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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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