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III/46      Ap and Am Stars (Bertaud+ 1974; Bidelman+ 1973)
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Catalogue of Ap and Am Stars
    Bertaud Ch., Floquet M.
    <Astron. Astrophys. Suppl., 16, 71 (1974)>
    =1974A&AS...16...71B
    Bidelman W.P., MacConnell D.J.
    <Astron. J., 78, 687 (1973)>
    =1973AJ.....78..687B
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ADC_Keywords: Stars, Am; Stars, Ap; Stars, peculiar

Description:
   This catalogue contains identifications of stars with peculiar spectra (Ap)
   and metallic lines (Am). Identifications are HD or HDE, or alternatively
   a DM number.

File Summary:
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 FileName     Lrecl  Records   Explanations
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ReadMe           80        .   This file
amstars.dat      18      596   Am Stars
apstars.dat      18     1173   Ap Stars
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Byte-by-byte Description of file: amstars.dat, apstars.dat
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   Bytes Format  Units   Label    Explanations
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       1  A1     ---     M/P      [MP] Peculiar or Metallic
   2-  9  A8     ---     DM      *? Durchmusterung zone and number
  13- 18  I6     ---     HD       ? Henry Draper number or HD Extension number 
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Note on DM:
   Field is left justified with one space between zone and number.
   Zone always includes sign, but does not include preceding zeros for 
     single-digits.

References:
   Bertaud Ch. and Floquet M. 1974, Astron. Astrophys. Suppl., 16, 71.
   Bidelman W.P. and MacConnell D.J. 1973, Astron. J., 78, 687.
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(End)                                  Julie Anne Watko [SSDOO/ADC]  15-JUL-1996
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