New High Proper Motion Stars from the Digitized Sky Survey. I. Northern Stars with 0[farcs]5 [CLC]yr[/CLC][TSUP]−1[/TSUP] < μ < 2[farcs]0 [CLC]yr[/CLC][TSUP]−1[/TSUP] at Low Galactic Latitudes

We have conducted a systematic search for high proper motion stars in theDigitized Sky Survey, in the area of the sky north of -2.8 degrees indeclination and within 25 degrees of the galactic plane. Using the SUPERBLINKsoftware, a powerful automated blink comparator developed by us, we haveidentified 601 stars in the magnitude range 92.0\arcsec/yr), and 5 were missed because they were either too bright forSUPERBLINK to handle or they are in the immediate proximity of very brightstars. Only one of Luyten's stars (LHS1657) could not be recovered at all, evenby visual inspection of the POSS plates, and is now suspected to be bogus. Thevery high success rate in the recovery by SUPERBLINK of faint Luyten starssuggests that our new survey of high proper motion stars is at least 99 percentcomplete for stars with proper motions 0.5 to 2.0 arcsec/yr down to R=19. Thispaper includes a list of positions, proper motions, magnitudes, and findercharts for all the new high proper motion stars.Comment: 24 pages, 16 figures. To appear in The Astronomical Journal (August 2002