Cape Photographic Durchmusterung


Cape Photographic Durchmusterung

(CPD) A general star catalog of the southern sky compiled by J.C. Kapteyn from photographic plates produced by David Gill in Cape Town. It was published 1896–1900. It lists positions and magnitudes of some 455 000 stars, brighter than 10th magnitude, from declinations –19° to –90°. A computerized version is now available.