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The Preliminary General Catalogue earned high praise from astronomers for its thoroughness and accuracy. But what was the wider scientific value of that book of numbers?
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Wise, G. (2004). Harvest. In: Civic Astronomy. Astrophysics and Space Science Library, vol 316. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-2678-2_6
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