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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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