Scanning results of images of the 60th declination zone of the FON project. Measurement reduction methods and characterization of the output catalog

A Microtek ScanMaker 9800XL TMA was used to scan 102 plates of 60° declination zone of the northern sky. The images were obtained within the scope of the FON project using the double wide-angle astrograph of the Main Astronomical Observatory (National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine). The procedure is described of processing these scans and compilation of the catalog of equatorial coordinates and brightness. Mean square errors of positions and B -magnitudes of 1 108 603 stars of the output catalog (in the range from 56 to 64° in declination and from 0 to 24 h in right ascension) largely depend on the position on the plate, multiplicity of overlapping, and stellar magnitude. The standard deviations are 0.10–0.32″ for coordinates and 0.04–16 m for stellar magnitudes. The average values of mean square deviations of data of the obtained catalog from data of PPMX and UCAC catalogs are 0.23″ and 0.18 m .