There is an extensive literature describing the development and use of the Guide Star Catalog. See the GSC Library in the Astrophysics Data System for a full bibliography.
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Primary Publications
- The Guide Star Catalog I - Astronomical Foundations and Image Processing
Lasker et al 1990 Astronomical Journal Vol. 99, p.2019 - The Guide Star Catalog II - Photometric and Astrometric Models and Solutions
Russell et al 1990 Astronomical Journal Vol. 99, p.2059 - The Guide Star Catalog III - Production, Database Organization and Population Statistics
Jenkner et al 1990 Astronomical Journal, Vol. 99, p. 2082 - The Second Generation Guide Star Catalog : Description and Properties
Lasker et al 2008 The Astronomical Journal, Vol. 136, p. 735
Secondary Publications
- The Guide Star Photometric Catalog I
Lasker et al 1988 Astrophysical Journal Supplement Vol. 68, p.1 - Some comments on the astrometric properties of the guide star catalog
Taff et al 1990 Astrophysical Journal Letters Vol. 353, p.L45 - GSC 1.2- An Astrometric Re-Reduction and other Refinements
Morrison et al 2001 The Astronomical Journal, Vol. 121, p. 1752 - An all-sky set of (B)-(V-R) photometric calibrators for Schmidt surveys. GSPC2.1: First release
Bucciarelli et al 2001 Astronomy and Astrophysics, v.368, p.335-346
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An Estimation of the Positional Accuracy of the Space Telescope Guide Star Catalog
J.L.Russell and B.J.McLean 1984 B.A.A.S. 16,499- The Guide Star Catalog - Structure and Publication
H.Jenkner et al 1985 B.A.A.S. 17,549 The TYCHO Input Catalogue : Cross-referencing the GSC with SIMBAD Database
D.Egret and B.J.McLean 1988 ESO Conference and Workshop Proceedings No.,28 - "Astronomy from Large Databases", p319The Guide Star Catalog : Structure, Publication and Future Plans
H.Jenkner et al 1987 ESO Conference and Workshop Proceedings No.,28 - "Astronomy from Large Databases", p361The effect of Astrometric Modeling Error of Schmidt Plates on the Construction of the Guide Star Catalog for Space Telescope
J.L.Russell and B.J.McLean 1985 B.A.A.S. 16,986- The TYCHO Input Catalogue - Cross-matching the Guide Star Catalog with the HIPPARCOS INCA Data Base
D.Egret et al 1991 BAAS 23,1319 Design Considerations for Billion-Object Databases and their Application to a Second Generation Guide Star Catalog.
H.Jenkner et al 1992 ESO Conference and Workshop Proceedings No.43, p349 - "Astronomy from Large Databases II"Galactic Structure with the GSC Plate Archive II - Colours and Proper Motions towards the Main Meridional Section
B.M.Lasker et al 1994 B.A.A.S. 26,955Galactic Structure with the GSC Plate Archive - Colours and Proper Motions in the Main Meridional Section of the Galaxy: First Results
M.G.Lattanzi et al 1993 Proceedings of the workshop "Galactic and Solar System Optical Astrometry", p.119- GSC 1.2, A Subplate Reduction of the GSC
B.Bucciarelli et al 1994 IAU Symposium 161, p277 - "Astronomy from Wide Field Imaging" Construction and Properties of GSC 1.2
S.Roser et al 1996Potential Applications of GSC-II for GAIA Operations
B.M.Lasker et al 1995 ESA SP-379,137 Proceedings of the workshop - "Future Possibilities for Astrometry in Space"The Guide Star Catalog and the Digitalized Sky Survey as Resources for Other Surveys
H.Jenkner et al 1997 Astrophys. Sp. Sci. Library, 210, 37-44 Proc. 3rd Denis Euroconference "The Impact of Large-Scale near-IR Sky Surveys"New Surveys at STScI : Scanning, Distribution and Cataloging
V.Laidler et al 1996 B.A.A.S. 188, 5421LThe Tycho Input Catalogue - Crossmatching the Guide Star Catalog with the HIPPARCOS INCA Database
D.Egret et al 1992 Astron.Astrophys. 258,217Galactic Structure along the Main Meridional Section of the Galaxy I - The North Galactic Pole (N321) Field
A.Spagna et al 1996 Astron.Astrophys 311,758GSC-II : An Overview of the Database System
G.Greene et al 1998 B.A.A.S. 30, 898GSC-II : An Overview of Current Catalogue Construction
B.McLean et al 1998 B.A.A.S. 30, 900Celestial Mapping with Persistent Objects using the COMPASS Database
G.Greene, B.McLean 1998 WorldView ConferenceThe GSC-I and GSC-II Databases : An Object-Oriented Approach
G.Greene et al 1998 IAU Symposium 179,474Contents, Test Results and Data Availability for GSC 1.2
S.Roeser et al 1998 IAU Symposium 179, 420Galactic Structure with GSC-II Material : The North Galactic Pole and the Stock-2 Cluster Regions
A.Spagna et al 1998 IAU Symposium 179, 228The Second Guide Star Catalogue
B.McLean et al 1998 IAU Symposium 179, 43DSS-II and GSC-II: STScI All-Sky Image and Catalog Databases
B.M.Lasker et al 1998 Proceedings "Astrophysics and Algorithms: a DIMACS Workshop on Massive Astronomical Data Sets"- Faint Photometric BVR CCD Sequences : The North Galactic Pole and the Anticenter
A.Spagna et al 1998 Astron. Astrophys Suppl. 130,359 - Development of the Astronomical Image Archive and Catalog Database for Production of GSC-II
G.Greene et al 1999 Journal of Future Generation Computing Systems 16, 29 - Status of the Second Guide Star Catalog
J.Morrison and B.McLean 1999 American Astronomical Society, DDA meeting #31, #05.10 - Predicted Deep NIR Starcounts for the NGST Guide Star System
A.Spagna and B.McLean 1999 NGST Detector Workshop, STScI - The Second Guide Star Catalog
B. McLean et al 2000 UCLan conference "The New Era of Wide-Field Astronomy" August 21-24 - An Overview of the Multi-Terabyte GSC-II Database and some Preliminary Scientific Results
B. McLean et al 2000 MPA/ESO/MPE Joint Astronomy conference "Mining the Sky" July 31 - August 4 - The Status of the Second Generation Digitized Sky Survey and Guide Star Catalog (Invited)
B.McLean et al 2000 ADASS IX conference proceedings - The Second Guide Star Catalog and Cool Stars
R.L.Smart et al 2001 Ultracool Dwarfs: New Spectral Types L and T - An Overview of Existing Ground-Based Wide-Area Surveys (Invited)
B.McLean 2001 Virtual Observatories of the Future, ASP Conference Proceedings, Vol. 225, p103 - The Second Generation Guide Star Catalog
J.E.Morrison et al 2001 AAS DDA meeting #32 - GSC2.2 vs SDSS EDR: Astrometry, Photometry and Classification
V.Laidler et al 2001 AAS 199#130.11 - Testing the Automated Classification of the Second Guide Star Catalogue
R.Smart et al 2002 Automated Data Analysis in Astronomy. p133 - Exotic Objects in GAIA: Results from GSC-II
M.G.Lattanzi et al 2002 Proc. Monte Rosa Conf. "GAIA Spectroscopy, Science and Technology" - Faint and peculiar objects in GAIA: results from GSC-II
D. Carollo et al 2002 Proc. Monte Rosa Conf. "GAIA spectroscopy, science and technology" - The AXAF (Chandra) Guide and Acquisition Star Catalog V1.5 (AGASC 1.5)
Schmidt & Green 2003 Astronomical Data Analysis Software and Systems XII ASP Conference Series, Vol. 295 - Search for Ancient Cool White Dwarfs Using GSC-II Material
D.Carollo et al 2004 Proc. IAU Symp. 220 "Dark Matter in Galaxies", p207 - Guide Star Catalog v2.3 : Parameters and Comparisons
C.Loomis et al 2004 AAS #205.91.10 - Estimated Source Counts from the GSC-II Catalog
R.Drimmel et al 2004 Proc "Milky Way Surveys: The Structure and Evolution of our Galaxy", ASP Conference #317 - Data Mining with the Multicolor GSC-II Database
A.Spagna et al 2004 Mem.S.A.It.Suppl 5,97 - Search for Cool White Dwarfs Using GSC2
D.Carollo et al 2004 Proc. IAU Symp. 220 "Dark Matter in Galaxies", p207 - The International DSS/GSC Consortium
B.McLean et al 2004 SpaceOps Conference - Cool halo white dwarfs from GSC-II
D.Carollo et al 2005 Proc "White Dwarfs: cosmological and galactic probes", Astrophysics & Space Science Library, 332, p31 - The GSC2 Survey of Cool White Dwarfs
D.Carollo et al 2005 Proc "14th European Workshop on White Dwarfs", ASP Conference series, 334, p135 - The GSC2-based Survey of Ancient Cool White Dwarfs I : The Sample of Spectroscopically Identified WDs
D.Carollo et al 2006 Astron.Astrophys., 448,579 - The Guide Star Catalog II. Properties of the GSC 2.3 release
A.Spagna et al 2006 MmSAI 77,1166 - The Guide Star Catalog II: Properties of the GSC 2.3 Release
A.Spagna et al 2006 IAU JD 13, #49 - The New GSC-II and its Use for HST
B.McLean 2006 Proc "2005 HST Calibration Workshop", NASA/CP2006-214134. National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Goddard Space Flight Center, 2006, p.413 - Improving the Absolute Astrometry of HST Data with GSC-II
A.Koekemoer et al 2006 Proc "2005 HST Calibration Workshop", NASA/CP2006-214134. National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Goddard Space Flight Center, 2006, p.417 - The GSC-II catalog release GSC 2.3: description and properties
B.Bucciarelli et al 2008 IAU Symposium 248,316 "A Giant Step: from Milli- to Micro-arcsecond Astrometry" - Absolute Proper Motions Outside the Plane (APOP) - A Step Toward the GSC2.4
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