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Default list of 173 'navigational' stars?

Eugene Griessel wrote:
It is my understanding that the original Flamsteed numbers are the
ones used as the "navigational" stars? The brightest. May be
wrong....


I doubt it. The Flamsteed numbering extends to stars of about the fifth
magnitude (though there's a bit of inconsistency about this). Also, the
numbering is repeated per constellation. All told, there are something
more than 2,500 Flamsteed numbered stars.

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