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J/ApJS/133/119      Calan-ESO proper-motion catalog          (Ruiz+, 2001)
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Calan-ESO proper-motion catalog.
     Ruiz M.T., Wischnjewsky M., Rojo P.M., Gonzalez L.E.
    <Astrophys. J. Suppl. Ser. 133, 119 (2001)>
    =2001ApJS..133..119R
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ADC_Keywords: Populations, stellar; Plate areas; Proper motions
Keywords: astrometry - catalogs - stars: fundamental parameters -
          stars: kinematics

Abstract:
    The Calan-ESO Proper-Motion Catalog (CE Catalog) contains 542 stars
    with proper motions >=0.2"/yr, identified in 14 ESO areas in the
    southern hemisphere. Proper motions were measured from red IIIa-F
    plates taken 6-16yr apart. Comparing the CE catalog with the Luyten
    and the Luyten half-second catalogs, we find that both suffer from
    incompleteness, which is particularly serious (<~40% complete) for
    m_R_>~13, where many of the astrophysically interesting object can be
    found. Proper motions, coordinates, estimated magnitudes, and finding
    charts for all objects in the catalog are provided

File Summary:
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 FileName      Lrecl  Records   Explanations
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ReadMe            80        .   This file
table1.dat        48       14   ESO areas
table2.dat        71      542   Stars in the survey with
                                  proper motions >=0.2arcsec/yr
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See also:
   J/AJ/106/2575 : Proper motions in ESO 207, 439, 440 (Ruiz+ 1993)
            I/87 : LHS Catalogue, 2nd Edition (Luyten 1979)

Byte-by-byte Description of file: table1.dat
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   Bytes Format Units   Label     Explanations
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   1-  3  I3    ---     ESO       ESO area
   5-  6  I2    h       RAh       Right ascension (J2000)
   8-  9  I2    min     RAm       Right ascension (J2000)
  11- 14  F4.1  s       RAs       Right ascension (J2000)
      16  A1    ---     DE-       Declination sign (J2000)
  17- 18  I2    deg     DEd       Declination (J2000)
  20- 21  I2    arcmin  DEm       Declination (J2000)
  23- 24  I2    arcsec  DEs       Declination (J2000)
  26- 30  F5.1  deg     GLON      Galactic longitude
  32- 36  F5.1  deg     GLAT      Galactic latitude
  38- 43  F6.1  yr      Epoch     Epoch of observation
  45- 48  F4.1  yr      Time      Time Base
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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  I3    ---      Calan-ESO  The Calan-ESO proper motion catalog number
   5-  6  A2    ---    f_Calan-ESO  [a *] Flag on Calan-ESO (1)
  10- 12  I3    ---      ESO        The 5x5 degree ESO Area
  14- 24  A11   ---      OName1     First other object name (2)
  26- 32  A7    ---      OName2     Second other object name (2)
  34- 35  I2    h        RAh        Right Ascension (J2000)
  37- 38  I2    min      RAm        Right Ascension (J2000)
  40- 43  F4.1  s        RAs        Right Ascension (J2000)
      45  A1    ---      DE-        Sign of the Declination (J2000)
  46- 47  I2    deg      DEd        Declination (J2000)
  49- 50  I2    arcmin   DEm        Declination (J2000)
  52- 53  I2    arcsec   DEs        Declination (J2000)
  55- 59  F5.2  mag      Rmag       Red magnitude (3)
  61- 64  F4.2 arcsec/yr pm         Total Proper motion
  66- 70  F5.1  deg      pmPA       Position angle of the proper motion
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Note (1):
    a = Finding chart from CCD frames in R
    * = Common proper motion binaries
Note (2):
    LHS = Luyten (1979, Cat. <I/87>)
    LTT = Luyten (1957, See Cat. <I/98>)
Note (3): One decimal magnitudes are estimates while two decimal magnitudes
          are measured.
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History:
    From electronic version of the journal
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(End)                    Greg Schwarz [AAS], Patricia Bauer [CDS]    24-Apr-2001

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