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Loading contentA catalogue of 258,997 stars compiled by the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, combining earlier positional catalogues to support satellite tracking. Its dense, uniform coverage and widely printed star atlas made 'SAO' numbers a long-standing standard designation for stars down to about ninth magnitude.
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Official naming, definitions, constellation boundaries, and astronomical nomenclature.