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The star catalogue of the Almagest, as edited by Toomer (1984), is combined with the calculated data reduced for the epoch of the year -128, January 1. The stellar positions, proper motions and magnitudes are taken from the Bright Star Catalogue.1 The equatorial coordinates of the year J2000.0 are transformed to the year -128 according to Newcombe’s rigorous formulae.2
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Graßhoff, G. (1990). Appendix B. In: The History of Ptolemy’s Star Catalogue. Studies in the History of Mathematics and Physical Sciences, vol 14. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-4468-4_9
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