Roughly 19,620 sources were identified over the course of the survey of which 60% were previously uncatalogued.
In addition, all previously catalogued sources were tabulated and maps of the areas surveyed were included with the positions of all catalogued sources.
Sources discovered in the course of the survey were assigned names according to a coordinate numbering system consisting of a two-letter prefix followed by three digits.
[2] Data reduction for the survey was done using a computer program developed by John D. Kraus and Robert S.
[3] The Ohio Sky Survey was published in seven installments and two supplements.