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III/199A            Observed Periods of Ap and Bp stars   (Catalano+ 1998)
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The Observed Periods of Ap and Bp stars
     Catalano F.A., Renson P.
    <Astron. Astrophys. Suppl. Ser. 127, 421 (1998)>
    =1998A&AS..127..421C
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ADC_Keywords: Stars, Ap ; Stars, Bp ; Stars, variable
Keywords: catalog - stars: chemically peculiar - stars: variable: other

Description:
    A catalogue of all the periods published up to 31 October 1996 on 364
    CP stars is presented; it supersedes the previous version (catalog
    <III/152>).

    The paper version (catalog.tex) is arranged in three tables: the bulk
    of the data, i.e. those referring to CP2, CP3, and CP4 stars, are
    given in Table 1, while the data concerning He-strong stars are given
    in Table 2 and those for eclipsing or ellipsoidal variables are
    collected in Table 3. Notes are also provided at the end of each
    table, mainly about duplicities.

    The machine-readable version was arranged in two main parts: the main
    parameters of the 364 stars (identifiers and names, positions,
    spectral types, magnitudes and peculiarities) are tabulated in the
    file 'stars'; periods and the of the observed variations (light,
    spectrum, magnetic field, etc.) are listed in the 'periods' file.
    Two other files contains the notes and the references.


File Summary:
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 FileName    Lrecl    Records    Explanations
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ReadMe          80          .    This file
stars.dat      136        364    List of the CP stars
notes.dat      120        174    Individual notes to flagged stars
periods.dat    130       1716    List of Period values and variability types
refs            80        854    References quoted in periods
catalog.tex     77       4537    LaTeX version of the catalog
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See also:
   III/162 : General Catalogue of Ap and Am stars (Renson+ 1991)
   J/A+AS/133/1 : New variable chemically peculiar stars (Paunzen+ 1998)

Byte-by-byte Description of file: stars.dat
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   Bytes Format Units   Label     Explanations
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   1- 10  A10   ---     Star      Star name (HD or Rns)
      11  I1    ---     Table     [1/3] Table number (1)
  13- 18  I6    ---     HD        ? HD (Cat. <III/135>) number
      19  A1    ---     m_HD      Multiplicity index on HD
  21- 24  I4    ---     HR        ? HR (Cat. <V/50>) number
      25  A1    ---     m_HR      Multiplicity index on HR
  27- 31  I5    ---     Rns       ? Renson (Cat. <III/162>) number
  33- 49  A17   ---     Name      Star name
  51- 64  A14   ---     VarName   Variable name
  66- 67  I2    h       RAh       Right ascension (2000.0)
  69- 70  I2    min     RAm       Right ascension (2000.0)
  72- 75  F4.1  s       RAs       Right ascension (2000.0)
      77  A1    ---     DE-       Declination sign
  78- 79  I2    deg     DEd       Declination (2000.0)
  81- 82  I2    arcmin  DEm       Declination (2000.0)
  84- 85  I2    arcsec  DEs       Declination (2000.0)
  87-101  A15   ---     SpType    Spectral type (2)
 103-107  F5.2  mag     Vmag      V magnitude
     108  A1    ---     u_Vmag    Uncertainty flag on Vmag
     110  A1    ---     l_Per     [~] 'Approximative' flag on Per
 111-120  F10.5 d       Per       ? Main Period
     121  A1    ---     n_Per2    [+] + when two periods exist
 122-125  F4.2  d       Per2      ? Second period (HD 25267 only)
 126-127  A2    ---     u_Per     [:?) ] Uncertainty flag on Per (3)
     128  A1    ---     n_Per     [l] l: long.
 130-133  A4    ---     Var       [lsvm ] type of variability (4)
     135  A1    ---     Note      [*] indicates a remark in notes.dat file
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Note (1): In the paper, Table 1 deals with CP2, CP3 and CP4 stars;
          Table 2 deals with He-string stars, and
          Table 3 with eclipsing or ellipsoidal variables.
Note (2): He wk means that the star belongs the the He weak subgroup.
Note (3): : approximate value
          ? dubious value
Note (4): l: luminosity and/or color
          m: magnetic field
          s: spectral line intensity
          v: wavelength displacements of the lines of an ion, interpreted as
              mean radial velocity variations for that ion.
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Byte-by-byte Description of file: periods.dat
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   Bytes Format Units   Label   Explanations
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   1- 10  A10   ---     Star    Star name, as in file 'stars'
      11  I1    ---     Table   [1/3] Table number, as in file 'stars'
      13  I1    ---     Part    [0/4]? Catalogue part (1)
  15- 16  A2    ---   l_Per     [ <>=~] Limit flag on Per
  17- 29  F13.8  d      Per     ? Period (in days except when x_Per=y or m)
  32- 33  A2    ---   u_Per     [ ):?] Uncertainty flag on Per (2)
      34  A1    ---   x_Per     [ym] y when the period is expressed in years
                                     m when the period is expressed in months
  35- 45  F11.8 d     e_Per     ? rms uncertainty on Per
  46- 51  F6.3  d       Perl    ? Lower limit for period when interval
      52  A1    ---     ---     [-] Separation dash
  53- 58  F6.3  d       Peru    ? upper limit for period when interval
      59  A1    ---   u_Perl    [):?] Uncertainty flag on Perl (2)
      60  A1    ---   x_Peru    [y] y when the period is expressed in years
  63- 65  A3    ---     Rem     Remarks (3)
      66  A1    ---     Note    [*] Notes (4)
  67- 77  A11   ---     Var     Type of variability
  79-130  A52   ---     Ref     References
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Note (1): 0: main catalogue, Catalano & Renson, 1984, Cat. <III/152>
          1: first supplement, Catalano & Renson, 1988A&AS...72....1C
          2: second supplement, Catalano et al., 1991A&AS...87...59C
          3: third supplement, Catalano et al., 1993A&AS...98..269C
          4: fourth supplement, Catalano & Renson, 1997A&AS..121...57C
      blank: new reference or old reference only now added
Note (2): : approximate value
          ? dubious value
          ) less probable value
Note (3): onb: or other nearby values
           ov: or other values
           ct: constant
           nv: no variability
           v?: variable?
           np: no period
          l)?: long)?
           l?: long?
Note (4): Individual Notes:
     HD  18296 : 2.88422 (+ 40 to 50 years ?)
     HD  25267 : 3.84394 +1.21005  l Manfroid et al. 1985
                 1.21005 +3.83394  l(IR) Catalano et al. 1991
     HD  32549 : (prob. 4.6398+/-0.0008)
     HD  37151 : 5.6732+/-0.0143+4.1513+/-0.0092? l North 1984
     HD 112185 : 1.14229 v + 8.0... s,v  + long
     HD  89822 : no var with P=7.56
     HD  94660 : no var. during 8 d l (Heck et al. 1976)
     HD  94660 : no var. during 9 d l (Renson & Manfroid 1978a)
     HD 123515 : 1.45594 + 1.5168 + 1.3725 + 2.1818 l Waelkens 1993
     HD 144334 : 3.61+0.04-0.06 m Borra et al. 1983
     HD 152107A: 3.85646 (+12.5 years) m, v Gerth 1990
     HD 176232 : ampl. 0.01:, short time scale l Hube & Anderson 1986
     HD 196502 : 20.2754 s, m + 551 v Preston 1967
     HD 201433A: 1.12912 + 1.19328 l Guthnik 1942
     HD 219749 : 1.618 s + 48.304 v(SB) Hube 1979
     HD 224801 : 3.7397 l + 4.8833 v Rakosch 1963a
     HD  38602 : (+irreg.) l Groenbech & Naqvi 1976
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Byte-by-byte Description of file: notes.dat
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   Bytes Format Units   Label     Explanations
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   1- 10  A10   ---     Star      Star name, as in file 'stars'
      11  A1    ---     Cont      [a-c] Continuation letter
  13-120  A108  ---     Text      Text of Reference
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History:
    This version of the catalog, superseding the one distributed by
    CDS between July 1997 and February 1998, differs for only 7 stars.

Acknowledgements:
    Is is a pleasure to thank Dr Francesco Catalano (email:
    FCATALANO@alpha4.ct.astro.it), who kindly prepared this new
    version of the Catalog of the Periods of Ap and Am stars
    in February 1997 on request from CDS.

References:
   Aitken R.G., 1932, New General Catalogue of Double Stars.
                       Publ. Carnegie Inst. Washington No.417
   Babcock H.W., 1947ApJ...105..105B
   Babcock H.W., 1957ApJS....3..141B
   Batten A.H., Fletcher J.M., Mann P.J., 1978PDAO...15..121B
   Boss B., 1937, General Catalogue of 33342 Stars , Cat. <I/113>
   Catalano F.A., Renson P., 1984A&AS...55..371C, Cat. <III/152>
   Catalano F.A., Renson P., 1988A&AS...72....1C
   Catalano F.A., Renson P., Leone F., 1991A&AS...87...59C
   Catalano F.A., Renson P., Leone F., 1993A&AS...98..269C
   Catalano F.A., Renson P., 1997A&AS..121...57C
   Morgan W.W., 1931a, 1931ApJ....73..104M
   Morgan W.W., 1931b, 1931ApJ....74...24M
   Morgan W.W., 1932ApJ....75...46M
   Morgan W.W., 1933a, 1933ApJ....77...77M
   Morgan W.W., 1933b, 1933ApJ....77..330M
   Preston G.W., 1974ARA&A..12..257P
   Renson P., Gerbaldi M., Catalano F.A., 1991A&AS...89..429R, Cat. <III/162>
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(End)           Patricia Bauer, Francois Ochsenbein [CDS]            21-Nov-1997

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