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Default list of 173 'navigational' stars?

On Apr 4, 5:34 am, "John Nagelson" wrote:
Hello, the US Nautical Almanac lists 173 "navigational stars", of
which a shorter list of 57 is sometimes extracted.

I've been unable to find these lists online, although I have found
databases referencing many millions of stars!

Could someone tell me if they know where the lists of 57 and 173 stars
exists online.


Index of Selected Stars - (West to East)
http://www.angelfire.com/nt/navtrig/F1.html

couldn't find the 173


Or if it doesn't, and someone has got the two lists in text format,
I'd be very grateful if they could post them in follow-up to this
message!

A big thank you in advance.

Cheers,

John Nagelson