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The Southern Proper Motion Program. III. A Near-Complete Catalog to V = 17.5

Terrence M. Girard, Dana I. Dinescu, William F. van Altena, Imants Platais, David G. Monet, and Carlos E. López

© 2004. The American Astronomical Society. All rights reserved. Printed in U.S.A.
The Astronomical Journal, Volume 127, Number 5Citation Terrence M. Girard et al 2004 AJ 127 3060DOI 10.1086/383545

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Terrence M. Girard

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Department of Astronomy, Yale University, P.O. Box 208101, New Haven, CT 06520-8101

Dana I. Dinescu

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Department of Astronomy, Yale University, P.O. Box 208101, New Haven, CT 06520-8101

William F. van Altena

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Department of Astronomy, Yale University, P.O. Box 208101, New Haven, CT 06520-8101

Imants Platais

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Department of Physics and Astronomy, Johns Hopkins University, 3400 North Charles Street, Baltimore, MD 21218

David G. Monet

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US Naval Observatory, Flagstaff Station, P.O. Box 1149, Flagstaff, AZ 86002

Carlos E. López

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Universidad de San Juan and Yale Southern Observatory, Avenida Benavídez 8175 Oeste, Chimbas, 5413 San Juan, Argentina

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  1. Received 2003 October 3
  2. Accepted 2004 February 4
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Abstract

We present the third installment of the Yale/San Juan Southern Proper Motion Catalog, SPM3. Absolute proper motions, positions, and photographic BV photometry are given for roughly 10.7 million objects, primarily stars, down to a magnitude of V = 17.5. The catalog covers an irregular area of 3700 deg2, between the declinations of -20° and -45°, excluding the Galactic plane. The proper-motion precision for well-measured stars is estimated to be 4.0 mas yr-1. Unlike previous releases of the SPM Catalog, the proper motions are on the International Celestial Reference System by way of Hipparcos catalog stars and have an estimated systematic uncertainty of 0.4 mas yr-1. The SPM3 Catalog is available via electronic transfer. As an example of the potential of the SPM3 proper motions, we examine the Galactocentric velocities of a group of metal-poor, main-sequence A stars. The majority of these exhibit thick-disk kinematics, lending support to their interpretation as thick-disk blue stragglers, as opposed to being an accreted component.

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