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V/9A         New Kinematic Data for Bright Southern OB Stars (Lesh 1972)
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New Kinematic Data for Bright Southern OB Stars, Table 2: Kinematic Data, 
Table 4: Combined Proper Motions
    Lesh J.R.
    <Astron. & Astrophys. Suppl., 5, 129, (1972)> 
    =1972A&AS....5..129L
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ADC_Keywords: Stars, OB; Stars, bright; Stars, distances; Magnitudes,
    absolute; Radial velocities; Proper motions

Description:
   Distance moduli and distances (based on the MK spectral types of Hiltner
   et al., 1969, and UBV photometry from the Royal Observatory, Cape of Good
   Hope), new proper motions on the FK4 system, and newly evaluated and
   averaged radial velocities are presented for 440 bright O and B stars
   south of declination -20 deg. Proper motions combining the new and GC
   proper motions are also included.

File Summary:
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 FileName       Lrecl  Records   Explanations
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ReadMe             80        .   This file
table.dat         119      440   Kinematic and Proper Motion Data
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Byte-by-byte Description of file: table.dat
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   Bytes  Format  Units        Label    Explanations
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   1-  2   A2     ---          HDpre    [HD] "HD" label
   3-  8   I6     ---          HD       HD number
  10- 13   F4.2   mag          V        ? V magnitude
      14   A1     ---          u_V     *[ *] Uncertainty flag on V
  17- 21   F5.2   mag          B-V      ? (B-V) colour index
      22   A1     ---          u_B-V    [ *] Uncertainty flag on B-V
  25- 29   F5.2   mag          m-M      ? Distance modulus
      30   A1     ---          u_m-M    [ *] Uncertainty flag on m-M
  33- 36   I4     pc           r        ? Distance of the star
      37   A1     ---          u_r      [ *] Uncertainty flag on r
  40- 41   I2     h            RAh      Right ascension (1950) hours
  42- 43   I2     min          RAm      Right ascension (1950) minutes
  44- 49   F6.3   s            RAs      Right ascension (1950) seconds
      51   A1     ---          DE-      Declination (1950) sign
  52- 53   I2     deg          DEd      Declination (1950) degrees
  54- 55   I2     arcmin       DEm      Declination (1950) arcminutes
  56- 60   F5.2   arcsec       DEs      Declination (1950) arcseconds
  62- 66   I5     10-5s/a      pmRA     New proper motion Right Ascension
  68- 70   I3     10-5s/a      e_pmRA   Probable error on pmRA
  73- 77   I5     10-4arcsec/a pmDE     New proper motion Declination
  79- 81   I3     10-4arcsec/a e_pmDE   Probable error on pmDE
  84- 88   I5     10-4arcsec/a pmRA2    Corrected value: pmRA*cos(DE)
  90- 94   I5     10-4arcsec/a pmDE2    Corrected value: pmDE
  97-102   F6.1   km/s         RV       ? Radial velocity (the "best estimate")
 105-107   F3.1   km/s         e_RV     ? Probable error on RV
 109-113   I5     10-4arcsec/a pmRA_com *Combined proper motion in RA
 115-119   I5     10-4arcsec/a pmDE_com *Combined proper motion in Dec
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Note on u_V:
  '*' if V is uncertain (variability or duplicity)

Note on pmRA_com, pmDE_com:
  a weighted mean between the new and GC proper motions.

Remarks and modifications:
  This catalogue combines the previous versions of ADC Cats V/9 and V/10.

References:
  Boss, B. 1937, General Catalogue of 33342 Stars for the Epoch 1950, Carnegie
        Institution of Washington Pub. 468 (Washington: Carnegie Institution of
        Washington).
  Cousins A.W.J., Lake R. and Stoy R.H. 1966, R. Obs. Bull., 121, 3.
  Cousins A.W.J. and Stoy R.H. 1963, R. Obs. Bull., no. 64.
  Hiltner W.A., Garrison R.F. and Schild R.E. 1969, Astrophys. J. 157, 313.
  Lesh J.R. 1972, Astron. & Astrophys. Suppl., 5, 129.
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(End)                                  Julie Anne Watko [SSDOO/ADC]  30-APR-1996

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