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II/226 Stellar polarization catalogs agglomeration (Heiles, 2000)
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An agglomeration of stellar polarization catalogs
Heiles C.
<Astron. J. 119, 923 (2000)>
=2000AJ....119..923H
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ADC_Keywords: Polarization ; Combined data ; Stars, distances
Keywords: catalogs - dust, extinction - ISM: magnetic fields - stars: distances
Abstract:
We present an agglomeration of stellar polarization catalogs with
results for 9286 stars. We have endeavoured to eliminate errors,
provide accurate positions, sensibly weight multiple observations of
the same star, and provide reasonable distances.
File Summary:
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FileName Lrecl Records Explanations
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ReadMe 80 . This file
catalog.dat 197 9286 Agglomeration of stellar polarization catalogs
paper.ps 72 1358 PostScript version of the paper
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See also:
II/34 : Polarization Catalogue (Mathewson+ 1978)
II/178 : A Catalogue of Linear Polarization Measurements (Axon+, 1976)
Byte-by-byte Description of file: catalog.dat
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Bytes Format Units Label Explanations
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3- 9 I7 10-4deg DEdeg [-900000,900000] Declination (2000) (1)
10 A1 --- --- [.]
11- 18 I8 10-6h RAhr [0,24000000[ Right ascension (2000) (1)
20- 28 F9.1 --- HD ?=-999.9 HD number
29- 39 F11.6 --- BD ?=-999.9 Bonner DM number
40- 50 F11.6 --- CD ?=-999.9 Cordoba DM number
51- 61 F11.6 --- CPD ?=-999.9 Cape DM number
65- 70 F6.3 % Pol Percentage polarization
72- 79 F8.3 % e_Pol ?=-999.900 rms uncertainty on Pol
81- 86 F6.1 deg PA Position angle, equatorial
88- 93 F6.1 deg e_PA ?=-99.9 rms uncertainty on PA
95-100 F6.1 deg PAgal Position angle, Galactic
102-109 F8.4 deg GLON Galactic longitude
111-118 F8.4 deg GLAT Galactic latitude
120-125 F6.2 mag E(B-V) ?=-99.90 Reddening
127-132 F6.1 deg DPA ?=-999.9 Discrepancy between PA and PAgal (2)
134-137 I4 --- IdCat [1,5]?=-999 Primary stellar database (3)
139-144 F6.1 mag Vmag ?=-999.9 Visual magnitude
146-152 F7.1 pc Dist ?=-999.9 Distance
155-170 A16 --- SpType Spectral type (4)
171-192 22I1 --- PolRefs Polarization catalog numbers (5)
195-197 I3 --- DistCat Distance catalog
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Note (1):
The declination, in units of 10^-4^ decimal degrees, is to the left of
the decimal point; the right ascension, in units of 10^-6^ decimal
hours, is to the right of the decimal point. For example,
-123456.15432100 is DE=-12.3456{deg}, RA=15.432100h.
Note (2):
Discrepancy between the position angles in Galactic and Equatorial
coordinates in the original catalog. Nonzero entries represent errors
in coordinate conversion in the original catalog, and the angle may be
wrong in one or both coordinate systems.
Note (3): the codes are:
1 = Hipparcos, Cat. <I/239>
2 = Tycho, Cat. <I/239>
3 = SAO, Cat. <I/131>
4 = SIMBAD (arcsecond accuracy)
5 = SIMBAD (~arcmin accuracy)
-999 = stellar position and/or identification may be incorrect
Note (4): Special notations:
NOOS: no observation
O SD: O type subdwarf
All spectral types were derived from the original catalogs. Spectral
types of many stars are still uncertain and will change as more
observations accumulate. Therefore, it is better for people to obtain
spectral types from other sources.
Note (5):
PolRefs is made of 22 binary digits, with 1 meaning a particular
catalog was used and 0 meaning it was not; the individual references
patterns are listed in the "Reference patterns" section below.
Let us define nb as the particular binary digit, with nb in range
0 -> 21; Each nb corresponds to a particular reference, as follows:
0: no entries
1: no entries
2: Reiz and Franco (1998, Cat. <J/A+AS/130/133>)
3: Bel et al. (1993A&A...270..444B)
4: Leroy (1993A&A...274..203L)
5: Goodman (1997, priv. comm.)
6: Appenzeller (1974A&A....36...99A)
7: Schroeder (1976A&AS...23..125S)
8: Markkannen (1979A&A....74..201M)
9: Krautter (1980A&AS...39..167K)
10: Korhonen and Reiz (1986A&AS...64..487K)
11: Berdyugin et al. (1995A&A...294..568B)
12-21: the 10 different references within MFKNK (Mathewson et al.
(Cat. <II/34>).
For (nb in range 12 -> 21), we have (nb = 22 - DistCat),
where (1 <= DistCat <= 10) and is listed in table 2.
For example, Behr in MFKNK has DistCat = 4, so it is
represented by a 1 in position 18.
All entries are 0 or 1 except for Leroy (1993A&A...274..203L), for
which 7, 8, 9 mean that original data are from ME, TI, and MA,
respectively, as listed in Leroy's Table 1; and for Markkannen
(1979A&A....74..201M), for which 2 and 3 specify the original data
source as given in Markkanen's Table 2.
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Table 2 : Priority of distances
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Name of catalog DistCat
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Reiz & Franco (1998, Cat. <J/A+AS/130/133) 130
Neckel et al. (1980, Cat. <II/62>) 120
Klare/Neckel in MFKNK (1977A&AS...27..215K) 9
MF in MFKNK (1970MmRAS..74..139M) 10
Krautter (1980A&AS...39..167K) 40
Schmidt in MFKNK (1968ZA.....68..380S) 7
Appenzeller in MFKNK (1966ZA.....64..269A, 1968ApJ...151..907A) 2,3
Behr in MFKNK (1959, Veroeff. Univ. Sternw. Goettingen N.126) 4
Hall in MFKNK (1958, Publ. U.S. Naval Obs. 2nd Ser. 17, VI) 5
Hiltner in MFKNK (1956ApJS....2..389H) 8
van Smith in MFKNK (1956ApJ...124...43V) 6
MFKNK/other 1
Schroeder (1976A&AS...23..125S) 60
Markkanen (1979A&A....74..201M) 50
Leroy (1993A&A...274..203L) 90
Berdyugin et al. (1995A&A...294..568B) 20
Bel et al. (1993A&A...270..444B) 100
Korhonen & Reiz (1986A&AS...64..487K) 30
Axon & Ellis (1976, Cat. <II/178>) 110
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Acknowledgements: Carl Heiles <heiles@vermi.Berkeley.EDU>
Reference patterns:
0000000000000000000001 Mathewson et al. (Cat. <II/34>), excluding
references Appenzeller, Behr, Hall, Hiltner, Klare/Neckel, Krautter,
Mathewson/Ford, Schmidt, van Smith
0000000000000000000010 Appenzeller (1966ZA.....64..269A) in Mathewson et al.
(Cat. <II/34>)
0000000000000000000100 Appenzeller (1968ApJ...151..907A) in Mathewson et al.
(Cat. <II/34>)
0000000000000000001000 Behr in Mathewson et al. (Cat. <II/34>) (1959,
Veroeff. Univ. Sternw. Goettingen N.126)
0000000000000000010000 Hall in Mathewson et al. (Cat. <II/34>) (1958,
Publ. U.S. Naval Obs. 2nd Ser. 17, VI)
0000000000000000100000 van Smith in Mathewson et al. (Cat. <II/34>)
(1956ApJ...124...43V)
0000000000000001000000 Schmidt in Mathewson et al. (Cat. <II/34>)
(1968ZA.....68..380S)
0000000000000010000000 Hiltner in Mathewson et al. (Cat. <II/34>)
(1956ApJS....2..389H)
0000000000000100000000 Klare/Neckel in Mathewson et al. (Cat. <II/34>)
(1977A&AS...27..215K)
0000000000001000000000 Mathewson and Ford in Cat. <II/34>
(1970MmRAS..74..139M)
0000000000010000000000 Berdyugin et al. (1995A&A...294..568B)
0000000000100000000000 Korhonen and Reiz (1986A&AS...64..487K)
0000000001000000000000 Krautter (1980A&AS...39..167K)
0000000010000000000000 in Markkannen (1979A&A....74..201M) source 1:
Appenzeller (1968ApJ...151..907A)
0000000020000000000000 in Markkannen (1979A&A....74..201M), source 2:
0000000030000000000000 Markkannen (1979A&A....74..201M), source 3:
(this paper)
0000000100000000000000 Schroeder (1976A&AS...23..125S)
0000001000000000000000 Appenzeller (1974A&A....36...99A)
0000010000000000000000 Goodman (1997, priv. comm.)
0000100000000000000000 Leroy (1993A&A...274..203L)
0000700000000000000000 Leroy (1993A&A...274..203L), original data from ME
0000800000000000000000 Leroy (1993A&A...274..203L), original data from TI
0000900000000000000000 Leroy (1993A&A...274..203L), original data from MA
0001000000000000000000 Bel et al. (1993A&A...270..444B)
0010000000000000000000 Reiz and Franco (1998, Cat. <J/A+AS/130/133>)
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(End) Patricia Bauer, Francois Ochsenbein [CDS] 04-Oct-1999