P. Fedorov1, Ya. Yatskiv2, V. Bobylev3
1Institute of Astronomy of Kharkiv National University, Kharkiv, Ukraine,
2Main Astronomical Observatory of NAS of Ukraine, Kiev, Ukraine,
3Central Astronomical Observatory at Pulkovo of RAS, St. Petersburg, Russia
Abstract:
Results of comparison of the XPM catalog with the ICRF2 and other catalogs are presented and discussed. The XPM catalog is a recent realizaтХЫtion of the ICRS in optical and near-infrared wavelengths. It contains about 314 million objects in magnitude range from 10 to 22 magnitudes, about one thousand of them can be found in the ICRF2. Some ideas on a creation of the new realization of the ICRS in optical range of wavelengths (the HCRF successor) are proposed.
Key words:
catalog, ICRF, proper motion, coordinate system.