[1] Stars in the first catalogue are designated by coding GL NNN, the N representing the consecutive integer number based on this order.

This list therefore numbered from 1.0 to 915.0 as no stars were entered after 915.0. and retained a strict right ascension order.

A Supplement published in 1970 by Richard van der Riet Woolley and associates, extended the range out to 25 parsecs (82 ly).

[3] Gliese published an extension to the second edition of the catalogue in 1979 in collaboration with Hartmut Jahreiß.

[5] An online-only version of the Catalogue of Nearby Stars made by Hartmut Jahreiß in 1998 is available from the Astronomisches Rechen-Institut, Heidelberg as ARICNS.