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III/130     Wavelength Dependence of Galactic UV Extinction (Aiello+ 1988)
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Atlas of the Wavelength Dependence of Ultraviolet Extinction in the Galaxy
     Aiello S., Barsella B., Chlewicki G., Greenberg J.M.,
     Patriarchi P., Perinotto M.
    <Astron. Astrophys. Suppl. Ser., 73, 195-208 (1988)>
    =1988A&AS...73..195A
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ADC_Keywords: Extinction ; Spectra, ultraviolet

Description:
    A collection of data for 115 extinction curves derived from
    low-dispersion IUE spectra are presented with normalization to
    E(B-V)=1.

    The electronic Atlas of Extinctions contains the list of the stars
    used, their association membership, and the normalized extinctions for
    88 wavelength values between 1260 and 3000 Angstroems.

File Summary:
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 FileName    Lrecl    Records    Explanations
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ReadMe          80          .    This file
atlas.dat      576        115    The Atlas of Extinction data
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Byte-by-byte Description of file: atlas.dat
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   Bytes Format Units   Label     Explanations
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   1-  3  I3    ---     Seq       [1/115]+ Running number
   5- 15  A11   ---     Name      Star name
  19- 26  A8    ---     Assoc     Association name
  29- 30  I2    h       RAh      *Right Ascension 2000 (hours)
  32- 33  I2    min     RAm      *Right Ascension 2000 (minutes)
  35- 38  F4.1  s       RAs      *Right Ascension 2000 (seconds)
      40  A1    ---     DE-      *Declination 2000 (sign)
  41- 42  I2    deg     DEd      *Declination 2000 (degrees)
  44- 45  I2    arcmin  DEm      *Declination 2000 (minutes)
  47- 48  I2    arcsec  DEs      *Declination 2000 (seconds)
  49- 54  F6.3  ---     E3000     ? Extinction ratio E(300nm-V)/E(B-V)
  55- 60  F6.3  ---     E2980     ? Extinction ratio E(298nm-V)/E(B-V)
  61- 66  F6.3  ---     E2960     ? Extinction ratio E(296nm-V)/E(B-V)
  67- 72  F6.3  ---     E2940     ? Extinction ratio E(294nm-V)/E(B-V)
  73- 78  F6.3  ---     E2920     Extinction ratio E(292nm-V)/E(B-V)
  79- 84  F6.3  ---     E2900     Extinction ratio E(290nm-V)/E(B-V)
  85- 90  F6.3  ---     E2880     Extinction ratio E(288nm-V)/E(B-V)
  91- 96  F6.3  ---     E2860     Extinction ratio E(286nm-V)/E(B-V)
  97-102  F6.3  ---     E2840     Extinction ratio E(284nm-V)/E(B-V)
 103-108  F6.3  ---     E2820     Extinction ratio E(282nm-V)/E(B-V)
 109-114  F6.3  ---     E2800     Extinction ratio E(280nm-V)/E(B-V)
 115-120  F6.3  ---     E2780     Extinction ratio E(278nm-V)/E(B-V)
 121-126  F6.3  ---     E2760     Extinction ratio E(276nm-V)/E(B-V)
 127-132  F6.3  ---     E2740     Extinction ratio E(274nm-V)/E(B-V)
 133-138  F6.3  ---     E2720     Extinction ratio E(272nm-V)/E(B-V)
 139-144  F6.3  ---     E2700     Extinction ratio E(270nm-V)/E(B-V)
 145-150  F6.3  ---     E2680     Extinction ratio E(268nm-V)/E(B-V)
 151-156  F6.3  ---     E2660     Extinction ratio E(266nm-V)/E(B-V)
 157-162  F6.3  ---     E2640     Extinction ratio E(264nm-V)/E(B-V)
 163-168  F6.3  ---     E2620     Extinction ratio E(262nm-V)/E(B-V)
 169-174  F6.3  ---     E2600     Extinction ratio E(260nm-V)/E(B-V)
 175-180  F6.3  ---     E2580     Extinction ratio E(258nm-V)/E(B-V)
 181-186  F6.3  ---     E2560     Extinction ratio E(256nm-V)/E(B-V)
 187-192  F6.3  ---     E2540     Extinction ratio E(254nm-V)/E(B-V)
 193-198  F6.3  ---     E2520     Extinction ratio E(252nm-V)/E(B-V)
 199-204  F6.3  ---     E2500     Extinction ratio E(250nm-V)/E(B-V)
 205-210  F6.3  ---     E2480     Extinction ratio E(248nm-V)/E(B-V)
 211-216  F6.3  ---     E2460     Extinction ratio E(246nm-V)/E(B-V)
 217-222  F6.3  ---     E2440     Extinction ratio E(244nm-V)/E(B-V)
 223-228  F6.3  ---     E2420     Extinction ratio E(242nm-V)/E(B-V)
 229-234  F6.3  ---     E2400     Extinction ratio E(240nm-V)/E(B-V)
 235-240  F6.3  ---     E2380     Extinction ratio E(238nm-V)/E(B-V)
 241-246  F6.3  ---     E2360     Extinction ratio E(236nm-V)/E(B-V)
 247-252  F6.3  ---     E2340     Extinction ratio E(234nm-V)/E(B-V)
 253-258  F6.3  ---     E2320     Extinction ratio E(232nm-V)/E(B-V)
 259-264  F6.3  ---     E2300     Extinction ratio E(230nm-V)/E(B-V)
 265-270  F6.3  ---     E2280     Extinction ratio E(228nm-V)/E(B-V)
 271-276  F6.3  ---     E2260     Extinction ratio E(226nm-V)/E(B-V)
 277-282  F6.3  ---     E2240     Extinction ratio E(224nm-V)/E(B-V)
 283-288  F6.3  ---     E2220     Extinction ratio E(222nm-V)/E(B-V)
 289-294  F6.3  ---     E2200     Extinction ratio E(220nm-V)/E(B-V)
 295-300  F6.3  ---     E2180     Extinction ratio E(218nm-V)/E(B-V)
 301-306  F6.3  ---     E2160     Extinction ratio E(216nm-V)/E(B-V)
 307-312  F6.3  ---     E2140     Extinction ratio E(214nm-V)/E(B-V)
 313-318  F6.3  ---     E2120     Extinction ratio E(212nm-V)/E(B-V)
 319-324  F6.3  ---     E2100     Extinction ratio E(210nm-V)/E(B-V)
 325-330  F6.3  ---     E2080     Extinction ratio E(208nm-V)/E(B-V)
 331-336  F6.3  ---     E2060     Extinction ratio E(206nm-V)/E(B-V)
 337-342  F6.3  ---     E2040     Extinction ratio E(204nm-V)/E(B-V)
 343-348  F6.3  ---     E2020     Extinction ratio E(202nm-V)/E(B-V)
 349-354  F6.3  ---     E2000     Extinction ratio E(200nm-V)/E(B-V)
 355-360  F6.3  ---     E1980     Extinction ratio E(198nm-V)/E(B-V)
 361-366  F6.3  ---     E1960     Extinction ratio E(196nm-V)/E(B-V)
 367-372  F6.3  ---     E1940     Extinction ratio E(194nm-V)/E(B-V)
 373-378  F6.3  ---     E1920     Extinction ratio E(192nm-V)/E(B-V)
 379-384  F6.3  ---     E1900     Extinction ratio E(190nm-V)/E(B-V)
 385-390  F6.3  ---     E1880     Extinction ratio E(188nm-V)/E(B-V)
 391-396  F6.3  ---     E1860     Extinction ratio E(186nm-V)/E(B-V)
 397-402  F6.3  ---     E1840     Extinction ratio E(184nm-V)/E(B-V)
 403-408  F6.3  ---     E1820     Extinction ratio E(182nm-V)/E(B-V)
 409-414  F6.3  ---     E1800     Extinction ratio E(180nm-V)/E(B-V)
 415-420  F6.3  ---     E1780     Extinction ratio E(178nm-V)/E(B-V)
 421-426  F6.3  ---     E1760     Extinction ratio E(176nm-V)/E(B-V)
 427-432  F6.3  ---     E1740     Extinction ratio E(174nm-V)/E(B-V)
 433-438  F6.3  ---     E1720     Extinction ratio E(172nm-V)/E(B-V)
 439-444  F6.3  ---     E1700     Extinction ratio E(170nm-V)/E(B-V)
 445-450  F6.3  ---     E1680     Extinction ratio E(168nm-V)/E(B-V)
 451-456  F6.3  ---     E1660     Extinction ratio E(166nm-V)/E(B-V)
 457-462  F6.3  ---     E1640     Extinction ratio E(164nm-V)/E(B-V)
 463-468  F6.3  ---     E1620     Extinction ratio E(162nm-V)/E(B-V)
 469-474  F6.3  ---     E1600     Extinction ratio E(160nm-V)/E(B-V)
 475-480  F6.3  ---     E1580     Extinction ratio E(158nm-V)/E(B-V)
 481-486  F6.3  ---     E1560     Extinction ratio E(156nm-V)/E(B-V)
 487-492  F6.3  ---     E1540     Extinction ratio E(154nm-V)/E(B-V)
 493-498  F6.3  ---     E1520     Extinction ratio E(152nm-V)/E(B-V)
 499-504  F6.3  ---     E1500     Extinction ratio E(150nm-V)/E(B-V)
 505-510  F6.3  ---     E1480     Extinction ratio E(148nm-V)/E(B-V)
 511-516  F6.3  ---     E1460     Extinction ratio E(146nm-V)/E(B-V)
 517-522  F6.3  ---     E1440     Extinction ratio E(144nm-V)/E(B-V)
 523-528  F6.3  ---     E1420     Extinction ratio E(142nm-V)/E(B-V)
 529-534  F6.3  ---     E1400     Extinction ratio E(140nm-V)/E(B-V)
 535-540  F6.3  ---     E1380     Extinction ratio E(138nm-V)/E(B-V)
 541-546  F6.3  ---     E1360     Extinction ratio E(136nm-V)/E(B-V)
 547-552  F6.3  ---     E1340     Extinction ratio E(134nm-V)/E(B-V)
 553-558  F6.3  ---     E1320     Extinction ratio E(132nm-V)/E(B-V)
 559-564  F6.3  ---     E1300     Extinction ratio E(130nm-V)/E(B-V)
 565-570  F6.3  ---     E1280     Extinction ratio E(128nm-V)/E(B-V)
 571-576  F6.3  ---     E1260     Extinction ratio E(126nm-V)/E(B-V)
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Note on RAh, RAm, RAs, DE-, DEd, DEm, DEs:
     the positions differ from those printed in table4 (they were
     extracted from the SIMBAD data-base in April 1998)
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History:
    The data on tape were kindly supplied to CDS by P. Patriarchi
    (Osservatorio di Arcetri, Firenze, Italy) in 1987. The original data
    set contained 2 files, a description, and a set of 23 tables of 92
    records each, each table providing the extinctions E(lambda-V)/E(B-V)
    for five stars. These tables were transformed in the large atlas.dat
    table; the positions were then added from the SIMBAD data-base.

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(End)                                  Francois Ochsenbein [CDS]     22-Apr-1998

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