | 2NNNNBBBB | Stars in NGC clusters |
| NGP | 800XXBBBB | Upgren, Late type stars at NGP |
| NS | 858XXABBB | Sanduleak, LMC members |
| NS | 620076BBB | Nordstrom, Spectral survey of the SMW. III |
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| P | 61010BBBB | Fehrenbach et al. LMC, etoiles a petite vitesse |
| P | 90010BBBB | Parenago, Orion association |
| PHL | 61016BBBB | Haro & Luyten, Faint blue stars at SGP |
| PS | 620035BBB | Stars earlier than A7 (SGP) |
| PSD | 74XXXBBBB | Potsdamer Spektral Durchmusterung |
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| R | 620057BBB | Feast et al, LMC brightest stars |
| RL | 620003BBB | Rubin & Losee, Faint blue stars in GAC |
| ROC | 90031BBBB | Lanz, Rho Ophiuci Complex |
| Ross | 61022BBBB | Ross, Proper motion stars |
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| S | 620051BBB | Fehrenbach et al. LMC, Liste supplementaire |
| SA | 70XXXBBBB | Harvard Selected Areas |
| Sand | 620113BBB | Sanduleak, Dwarf stars at NGP |
| SAO | 150BBBBBB | Smithsonian Astr. Obs. catalogue |
| SB | 620021BBB | Early type stars (SGP) |
| Sk | 620027BBB | Sanduleak, SMC members |
| SSII | 620017BBB | Slettebak & Stock, Stars earlier than A7 (NGP) |
| STO | 620105BBB | Stock & Osborn & Ibanez, LMC A-F supergiants |
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| Ton | 61007BBBB | Blue stars near the NGP |
| Tons | 61008BBBB | Blue stars near the SGP |
| Tr | 52111BBBB | Trumpler, Stars in Coma Berenices |
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| UVO | 941HHHHDD | Ultraviolet survey |
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| vA | 520251BBB | van Altena, Hyades stars |
| van Wijk | 620029BBB | LMC sequence |
| vB | 520250BBB | Van Bueren, Hyades stars |
| VES | 62055BBBB | Vatican emission stars |
| VL | 22632BBBB | VanderLinden, Stars in Praesepe (no+1000) |
| Vyss | 620030BBB | Vyssotsky, Dwarf M stars |
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| Wolf | 61014BBBB | Wolf, Proper motion stars |
| Woolley | 61002BBBB | Woolley et al. ROA Vol 5 |
| WR | 620133BBB | van der Hucht & Conti, Cat. of WR stars |