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III/190B            WEB Catalog of Radial Velocities     (Duflot+ 1995)
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Radial velocities. The Wilson Evans Batten catalogue
WEB (Wilson Evans Batten) Catalogue
       Duflot M., Figon P., Meyssonnier N.
      <Astron. Astrophys. Suppl. Ser. 114, 269 (1995)>
      =1995A&AS..114..269D      (SIMBAD/NED BibCode)
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ADC_Keywords: Radial velocities
Keywords: techniques: radial velocities - catalogs - stars: kinematics

Description:
    We give a common version of the two catalogues of Mean Radial
    Velocities by Wilson (1953; catalogue <III/21>) and Evans (1978;
    catalogue <III/47>) to which we have added the catalogue of
    spectroscopic binary systems (Batten et al. 1989; catalogue <V/64>).
    For each star, when possible, we give: 1) an acronym to enter SIMBAD
    (Set of Identifications Measurements and Bibliography for Astronomical
    Data; see <http://cdsweb.u-strasbg.fr/Simbad.html>) of the CDS (Centre
    de Donnees Astronomiques de Strasbourg). 2) the number HIC of the
    HIPPARCOS catalogue (Turon 1992; catalogue <I/196>). 3) the CCDM
    number (Catalogue des Composantes des etoiles Doubles et Multiples) by
    Dommanget & Nys (1994; catalogue <I/211>). For the cluster stars, a
    precise study has been done, on the identification numbers. Numerous
    remarks point out the problems we have had to deal with.

REMARKS:
    => In the paper, and in the file "annex2", the equinox of the
       coordinates is 1950, whereas 2000 equinox is used for the web catalog;
    => In the paper, read "Wilson (1953)" instead of "Wilson (1963)"

File Summary:
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 FileName    Lrecl    Records    Explanations
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ReadMe         80           .    This file
web           140       20793    Catalogue WEB (version 2, February 1996)
annex2        132         743    Details about flagged stars in "Note" column
changes        80         203    Detailed list of changes
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See also:
  I/211  : CCDM Catalogue: Dommanget J., Nys O., 1994,
             Comm. de l'Observatoire Royal de Belgique, serie A, no 115
  I/196  : Turon C.,1992, the HIPPARCOS Input Catalogue, ESA SP-1136
  III/21 : Wilson R.F., 1953, "General Catalogue of  stellar radial velocity",
             Carnegie Institution of Washington Publ. 601
  III/47 : Evans D.S, 1967, "Catalogue of stellar  radial velocities",
             in IAU Symp. 30, 57, ed. A.H. Batten & J.F. Heard,  Academic Press
  V/64   : Batten A.H., Flechter J.M., MacCarthy D.G., 1989,
             Publ. Dominion Astrophys. Obs. 17

Byte-by-byte Description of file: web
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  Bytes  Format  Units    Label    Explanations
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  1-  6    I6     ---     HD       [1/359083]? Number in the
                                        Henry Draper Catalogue <III/135>
      7    A1     ---   m_HD      *[/$] Multiplicity note
  8-  9    I2     h       RAh      Right ascension 2000, from SIMBAD/CDS
                                      (Nov/Dec 1995), when they exist
 11- 14    F4.1   min     RAm      Right ascension 2000
                                      (minutes and tenth of minutes)
     16    A1     ---     DE-      Declination sign
 17- 18    I2     deg     DEd      Declination 2000 (degrees)
 20- 21    I2     arcmin  DEm      Declination 2000 (minutes)
     22    A1     ---   n_SIMBAD   [# ] # for coordinates not in SIMBAD,
                                           precessed by us
 23- 27    F5.2   mag     Vmag     []? Visual or photoelectric magnitude
 28- 29    A2     ---   n_Vmag    *[V*:? ] Note on Vmag
 30- 40    A11    ---     Sp      *Spectral Type
 41- 46    F6.1   km/s    RV       []? Radial Velocity.
     47    A1     ---   u_RV      *[:* ] Uncertainty on RV
     48    A1     ---   n_RV      *[egG?] Remark on RV nature and
                                        observations
     49    A1     ---   q_RV       Quality of the radial velocity
                                       (I for insufficient information)
 50- 53    I4     ---   o_RV      *[]? Total number of plates on which the
                                          radial velocity is based.
 54- 65    A12    ---     DM      *DM identification
 67- 79    A13    ---     Names   *Identifications found in the different
                                      catalogues (Wrong identifications are
                                      sometimes omitted)
 80- 83    A4     ---     Observ  *Observatories contributing to the mean
                                      radial velocity
     84    A1     ---   n_CCDM     CCDM symbols (* published, + private com.)
 85- 97    A13    ---     CCDM     Number in the CCDM <I/221> Catalogue
     98    A1     ---     orb      [* ] "*" for visual orbit
     99    A1     ---     bin      [# ] "#" code for visual binary
                                        (see article section 3.3b)
100-104    I5     ---     GCRV     [1/15106]? Number in Wilson's General
                                    Catalogue of Radial Velocity <III/21>
107-124    A18    ---     SIMBAD   Identification allowing SIMBAD access
    125    A1     ---     Note    *[A-K] Remark, see annex2
126-131    I6     ---     HIC      [1/120313]? Hipparcos <I/196> number
    132    A1     ---     Catal   *Catalogue where are extracted the data
133-134    A2     ---   n_Catal   *[WE ] Contributions to the RV
136-140    I5     ---     WEB      [1/20796]+ WEB number (provisional)
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Note on m_HD: the following symbols are used:
     / two successive HD numbers for only one line (see annex2, part 2-I)
     $ the radial velocity is that of a sub system (see article section 3.4c)
Note on n_Vmag: the following symbols are used:
     * when magnitude is photographic not visual
     V for variables stars
     : this symbol exists in Evans catalogue (probably for uncertain value)
Note on Sp: column 40 contains, if Wilson luminosity:
      c: supergiant
      d: dwarf
      g: giant
      s: subgiant
      t: subdwarf
      or ":" for HD 12938 for uncertain magnitude
Note on u_RV:
    ":" for doubtful RV
    "*" from original catalogue of Batten (probably for inaccurate RV)
Note on n_RV:
     "e" for emission radial velocity
     "G" RV of the gravity center for double or multiple system
        (see article section 3.4)
     "g" RV of the gravity center for a sub-system (see article section 3.4)
Note on o_RV: number of plates or
     "N" (in column 53) undetermined but large number of observations or
     "?" (in column 53) unknown number of observations
Note on DM: the first two bytes designate the Durchmusterung
     BD Bonner Durchmusterung (DE >= -22)
     CD Cordoba               (-22> DE >-52)
     CP Cape                  (DE <= -52)
     (small letters for CD or CP indicate case where the HD convention
      is not followed)
Note on Names:
     GC         Number in the General Catalogue (B. Boss; catalog <I/113>)
     A, ADS     Aitken number (the additional symbols A, B...  indicating the
                 components )
     AC         Astrographic Catalogues.......
     AGK2       Catalogue AGK2
     Bd         Bordeaux Astr Chart 516,Star 209
     Brun       Brun,A.,1935,Publ. Obs. de Lyon 1,12
     BSD        Kapteyn, Stars in Selected Areas
     C          Cincinnati Publications, vol. 18
     CC         Cincinnati Publications, vol. 20
     F          Furuhjelm
     Feige      Feige,J.,1958,ApJ 128,267
     GCRV       General Catalogue of Radial Velocity (Wilson, catalog <III/21>)
     Hil        Hiltner,W.A.,1956,ApJS 2,389
     I          First Index Catalogue of Nebulae
     II         Second Index Catalogue of Nebulae
     J          Jonckheere
     LDS        Luyten,W.J., Double Stars
     Lee        Lee,O.J., Red Stars from Dearborn  Objective Prism Survey
     LMC-N      Henize 1955, Emission nebulae in the Large Magellanic Cloud
     LPM        Luyten,W.J., Proper Motion Stars
     L,LTT,Luy  Luyten,W.J., Miscellaneous lists
     LYe        Luyten, W.J.
     MCC        Vyssotsky,A.N., MCC number (McCormick Observatory)
     MSB        Merrill,C.G., Sanford,R.F., Burwell,C.G.
     MWC        Merrill,P.W., Burwell,C.G.,Mount Wilson Catalogue
     Mc         Leander McCormick Observatory, Faint Dwarf Stars
     N,NGC      Dreyer, New General Catalogue of Nebulae and Clusters
     NGP        Upgren,A.R. Jr. Stars in North Galactic Pole
     NSV        Kholopov,P.N., New Catalogue of Suspected Variable Stars
     PK         Perek,L., Kohoutek,L. Catalogue of Galactic Planetary Nebulae
                 (Prague, 1967)
     Ross       Ross,F.E., Faint Proper Motion Stars
     T          Toulouse
     Tr         Trumpler,R.W., Stars in Open Clusters
     V          Variable stars
     Vyss       Vyssotsky,A.N., MCC number (McCormick Observatory)
     Wolf       Max Wolf, Faint Proper Motion Stars
Note on Observ: For the catalogue Wilson, the observatories are
     indicated by the following symbols:
     A   Allegheny
     B   Bonn
     Bb  Berlin-Babelsberg
     C   Cape
     Cd  Cordoba
     D   Dunlap
     F   Fehrenbach (Haute-Provence)
     Hd  Harvard
     L   Lick
     Lw  Lowell
     M   Moore General Catalogue
     Md  McDonald
     Mi  Michigan
     O   Ottawa
     Pm  Postdam
     Pn  Perkins
     S   Simeis
     V   Victoria
     Vn  Vienna
     W   Mount Wilson
     Wc  Mount Wilson (9-feet coude)
     Y   Yerkes
Note on Note: the letters A - K send to different error types
         explained (in French) in annex2 file. The letters mean:
     A : stars from Batten <V/64> without V0 value
     B : miscellaneous notes
     C : errors related to star identifications in original or machine-readable
         catalogues
     D : stars for which Evans <III/47> did not take Wilson's results
         into account
     E : Spectroscopic binaries with V0 without signification from
         objective prism by Gieseking
         (=1981A&AS...43...33G; =1984A&AS...57...99G)
     F : Interversion in HD or BD components
     G : Stars from Wilson <III/21> and Evand <III/47> removed in the WEB.
     H : Astrometric binaries
     I : Systems having a "/" in HD, but where the A component has the
         largest HD number
     J : velocities from Heard (1956PDDO....2..105H) not in Evans
         catalogue <III/47>
     K : simultaneously spectroscopic and visual binaries, where
         it is difficult to identify which component is the spectroscopic
         binary.
Note on Catal:
     W = Wilson <III/21>
     E = Evans <III/47>
     B = Batten <V/64> (1989, Publ. D.A.O. XVII,1)
Note on n_Catal:
     E (in column 133) if a precedent mean RV is found in Evans catalogue
     W (in column 134) if a precedent mean RV is found in Wilson catalogue
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Historical Notes:
  * December 1995: first version (20795 stars)
  * February 1996: corrections detailed in file "changes" (20793 stars)
  * March 1998: version 6 of the WEB installed as catalogue III/190B
    (see detailed corrections in file "changes")

Courtesy: Meyssonnier N. <meyssonnier@obmara.cnrs-mrs.fr>
          Duflot M.      <duflot@observatoire.cnrs-mrs.fr>
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(End)                 Patricia Bauer, Francois Ochsenbein     [CDS]  03-Apr-1998

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