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MK spectral types are given for about 584 stars in A Supplement to the Bright Star Catalogue . These are compared with Hipparcos parallaxes to check the reliability of those classifications. The estimated errors are ±1.2 subtypes, and 10% of the luminosity classes may be wrong.
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