The " B . A . J . " series began in 1776 and continued until 1960 when it was included into the international edition of the " Astronomical Ephemeris " and of " Apparent Places of Fundamental Stars " ( APFS ).
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At least the Yearbook had a volume of about 500 pages; starting in 1907 it contained accurate apparent places of the first international fundamental catalogue which was compiled for astrometry; later these data were actualized within the framework of the Catalogues of Fundamental Stars FK3 and FK4.
