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V/18      Catalogue of Late-type Stars with Maser Emission   (Engels, 1979)
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Catalogue of Late-type Stars with OH, H2O or SiO Maser Emission
    Engels D.
   <Astron. Astrophys. Suppl. Ser. 36, 337 (1979)>
   =1979A&AS...36..337E
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ADC_Keywords: Masers ; Stars, late-type ; Stars, masers ; Stars, radio

Abstract:
    A  catalog of more than  300 late type stars  which display maser line
    radio emission in  OH, H2O or  SiO molecules has  been compiled. About
    two thirds of  the  objects  have  been  identified  with  optical  or
    infrared optics, mostly M-supergiants, Mira, or semiregular variables.
    The catalog  contains optical data  such as spectral  type, period and
    magnitude, radio flux  densities  and  velocities  and  infrared  flux
    densities in the region between 0.7 and 20 micrometers.

Introduction:
    The systematic  literature search is  complete up to  January 1, 1979.
    The catalogue ends  with  a  reference  list  containing  all  objects
    followed by a  code  number  and  a  list  containing  the  literature
    belonging to  each code number.  The literature cited  for each object
    contains  all data  used, except  data from  the general  catalogue of
    variable  stars, the two-micron sky survey  and the AFCRL infrared sky
    survey. See the source reference for additional information.

   The catalogued stars are divided in six groups
         M-supergiant stars
         Type I OH/IR stars
         Type II OH/IR stars
         H2O/IR stars without detected OH-emission
         SiO/IR stars
         Objects undetected in the optical or infrared

File Summary:
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 FileName    Lrecl    Records    Explanations
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ReadMe          80          .    This file
opt-ir.dat     174        206    Optical and infrared data
radio.dat       87        179    OH and H2O data
sio.dat         78         56    Data for SiO masers
undetec.dat     83        146    Radio data for stars not detected in
                                    the infrared or optical regions
biblio.dat      53        308    References to the data for each star
refs.dat       107        101    Key to reference numbers in biblio.dat
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See also:
    V/68 : Catalog of observations for stellar masers (Benson+ 1990)

Byte-by-byte Description of file: opt-ir.dat
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   Bytes   Format  Units      Label     Explanations
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   1-  5    A5     ---        type      Type of star (1)
   7- 16    A10    ---        ID        Designation of star
  18- 26    A9     ---        name      Alternative designation(2)
  28- 29    I2     h          RAh       Right Ascension hours (1950)
  31- 32    I2     min        RAm       Right Ascension minutes (1950)
  34- 35    I2     s          RAs       Right Ascension seconds (1950)
      37    A1     ---        DE-       Declination sign
  38- 39    I2     deg        DEd       Declination degrees (1950)
  41- 44    F4.1   arcmin     DEm       Declination minutes (1950)
  46- 49    I4     pc         dist      ?Distance (3)
  51- 52    A2     ---        VarType   ?Type of variable (3)
  54- 57    F4.1   mag        MaxMag    ?Maximum magnitude (3)
      59    A1     ---        l_MinMag  [V(]Note on following magnitude (7)
  60- 63    F4.1   mag        MinMag    ?Minimum magnitude (3)
  65- 69    F5.2   mag        Imag      ?I magnitude from Two Micron Survey
  71- 75    F5.2   mag        Kmag      ?K magnitude from Two Micron Survey
  77- 81    F5.2   W/cm2/um   I(1.04)   ?I(1.04um) on Lockwood and Wing system
                                        (1971ApJ...169...63L)
  83- 87    F5.2   W/cm2/um   R-flux    ?Flux near wavelength = 0.7 um (4)
  89- 93    F5.2   W/cm2/um   I-flux    ?Flux near wavelength = 0.9 um (4)
  95- 99    F5.2   W/cm2/um   J-flux    ?Flux near wavelength = 1.25 um (4)
 101-105    F5.2   W/cm2/um   H-flux    ?Flux central wavelength = 1.65 um (4)
 107-111    F5.2   W/cm2/um   K-flux    ?Flux at near wavelength = 2.25 um (4)
 113-117    F5.2   W/cm2/um   L-flux    ?Flux near wavelength = 3.5 um (4)
 119-123    F5.2   W/cm2/um   M-flux    ?Flux near wavelength = 4.9 um (4)
 125-129    F5.2   W/cm2/um   flux-8    ?Flux near wavelength = 8.55 um (4)
 131-135    F5.2   W/cm2/um   N-flux    ?Flux near wavelength = 10.1 um (4)
 137-141    F5.2   W/cm2/um   flux-11   ?Flux near wavelength = 10.95 um (4)
 143-147    F5.2   W/cm2/um   Q-flux    ?Flux near wavelength = 19.75 um (4)
     149    I1     ---        cal       ?Key to calibration system (5)
 151-158    A8     ---        Sp        Spectral type (3)
 159-161    I3     d          P         ?Period of variation (3)
 164-170    A7     ---        rem       Notes on individual stars (6)
 172-174    I3     ---        Seq       [1/206]+ Running number of star
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Note (1):
   M    =  M-supergiant stars
   IR   =  Type I OH/IR stars
   IRII =  Type II OH/IR stars
   H2O  =  H2O/IR stars without detected oh-emission
   SiO  =  SiO/IR stars
Note (2):
   Usually the IRC-number from the Two-Micron Survey (catalog <II/2>)
   1969) or the CRL-number from the AFCRL Infrared Sky Survey (Walker
   and Price, 1975)
Note (3):
   Generally from the Catalogue of Variable Stars (see cat. <II/139>)
   or from the cited literature at the end of the catalogue
Note (4):
   Negative logarithmic flux densities in W/cm^2/um
Note (5):
   The flux densities were computed from the colors using the calibrations
      referenced in cal as follows:
      1 = Johnson (1966, Ann. Rev. Astron. Astrophys. 4, 193) and
          Dyck et al. (1974ApJ...189...89D)
      2 = Hyland et al. (1972A&A....16..204H)
      3 = Wilson et al. (1972ApJ...177..523W)
      4 = Gillet et al. (1971ApJ...164...83G)
      5 = Schultz et al. (1976A&A....50..171S)
      6 = Beckwith et al. (1976ApJ...208..390B)
      7 = Strecker and Ney (1974AJ.....79..797S)
Note (6):
 (1)  = NML Cyg
 (2)  = P.F. Bowers detected three OH-peaks (86)
 (3)  = Third OH-peak at 2 km/s detected (19)
 (4)  = OH/IR classification uncertain
 (5)  = Third OH-peak at -28 km/s detected (44)
 (6)  = = OH 320.7+3.4, optical identification uncertain (39)
 (7)  = Complex H2O-spectrum (88)
 (8)  = Tw peg is probably a SR-type supergiant
 (9)  = Possible opt.id. by Lebofsky,M.J.,Kleinmann,S.G. (1976AJ.....81..534L)
 (10) = Coincidence of radio- and infrared-emission source not confirmed
 (11) = Probably CRL 2188
Note (7):
  "(" Signifies that the variable at minimum can be fainter than the magnitude
    given after this symbol
  "V" Denotes photoelectrical measurement
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Byte-by-byte Description of file: radio.dat
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   Bytes  Format  Units   Label     Explanations
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   1-  5   A5     ---     Type      Type of star
   7- 16   A10    ---     ID        Designation of star (1)
  18- 26   A9     ---     name      Alternative designation (1)
  28- 32   F5.1   Jy      f1_1612   ?OH flux at 1612 MHz first component (2)
  34- 37   I4     km/s    v1_1612   ?LSR velocity of 1st comp. at 1612 MHz (2)
  39- 43   F5.1   Jy      f2_1612   ?OH flux at 1612 MHz 2nd component (2)
  45- 48   I4     km/s    v2_1612   ?LSR velocity of 2nd comp. at 1612 MHz (2)
  50- 54   F5.1   Jy      f1_65/7   ?OH flux at 1665/67 MHz 1st comp. (2)
  56- 59   I4     km/s    v1_65/7   ?LSR velocity of 1st comp. at 1665/67MHz (2)
  61- 65   F5.1   Jy      f2_65/7   ?OH flux at 1665/67 MHz 2nd comp. (2)
  67- 70   I4     km/s    v2_65/7   ?LSR velocity of 2nd comp. at 1665/67MHz (2)
  72- 76   F5.1   Jy      H2O_flux  ?H2O flux for the principal feature (2)
  78- 81   I4     km/s    H2O_vel   ?H2O LSR velocity for the principal feature
      83   A1     ---     SiO       SiO presence indicator (3)
  85- 87   I3     ---     Seq       [1/150]+= Running number (1)
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Note (1):
   Several records may concern the same star
Note (2):
    In the original catalog some fields contain ---, some contain det, and
    some are blank. The --- and det indicate no detection or missing data
    but the paper gives no explanation as to how these values differ or
    how either differs from blank. In view of this, they have been
    removed. these entries differ from blank fields or from each other.
Note (3):
   + = object is listed in SiO.dat
   - = no SiO was found
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Byte-by-byte Description of file: sio.dat
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   Bytes  Format  Units    Label   Explanations
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   1- 10   A10    ---      ID      Designation of star
  12- 20   A9     ---      name    Alternative designation
  22- 26   F5.1   Jy       f1_43   ?SiO flux at 43 GHz 1st component (2)
  28- 31   I4     km/s     v1_43   ?Velocity of 1st component at 43 GHz (2)
  33- 37   F5.1   Jy       f2_43   ?SiO flux at 43 GHz 2nd component (2)
  39- 42   I4     km/s     v2_43   ?Velocity of 2nd comp. at 43 GHz (2)
  44- 48   F5.1   Jy       f1_86   ?SiO flux at 86 GHz 1st component (2)
  50- 53   I4     km/s     v1_86   ?Velocity of 1st comp. at 86 GHz (2)
  55- 59   F5.1   Jy       f2_86   ?SiO flux at 86 GHz 2nd component (2)
  61- 64   I4     km/s     v2_86   ?Velocity of 2nd comp. at 86 GHz (2)
  66- 70   F5.1   Jy       fa_43   ?SiO flux at 43 GHz additional component (2)
  72- 74   I3     km/s     va_43   ?Velocity of additional comp. at 43 GHz (2)
  76- 78   I3     ---      Seq     [151/206]+ Running number
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Note (2):
    In the original catalog some fields contain ---, some contain det, and
    some are blank. The --- and det indicate no detection or missing data
    but the paper gives no explanation as to how these values differ or
    how either differs from blank. In view of this, they have been
    removed. these entries differ from blank fields or from each other.
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Byte-by-byte Description of file: undetec.dat
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   Bytes  Format  Units    Label     Explanations
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   1-  9   A9     ---      ID        Identification of star (1)
  11- 12   I2     h        RAh       Right Ascension hours (1950)
  14- 15   I2     min      RAm       Right Ascension minutes (1950)
  17- 18   I2     s        RAs       Right Ascension seconds (1950)
      20   A1     ---      DE-       Declination sign
  21- 22   I2     deg      DEd       Declination degrees (1950)
  24- 27   F4.1   arcmin   DEm       Declination minutes (1950)
  29- 32   F4.1   Jy       f1_1612   ?OH flux at 1612 MHz 1st component (2)
  34- 37   I4     km/s     v1_1612   ?Velocity of 1st component at 1612 MHz (2)
  39- 42   F4.1   Jy       f2_1612   ?OH flux at 1612 MHz 2nd component (2)
  44- 47   I4     km/s     v2_1612   ?Velocity of 2nd comp. at 1612 MHz (2)
  49- 52   F4.1   Jy       f1_65/7   ?OH flux at 1665/67 MHz 1st component (2)
  54- 56   I3     km/s     v1_65/7   ?Velocity of 1st comp. at 1665/67 MHz (2)
  58- 61   F4.1   Jy       f2_65/7   ?OH flux at 1665/67 MHz 2nd component (2)
  63- 65   I3     km/s     v2_65/7   ?Velocity of 2nd comp. at 1665/67 MHz (2)
  67- 70   F4.1   Jy       H2O_flux  ?H2O flux at 22GHz for principal feature
  72- 74   I3     km/s     H2O_vel   ?H2O velocity at 22GHz for
                                     the principal feature
      76   A1     ---      SiO       SiO presence indicator (3)
  78- 79   I2     ---      rem       ?Remark (4)
  81- 83   I3     ---      Seq       [207/351]+= Running number (1)
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Note (1):
   Star 316 has two lines of data.
Note (2):
    In the original catalog some fields contain ---, some contain det, and
    some are blank. The --- and det indicate no detection or missing data
    but the paper gives no explanation as to how these values differ or
    how either differs from blank. In view of this, they have been
    removed. these entries differ from blank fields or from each other.
Note (3):
   + = object is listed in SiO.dat
   - = no SiO was found
Note (4):
   1  = Previous name: 1647-41
   2  = Previous name: 1735-32
   3  = Previous name: 1821-12
   4  = Previous name: W41
   5  = OH/IR classification uncertain
   6  = Previous name: 1837-05
   7  = Previous name: W43A
   8  = Probably CRL 2403 (95)
   9  = At 1665 MHz peak at 11 km/sec
  10  = Previous name: ON-4
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Byte-by-byte Description of file: biblio.dat
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   Bytes   Format  Units    Label    Explanations
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   1-  3    I3     ---      Seq      Running number of star
   5- 13    A9     ---      name     Name
  16- 53    A38    ---      codes   *Codes of references containing star
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Note on codes:
   References in parentheses contain further IR data
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Byte-by-byte Description of file: refs.dat
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   Bytes    Format  Units      Label     Explanations
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   1-  2     I2     ---        code     *[1/98]+= Code number
   5-107     A103   ---        text     *Corresponding reference
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Note on code:
   The field is repeated for continuation lines
Note on text:
   AP.J.        = Astrophysical Journal
   AP.LETTERS   = Astrophysical Letters
   ASTR.J.      = Astronomical Journal
   ASTR.AP.     = Astronomy and Astrophysics
   BOL.OBS.T.T. = Boletin de los Observatorios Tonanzintla y Tacubaya
   MNRAS        = Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
   NAT.         = Nature
   PASP         = Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific
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(End)   Nancy Grace Roman   [SSDOO/ADC], rev. F. Ochsenbein {CDS]    28-Dec-1995

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