Note to users. If you're seeing this message, it means that your browser cannot find this page's style/presentation instructions -- or possibly that you are using a browser that does not support current Web standards. Find out more about why this message is appearing, and what you can do to make your experience of our site the best it can be.

Site Tools

  • AAAS
  • Subscribe
  • Feedback

Site Search

Search Advanced

Science 21 February 1997:
Vol. 275. no. 5303, pp. 1064 - 1065
DOI: 10.1126/science.275.5303.1064
Prev | Table of Contents | Next

Research News

Andrew Watson

On 1 June, a set of six CDs, containing the most comprehensive star catalog ever created, will go on sale. They have been put together from data collected between 1989 and 1993 by a European satellite called Hipparcos. The leap in accuracy that the Hipparcos catalog represents will send ripples throughout astrophysics, affecting everything from the age of the universe to the evolution of stars.

Read the Full Text

ADVERTISEMENT
Click Me!

ADVERTISEMENT
Click Me!

To Advertise     Find Products

Science. ISSN 0036-8075 (print), 1095-9203 (online)