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Bright Star Catalog

BSC, HR (Harvard Revised)

A comprehensive catalogue of bright stars prepared at Yale University, and a system of stellar designation based on this: stars, especially those lacking Bayer letters or Flamsteed numbers, are commonly identified by their BSC catalogue number, prefixed by 'BSC', 'BS' or commonly 'HR' (for the Harvard Revised Photometry survey).

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