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J/A+AS/146/407      Symbiotic stars catalogue                (Belczynski+, 2000)
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A catalogue of symbiotic stars.
    Belczynski K., Mikolajewska J., Munari U., Ivison R.J., Friedjung M.
   <Astron. Astrophys. Suppl. Ser. 146, 407 (2000)>
   =2000A&AS..146..407B
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ADC_Keywords: Stars, variable ; Photometry
Keywords: catalogues - stars: binaries: symbiotic -
          stars: fundamental parameters

Abstract:
    We present a new catalogue of symbiotic stars. In our list we include
    188 symbiotic stars as well as 30 objects suspected of being
    symbiotic. For each star, we present basic observational material:
    coordinates, V and K magnitudes, ultraviolet (UV), infrared (IR),
    X-ray and radio observations. We also list the spectral type of the
    cool component, the maximum ionization potential observed, references
    to finding charts, spectra, classifications and recent papers
    discussing the physical parameters and nature of each object.
    Moreover, we present the orbital photometric ephemerides and orbital
    elements of known symbiotic binaries, pulsational periods for
    symbiotic Miras, Hipparcos parallaxes and information about outbursts
    and flickering.

File Summary:
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 FileName      Lrecl  Records   Explanations
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ReadMe            80        .   This file
table1.dat       101      188   Symbiotic star, catalogue
table1b.dat      166      188   Symbiotic star, references
table2.dat        87       30   Suspected symbiotic stars
table2b.dat      157       30   Suspectred Symbiotic star, references
table8.dat       353      200   Different names for symbiotic and
                                 suspected symbiotic stars
notes.dat         80      360   Individual notes
refs.dat         204      324   References
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See also:
       III/174 : Atlas of line profiles of symbiotic stars (VanWinckel+, 1994)
 J/A+AS/93/383 : UBVRIJHKL photometry of symbiotic stars (Munari+ 1992)
 J/A+A/327/191 : Southern symbiotic stars spectrophotometry (Mikolajewska+ 1997)
 J/A+A/333/658 : D-type symbiotic stars emission line fluxes (Pereira+ 1998)
 J/A+A/343/841 : Imaging of symbiotic stars (Corradi+ 1999)
 J/A+AS/143/343 : Symbiotic stars UBV(RI)c photometry (Henden+, 2000)
 J/A+A/372/145 : Symbiotic stars UBV(RI)c photometry. II. (Henden+, 2001)


Byte-by-byte Description of file: table1.dat table2.dat
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   Bytes Format Units   Label  Explanations
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   1-  3  A3    ---   [BMM2000] Symbiotic (NNN) or suspected symbiotic (sNN)
                                star catalogue number
       4  A1    --- n_[BMM2000] [*] *: here is a classification note and/or
                                       comment for the given object.
   6- 21  A16   ---     Name   Star name
  23- 24  I2    h       RAh    Right ascension (J2000.0) (1)
  26- 27  I2    min     RAm    Right ascension (J2000.0)
  29- 32  F4.1  s       RAs    Right ascension (J2000.0)
      34  A1    ---     DE-    Declination sign (J2000.0)
  35- 36  I2    deg     DEd    Declination (J2000.0)
  38- 39  I2    arcmin  DEm    Declination (J2000.0)
  41- 44  F4.1  arcsec  DEs    Declination (J2000.0)
  46- 51  F6.2  deg     GLON   ? Galactic longitude
  53- 58  F6.2  deg     GLAT   ? Galactic latitude
      60  A1    ---   l_Vmag   [~>] Limit flag on Vmag
  61- 64  F4.1  mag     Vmag   ? V magnitude
      65  A1    ---   u_Vmag   Uncertainnty flag on Vmag
      67  A1    ---   l_Kmag   Limit flag on Kmag
  68- 71  F4.1  mag     Kmag   ? K magnitude
  73- 76  A4    ---     IR     [SD,': ?] IR type (2)
      78  A1    ---     IUE    [+- ]  IUE spectrum (or spectra) is (are)
                                        available (+) or not (-) (3)
      80  A1    ---     X      [+- ] Object  was ever detected in X-rays (4)
      81  A1    ---   u_X      [?] Uncertainty flag on X
  83- 87  F5.1  eV      Imax   ? Highest ionization potential ever observed in
                                the emission-line spectra
      88  A1    ---   u_Imax   Uncertainty flag on Imax
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Note (1): Positions taken from radio VLA positions (Ivison et al.,
    1995MNRAS.273..517I, Seaquist & Taylor, 1990ApJ...349..313S, Seaquist
    et al., 1984ApJ...284..202S) if available, and if not from the SIMBAD
    database but corrected in a few cases were obvious mistakes have been
    spotted. If position was taken from somewhere else then comment is
    given in table2.dat.
Note (2): If two IR types are given for one object, we supply references
    to both estimates in the notes.
Note (3): The number of spectra can be readily obtained from SIMBAD
    (http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/Simbad) and the spectra can be obtained
    from the IUE data archives (http://nssdca.gsfc.nasa.gov/ndads).
Note (4): Plus (+) means a detection; minus (-) means that an object was
    observed but not detected and that only an upper limit is available.
    Most of the detections and upper limits came from ROSAT and were
    reported in Bickert et al. (1997, in Supersoft X-Ray Sources, Greiner
    J. (ed.). Springer, Berlin, p. 225) but some have also been observed
    by Einstein (Allen, 1981MNRAS.197..739A), EXOSAT and ASCA.
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Byte-by-byte Description of file: table1b.dat table2b.dat
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   Bytes Format Units   Label   Explanations
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   1-  3  A3    ---   [BMM2000] Symbiotic (NNN) or suspected symbiotic (sNN)
                                 star catalogue number
   5- 16  A12   ---     SpType  Estimate of the spectral type of the
                                 cool component (1)
  18- 37  A20   ---   r_SpType  References for SpType, separated by comma
      38  A1    ---     Semic   [;] Semicolon punctuation mark 
  39- 43  A5    ---     SpType2 Second estimate of the spectral type
  45- 51  A7    ---   r_SpType2 References for SpType2, separated by comma
      53  A1    ---   l_Radio   Limit flag on Radio
  54- 58  F5.2  Jy      Radio   ? Radio observations of symbiotics at
                                   n_Radio wavelength (2)
      59  A1    ---     Flag    [/:] Uncertainty flag or separation flag
  60- 63  F4.1  Jy      Radio2  ? Second radio measurement
  65- 70  A6    ---   n_Radio   Wavelength of Radio observation
  72- 78  F7.2  um      S12um   ? IRAS fluxes at 12{mu}m (3)
      79  A1    ---   l_S12um   [L] L: upper limit
  81- 87  F7.2  um      S25um   ? IRAS fluxes at 25{mu}m (3)
      88  A1    ---   n_S25um   [:L] L: upper limit, ':' Uncertainty flag
  90- 97  A8    ---     Ref1    Major literature references
 99-112  A14   ---    n_Ref1    Subject of the reference (4)
 114-121  A8    ---     Ref2    Major literature references
 123-137  A15   ---   n_Ref2    Subject of the reference (4)
 138-145  A8    ---     Ref3    Major literature references
 147-156  A10   ---   n_Ref3    Subject of the reference (4)
 158-160  I3    ---     Ref4    ? Major literature references
 162-165  A4    ---   n_Ref4    Subject of the reference (4)
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Note (1): Since the blue and visual spectral regions are often contaminated
    by the circumstellar nebula and/or the hot component, we have given
    priority to estimates made in the near-IR region and, in the case of
    multiple estimates, to those made at quiescence and/or near to
    inferior conjunction of the cool giant. The estimates based on the TiO
    bands are separated from those based on CO 2.3{mu}m bands by "/".
    Also, if the cool component was reported to behave as a Mira (i.e. if
    Mira-like pulsations have been detected or the object's position in
    the near-IR/IRAS colour diagram coincides with the region occupied by
    Mira variables Kenyon & Fernandez-Castro, 1987AJ.....93..938K,
    Whitelock, 1988IAUCo.103...47W) then it is noted in this column.
Note (2): Detections or upper limits are given. In parentheses, the wavelength
    of observation is reported. If more than one detection has been
    reported, only one is included and the priority is given to the most
    extensive radio survey of symbiotics at 3.6 cm (Seaquist et al.,
    1993ApJ...410..260S). Other extensive surveys of symbiotic stars which
    were searched for radio detection include Seaquist & Taylor
    (990ApJ...349..313S), Wright & Allen (1978MNRAS.184..893W), Seaquist
    et al. (1984ApJ...284..202S), Ivison et al. (1991MNRAS.249..374I),
    Ivison et al. (1995MNRAS.273..517I).
Note (3): The fluxes are taken from pointed observations, if available,
    Kenyon et al. (1988AJ.....95.1817K) or from survey observations as
    listed in SIMBAD. If, for some object, there was no report of
    observations in either of the above two sources, but IRAS fluxes were
    available from somewhere else, then the reference to reported
    observations is given in the notes. The IRAS number is listed in Table
    8 (which contains different object names for the symbiotic and
    suspected symbiotic stars). If the number is not there then the
    reference to the reported observations is given in the section
    containing comments.
Note (4): Subject the reference was noted for:
      fc - finding chart,
     spc - optical spectrum,
   class - classification,
    parm - the latest or the most extensive and up-to-date discussion of
           an object.
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Byte-by-byte Description of file: table8.dat
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   Bytes Format Units   Label     Explanations
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   1-  3  A3    ---     [BMM2000] Symbiotic (NNN) or suspected symbiotic (sNN)
                                   number
       5  A1    ---     Equal     [=] Equal sign
   7-356  A350  ----    Names     Other names separated by ' = '
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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-  3  A3    ---     [BMM2000] Symbiotic (NNN) or suspected symbiotic (sNN)
                                   star catalogue number
   5- 80  A76   ---     Note      Text of the note (1)
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Note (1): The references, number into brackets, are in refs.dat files
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Byte-by-byte Description of file: refs.dat
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   Bytes Format Units   Label     Explanations
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   1-  3  I3    ---     Ref       Reference number
   5- 23  A19   ---     BibCode   BibCode
  25- 51  A27   ---     Aut       Author's name
  52-205  A154  ---     Com       Comments
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History:
    From electronic version of the journal
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(End)                                        Patricia Bauer [CDS]    17-May-2001

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