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Typical density of sources in the Guide Star Catalog II. Catalog entries are marked in red, overlaid on a sky survey negative image of a small, fairly typical region of the night sky. Note how faint sources are omitted in the vicinity of bright sources. Note the 1 arcminute scale bar at the bottom left.

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