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III/148A            Interstellar lines catalogue            (Garcia 1991)
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The Interstellar Lines Catalogue
     Garcia B.
    <Astron. Astrophys. Suppl. Ser. 89, 469 (1991)>
    =1991A&AS...89..469G
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ADC_Keywords: Interstellar medium ; Spectroscopy
Keywords: catalogue - bibliography - interstellar medium

Description:
    A bibliographical catalogue of the interstellar lines has been
    prepared (2003 stars in our Galaxy, 86 stars in the Magellanic Clouds
    and 41 extragalactic objects), and 371 bibliographical references.

File Summary:
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 FileName   Lrecl    Records    Explanations
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ReadMe         80          .    This file
table1.dat    136       9917    The Catalogue
table2a.dat   132        659    Observations (references): main characteristics
table2b.dat   102        115    Acronyms used in table2a
table3.dat    155       2082    Fundamental data of Stars Catalogued
table4.dat    100       1239    References (from table1 and table2a)
biblio.dat     83        565    Bibliography related to interstellar lines
apx1.dat       76       4422    Appendix 1: Interstellar CaII and NaI
                                   Radial Velocities
apx2.dat       70       1151    Appendix 2: Radial Velocities data for
                                   interstellar lines published in
                                   Wilson's GCRV (1953, Cat. <III/21>)
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Byte-by-byte Description of file: table1.dat
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   Bytes Format  Units   Label    Explanations
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   1- 13  A13    ---     Identif  Designation of the star
                                    (BD/CD/CPD/HD/HDE/ADS/Name)
  15- 16  I2     h       RAh      ? Right Ascension 1950 (hours) (1)
  18- 19  I2     min     RAm      ? Right Ascension 1950 (minutes) (1)
  21- 26  F6.3   s       RAs      ? Right Ascension 1950 (seconds) (1)
      27  A1     ---   n_RAs      [*] '*' if original position given
                                      in 0.1min
      28  A1     ---     DE-      Declination 1950 (sign) (1)
  29- 30  I2     deg     DEd      ? Declination 1950 (degrees) (1)
  32- 33  I2     arcmin  DEm      ? Declination 1950 (minutes) (1)
  35- 39  F5.2   arcsec  DEs      ? Declination 1950 (seconds) (1)
      40  A1     ---   n_DEs      [*] '*' if original declination
                                      given in 0.1arcmin
  41- 45  F5.2   mag     Vmag     ? V Magnitude
      46  A1     ---   u_Vmag     Uncertainty flag (:) on Vmag
  48- 59  A12    ---     Sp       Spectral type
  61- 65  A5     ---     Ref      [0-9.] References (see table2a and table4)
  68- 86  A19    ---     Line     Interstellar line measured and type
                                    of measure (2)
  88-101  A14    ---     Diffuse  Interstellar diffuse band observed
     105  A1     ---   l_W(K)     Limit flag on W(K)
 106-111  F6.4   0.1nm   W(K)     ? Equivalent width of CaII K-line
     112  A1     ---   u_W(K)     Uncertainty flag (:) on W(K)
     113  A1     ---   l_W(H)     Limit flag on W(H)
 114-119  F6.4   0.1nm   W(H)     ? Equivalent width of CaII H-line
     120  A1     ---   u_W(H)     Uncertainty flag (:) on W(H)
     121  A1     ---   l_W(D2)    Limit flag on W(D2)
 122-127  F6.4   0.1nm   W(D2)    ? Equivalent width of NaI D2-line
     128  A1     ---   u_W(D2)    Uncertainty flag (:) on W(D2)
     129  A1     ---   l_W(D1)    Limit flag on W(D1)
 130-135  F6.4   0.1nm   W(D1)    ? Equivalent width of NaI D1-line
     136  A1     ---   u_W(D1)    Uncertainty flag (:) on W(D1)
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Note (1): a few objects have no position.
Note (2): type of measure indicated by
    'v' = radial velocity
    'w' = equivalent width
    'i' = intensity
    'n' = column density
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Byte-by-byte Description of file: table2a.dat
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   Bytes Format  Units   Label    Explanations
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   3-  7  A5     ---     Ref      [0-9.] References (see table4) (1)
  11- 32  A22    ---     Line     Interstellar line measured
  34- 50  A17    ---     Diffuse  Interstellar diffuse band observed
  56- 62  A7     ---     MeasType [vwigfn ] Type of measure (2)
  66- 79  A14    ---     Instrum  Instrument used (see file "table2b.dat")
  81- 92  A12    ---     Det      Detector used
  94-109  A16   0.1nm/mm Disp     Reciprocal dispersion used
 112-120  A9     0.1nm   ResolA   Resolution in Angstroem
 121-127  A7     km/s    ResolV   Resolution in km/s
 130-132  I3     ---     Stars    ? Number of stars observed
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Note (1): this field is blank if it is a continuation.
Note (2): type of measure indicated by
    'v' = radial velocity
    'w' = equivalent width
    'i' = intensity
    'n' = column density
    'gf' = oscillator strength
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Byte-by-byte Description of file: table3.dat
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   Bytes Format  Units   Label    Explanations
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   1-  7  A7     ---     HD       Henry Draper Catalogue number
   9- 12  I4     ---     HR       [1/9110]? Bright Star Catalogue
                                    (Harvard Revised) number
  15- 16  I2     h       RAh      ? Right Ascension 1950 (hours) (1)
  18- 19  I2     min     RAm      ? Right Ascension 1950 (minutes)
  21- 26  F6.3   s       RAs      ? Right Ascension 1950 (seconds)
      27  A1     ---   n_RAs      [*] '*' if original position in 0.1min
      28  A1     ---     DE-      Declination 1950 (sign)  (1)
  29- 30  I2     deg     DEd      ? Declination 1950 (degrees)
  32- 33  I2     arcmin  DEm      ? Declination 1950 (minutes)
  35- 39  F5.2   arcsec  DEs      ? Declination 1950 (seconds)
  42- 47  F6.2   deg     GLON     ? Galactic longitude (1)
  49- 54  F6.2   deg     GLAT     ? Galactic latitude (1)
  58- 75  A18    ---     Sp       Spectral type
  77- 81  F5.2   mag     Vmag     ? apparent visual magnitude
      82  A1     ---   u_Vmag     Uncertainty flag (:) on Vmag
  83- 87  F5.2   mag     B-V      ? color
  90-155  A66    ---     Ids      Other identifications
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Note (1): The last five stars have no position
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Byte-by-byte Description of file: table4.dat
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   Bytes Format Units   Label     Explanations
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   2-  6  A5    ---     Ref       [0-9.] Reference as in table1 and table2a
   8- 10  I3    ---     Seq       [1/371]+= Sequence number
  14-100  A87   ---     Text      Text of reference
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Byte-by-byte Description of file: apx1.dat
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   Bytes Format  Units   Label    Explanations
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   1- 12  A12    ---     Identif  Stellar identification
  14- 18  F5.2   mag     Vmag     ? apparent visual magnitude
      19  A1     ---   u_Vmag     Uncertainty flag (:) on Vmag
  23- 27  A5     ---     Ref      [0-9.] References (see table4)
  32- 45  A14    ---     Line     Interstellar lines measured
  51- 57  F7.1   km/s   Vel(CaII) ? CaII radial velocity
      58  A1     ---  u_Vel(CaII) Uncertainty flag (:) on Vel(CaII)
      59  A1     ---  n_Vel(CaII) [VCNSb] Note on Vel(CaII) (1)
  61- 67  F7.1   km/s    Vel(NaI) ? NaI radial velocity
      68  A1     ---   u_Vel(NaI) Uncertainty flag (:) on Vel(NaI)
      69  A1     ---   n_Vel(NaI) [VCNSb] Note on Vel(NaI) (1)
  74- 76  A3     ---     System   [HelLSRM] (2)
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Note (1): the following symbols are used:
    C=Composite
    N=Not detected S=stellar line
    b=blended
    V=Variable
Note (2): the system is
    Hel=Heliocentric,
    LSR=Local Standard of Rest
    SSM=corrected from Solar Motion (toward apex)
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Byte-by-byte Description of file: apx2.dat
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   Bytes Format  Units   Label    Explanations
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   1-  5  I5     ---     GCRV     Wilson's GCRV number
   6- 10  I5     ---     GC       Boss's General Catalogue number
  11- 16  I6     ---     HD       Henry Draper Catalogue number
  20- 21  I2     h       RAh      Right Ascension 1950 (hours)
  23- 26  F4.1   min     RAm      Right Ascension 1950 (minutes)
      29  A1     ---     DE-      Declination 1950 (sign)
  30- 31  I2     deg     DEd      Declination 1950 (degrees)
  33- 34  I2     arcmin  DEm      Declination 1950 (minutes)
  38- 42  F5.2   mag     Vmag     ? V Magnitude
  46- 50  A5     ---     Ref      [0-9.] References (see table4)
  57- 61  F5.1   km/s    Vel      Interstellar lines radial velocities
  67- 70  A4     ---     Notes    'GCRV' if the star presents radial velocity
                                    data for interstellar lines only in GCRV
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Historical Notes:
  * October 1989: first archived at CDS
  * 29-Mar-1995: version "A"
    - reformatted tables at CDS, corrected over 100 misalignments in tables.
    - table3: some stars used more than one line; all details concerning one
              star have been grouped into single records
       missing positions have been added, with the exception of the
              five last records
    - apx2: identifications neither GC nor HD were removed in HD and GC columns
  * 22-Sep-1997: reformatted table4 at CDS, and replaced blanks
    (standing for continuation lines) by their values.
  * 03-May-2002: Thanks to a remark by Marion Schmitz, the reference
    (A&AS 89, 469) was corrected.

References:
  Wilson R.E.: 1953, General Catalogue of Stellar Radial Velocities,
    Carnegie Inst. Washington D.C. Publ. 601, CDS Ref. <III/21>
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(End)                                    Francois Ochsenbein [CDS]   20-Feb-1995

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