The Dating of Ptolemy's Star Catalogue

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Ibid., 109, Equation (17.1) with ecliptical longitudes and latitudes.

Ibid., 134 (21.3) and (21.4), 140 and 141, and 147 (22.3).

Dambis A. K. and Efremov Yu. N. , “Dating Ptolemy's star catalogue through proper motions: The Hipparchan epoch”, Journal for the history of astronomy, xxxi (2000), 115–34.

DE used the HIPPARCOS catalogue, I use SKY2000.