# hipparcos-catalog

Bundled [Hipparcos 2 star catalog](https://www.cosmos.esa.int/web/hipparcos/hipparcos-2) (ESA I/311) for Python.

## Installation

```bash
pip install hipparcos-catalog
```

## Usage

```python
import hipparcos_catalog

# Get the path to the bundled hip2.dat file
path = hipparcos_catalog.catalog_path()
```

## About the catalog

The Hipparcos 2 catalog (van Leeuwen 2007) contains astrometric data for 117,955 stars observed by the ESA Hipparcos satellite. The catalog is in the public domain.
