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IV/6 Catalogue of Correspondences CSI/ADS/IDS (Jung+ 1973)
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Catalogue of Correspondences CSI/ADS/IDS
Jung J., Bischoff M., Ochsenbein F.
<Bull. Inf. CDS No. 4, p. 27 (1973)>
=1973BICDS...4...27J
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ADC_Keywords: Cross identifications; Stars, double and multiple
Description:
This catalog of correspondences is a cross index for the the Catalog of
Stellar Identifications (CSI) (Ochsenbein et al., 1981), the Aitken Double
Star Catalog (ADS) (Aitken, 1932), and the Index Catalogue of Visual Double
Stars (IDS) (Jeffers et al., 1963). Catalog records contain the main
Durchmusterung identification (which is the key for the CSI), followed by
the ADS identification and system component letter(s), and the star's
coordinates (1900) from the IDS. The ADS identifier field is blank for
non-ADS stars. The RA and Dec are not always listed when the star belongs
to ADS.
File Summary:
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FileName Lrecl Records Explanations
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ReadMe 80 . This file
catalog.dat 37 45135 Catalog Data
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Byte-by-byte Description of file: catalog.dat
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Bytes Format Units Label Explanations
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1 A1 --- DMsign *[+-]+= Main Durchmusterung sign
2- 3 I2 --- DMzone Main Durchmusterung Zone
4- 9 I6 --- DM *DM Number
11- 12 I2 --- DM_cat *Code for Durchmusterung Catalog
14- 18 I5 --- ID *? ADS Identification
20- 23 A4 --- ABC *[A-Z -] Component of the system
25- 26 I2 h RAh *? Right ascension (1950.0) hours
28- 29 I2 min RAm ? Right ascension (1950.0) minutes
30 I1 dmin --- ? Right ascension (1950.0) tenth of min.
32 A1 --- DE- ? Declination (1950.0) sign
33- 34 I2 deg DEd ? Declination (1950.0) degrees
36- 37 I2 arcmin DEm ? Declination (1950.0) arcminutes
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Note on DMsign:
A negative zone (z) is replaced in the file by (-z + 90).
Note on DM:
Negative for non-DM stars. Stars without DM identification are listed at the
end of each zone and have been given a fictitious DM identification,
the number being the Right Ascension (Ep 1950.0) in tenths of minutes,
times -1, and the zone in degrees, the code being 0.
Single-digit zones are preceded by zeros such that byte 1 always contains
a + or -.
Note on DM_cat:
O to 19 = BD (Bonner DM)
20 to 39 = CD (Cordoba DM)
40 to 59 = CPD (Cape Phot. DM)
Note on ID:
Field is left blank for non-ADS stars.
Note on ABC:
A = component A of the system, etc.
AB = components A and B, where separation < 3 arcmin, etc.
Magnitude and coordinates are those of the brightest star of the
grouping.
Note on RAh, RAm, DEd, DEm:
taken from IDS
RA and Dec are not always listed when the star belongs to ADS.
Remarks:
March 1997 - Added Brief Description (James Gass, ADC)
August 1996 - Corrected RA of 12451 AB from 27 42.5 to 19 22.5
(James Gass, ADC)
August 1996 - Corrected RA of +10 1032 from 0 65.4 to 6 5.4
(James Gass, ADC)
August 1996 - Separated RA minutes and tenths of minutes into two
fields for the byte-by-byte table in this document (James Gass, ADC)
Acknowledgement:
Special thanks are given to Francois Ochsenbein of CDS for his help in
identifying format problems in the data file.
References:
Jeffers H.M., van den Bos W.H., Greeby F.M., 1963, Publ. Lick. Obs. 21
Jung J., Ochsenbein F. (1972) Bull. Inf. CDS No. 3, p. 6
Jung J., Bischoff M. (1971) Bull. Inf. CDS No. 2, p. 8
Ochsenbein F., Bischoff M., Egret D. 1981, Astron. Astrophys. Suppl. Ser.
43, 259
Worley C. (1972) Private Communication
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(End) James E. Gass & Julie Anne Watko [SSDOO/ADC] 13-Mar-1997
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