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J/A+A/383/188     Spectrophotometric atlas of symbiotic stars    (Munari+, 2002)
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A multi-epoch spectrophotometric atlas of symbiotic stars.
    Munari U., Zwitter T.
   <Astron. Astrophys. 383, 188 (2002)>
   =2002A&A...383..188M
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ADC_Keywords: Stars, variable ; Spectrophotometry ; Atlases
Keywords: stars: binaries: symbiotic - atlases

Abstract:
    A multi-epoch, absolute-fluxed spectral atlas extending from about
    3200 to 9000{AA} is presented for 130 symbiotic stars, including
    members of the LMC, SMC and Draco dwarf galaxies. The fluxes are
    accurate to better than 5% as shown by comparison with Tycho and
    ground-based photometric data. The spectra of 40 reference objects
    (MK cool giant standards, Mira and Carbon stars, planetary nebulae,
    white dwarfs, hot sub-dwarfs, Wolf-Rayet stars, classical novae, VV
    Cep and Herbig Ae/Be objects) are provided to assist the
    interpretation of symbiotic star spectra. Astrometric positions and
    counterparts in astrometric catalogues are derived for all program
    symbiotic stars. The spectra are available in electronic form from the
    authors.

File Summary:
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 FileName    Lrecl  Records   Explanations
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ReadMe          80        .   This file
table1.dat     122      155   Symbiotic stars observed
table2.dat      85       40   Relevant properties of 40 reference stars
table3.dat      52      130   Correspondence with sources in astrometric
                               catalogues
sp/*             .       40   Individual spectra for the reference stars
paper.ps       120  1696279   PostScript version of the paper containing all
                               figures
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See also:
      http://ulisse.pd.astro.it/symbio-atlas : Atlas homepage

Byte-by-byte Description of file: table1.dat
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   Bytes Format Units     Label     Explanations
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   1-  3  A3    ---       Obs       Observation characteristics (1)
       5  A1    ---       Var       [vp] Variable type (2)
   7- 19  A13   ---       Name      Object name
  21- 22  I2    h         RAh       Right ascension (J2000.0)
  24- 25  I2    min       RAm       Right ascension (J2000.0)
  27- 33  F7.4  s         RAs       Right ascension (J2000.0)
      35  A1    ---       DE-       Declination sign (J2000.0)
  36- 37  I2    deg       DEd       Declination (J2000.0)
  39- 40  I2    arcmin    DEm       Declination (J2000.0)
  42- 47  F6.3  arcsec    DEs       Declination (J2000.0)
  49- 54  F6.2  deg       GLON      Galactic longitude
  57- 62  F6.2  deg       GLAT      Galactic latitude
  64- 71  A8   "DD/MM/YY" ObsDate1  Observation date
  73- 76  I4    s         ExpT11    Exposition time
  78- 81  I4    s         ExpT12    ? Exposition time
  83- 85  I3    s         ExpT13    ? Exposition time
  87- 89  I3    s         ExpT14    ? Exposition time
  91- 98  A8   "DD/MM/YY" ObsDate2  Observation date
 100-103  I4    s         ExpT21    ? Exposition time
 105-108  I4    s         ExpT22    ? Exposition time
 110-113  I4    s         ExpT23    ? Exposition time
 115-117  I3    ---       Fig       Figure number
 120-122  I3    ---       Fig2      ? Second Figure number, if any
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Note (1): Observation characteristics:
    ESO: ESO 1.5m + B&C + CCD, 3200-9100{AA},  2.5{AA}/pix spectra
    Asi: Asiago 1.82m + B&C + CCD, 3400-7700{AA}, 7.5 {AA}/pix spectra
Note (2): Symbiotic star:
     v: validated symbiotic stars
     p: possible symbiotic stars or closely related objects
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Byte-by-byte Description of file: table2.dat
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   Bytes Format Units   Label   Explanations
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   1-  3  A3    ---     Obs     Observation characteristics (1)
   5- 17  A13   ---     Name    Object name
  20- 21  I2    h       RAh     Right ascension (J2000)
  23- 24  I2    min     RAm     Right ascension (J2000)
  26- 32  F7.4  s       RAs     Right ascension (J2000)
      34  A1    ---     DE-     Declination sign (J2000)
  35- 36  I2    deg     DEd     Declination (J2000)
  38- 39  I2    arcmin  DEm     Declination (J2000)
  41- 46  F6.3  arcsec  DEs     Declination (J2000)
  48- 53  F6.3  mag     Vmag    ? V magnitude from Tycho
  55- 60  F6.3  mag     B-V     ? B-V colour index from Tycho
  62- 81  A20   ---     SpType  Spectral type or star classification
  83- 85  I3    ---     Fig     Figure number in electronic version of paper (2)
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Note (1): Observation characteristics:
     ESO: ESO 1.5m + BC + CCD,  3200-9100{AA}, 2.5{AA}/pix spectra
     Asi: Asiago 1.82m + BC + CCD, 3400-7700{AA}, 7.5{AA}/pix spectra
Note (2): File paper.ps, or at http://ulisse.pd.astro.it/symbio-atlas/
    The spectrum as a 2-column table is also accessible in subdirectory "sp",
    named according to its figure number, e.g. file "sp234.dat" for Fig. 234.
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Byte-by-byte Description of file: table3.dat
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   Bytes Format Units   Label     Explanations
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   1- 13  A13   ---     Name      Name adopted in the Atlas
  16- 27  A12   ---     Name2     Name in Allen's (1984PASAu...5..369A)
                                   "Catalogue of symbiotic stars" or name used
                                   before a variable star name has been assigned
                                   to the given star
  30- 52  A23   ---     Name3     Name of astrometric counterpart
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Byte-by-byte Description of file: sp/*
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   Bytes Format   Units     Label     Explanations
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   1-  7  F7.2    0.1nm     lambda    Wavelength ({AA})
   9- 20  E12.5 10mW/m2/nm  Flux      Observed flux (erg/cm2/s/{AA})
  22- 33  E12.5 10mW/m2/nm  bgFlux    ? Sky flux (erg/cm2/s/{AA})
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Acknowledgements: Ulisse Munari <munari@astras.pd.astro.it>
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(End)                    Patricia Bauer, Francois Ochsenbein [CDS]   07-Feb-2002

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