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IMPORTANT NOTICE:

Superseded         Catalog and Atlas of Cataclysmic Variables  (Downes+ 1997)
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A Catalog and Atlas of Cataclysmic Variables - Second Edition 
     Downes R.A., Webbink R.F., Shara M.M. 
     <Publ. Astron. Soc. Pac. 109, 345 (1997)> 
     =1997PASP..109..345D
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ADC_Keywords: Atlases; Stars, variable

Description:
   This catalog contains data for 1020 cataclysmic variables (CVs). It 
   includes coordinates measured in the reference frame of the Hubble Space
   Telescope Guide Star Survey for non-novae and from the literature for
   novae. Also given are the variability type, the magnitude range,
   references to finding charts and spectroscopy, the galactic latitude
   and longitude, and the year of outburst for novae. The second edition
   includes plate identification information for the coordinate measurements,
   a reference to the classification, proper motion information where 
   appropriate and a table showing the CVs observed by space-based 
   observatories. This version of the catalog includes 195 new objects 
   (172 CVs and 23 non-CVs), revised identifications for 57 objects, and 
   revised classifications and spectral references where available.

Introduction:
   A Catalog and Atlas of Cataclysmic Variables - Second Edition as presented
   here contains a list of all cataclysmic variables discovered prior to May 
   1996, as derived from the literature; there are a total of 865 cataclysmic 
   variables (276 novae, 372 dwarf novae, 162 novalike variables, 47 objects 
   classified only as cataclysmic variables, 6 interacting binary white dwarf 
   (IBWD), and 2 possible supernovae/novae) and 155 object formerly classified 
   as cataclysmic variables.

   A Catalog and Atlas of Cataclysmic Variables - Second Edition as distributed
   here is in two files. The first file contains the cataclysmic variables in 
   constellation order, while the second contains the objects in order of 
   increasing right ascension. The tables below give the characteristics of 
   these files.
  
   Superseded by the web-based version of the catalog at
   http://icarus.stsci.edu/~downes/cvcat/index.html

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