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III/123A          Dwarf K and M stars of small proper motion   (Stephenson 1986)
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Dwarf K And M Stars of small proper motion found in a Large Spectroscopic Survey
    Stephenson C.B.
    <Astron. J. 91, 144 (1986)>
    =1986AJ.....91..144S      (SIMBAD/NED RefCode)
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ADC_Keywords: Stars, dwarfs ; Stars, late-type

Abstract:
    More than 2000 candidates for K and M dwarf status, generally having
    proper motions that are either unknown or less than 0.2" per annum,
    have been identified in an objective-prism survey covering the entire
    sky north of declination -25deg and more than 10deg from the galactic
    plane. More than 95% have no previous indication that they are dwarfs.
    Several dozen appear to be visual double stars.

File Summary:
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 FileName   Lrecl    Records    Explanations
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ReadMe         80          .    This file
catalog        80       2201    The Catalogue of 2201 stars
notes          80        178    Individual notes
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Byte-by-byte Description of file: catalog
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   Bytes Format  Units   Label    Explanations
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   2-  5  I4     ---     Star     [1/2201]+ Star number
       6  A1     ---     n_Star   [*] The asterisk indicates a note
                                      in file 'notes'
   8-  9  I2     h       RAh      Right ascension 1900 (hours)
  11- 12  I2     min     RAm      Right ascension 1900 (minutes)
  14- 17  F4.1   s       RAs      Right ascension 1900 (seconds)
      20  A1     ---     DE-      Declination 1900 (sign)
  21- 22  I2     deg     DEd      Declination 1900 (degrees)
  24- 25  I2     arcmin  DEm      Declination 1900 (minutes)
  27- 28  I2     arcsec  DEs      Declination 1900 (seconds)
  31- 34  F4.1   mag     Pmag     Stellar photographic magnitude
  36- 40  A5     ---     Sp       Spectral type
  42- 80  A39    ---     Names    Names from other lists
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Historical Notes:
  * Keypunched at CDS
  * 15-Mar-1995: added file 'notes', the '*' flag in file 'catalog';
    several clerical errors corrected in the course of the standardisation.
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(End)                    Francois Ochsenbein, Joseph Florsch [CDS]   15-Mar-1995

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