  A new all-sky catalogue of all available uvbybeta measurements from the
literature was generated. The uvbybeta photometric system is widely used for
the study of various Galactic and extragalactic objects. It measures the colour
due to temperature differences, the Balmer discontinuity, and blanketing
absorption due to metals. The data for the individual stars were cross-checked
on the basis of the Tycho-2 catalogue. This catalogue includes very precise
celestial coordinates, but is magnitude and spatial resolution limited.
However, the loss of objects is only marginal and is compensated for by the
gain of homogeneity. In total, 298 639 measurements of 60 668 stars were used
to derive unweighted mean indices and their errors. Photoelectric and CCD
observations were treated in the same way. The presented data set can be used
for various applications such as new calibrations of astrophysical parameters,
the standardization of new observations, and as additional information for
ongoing and forthcoming all-sky surveys.
