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VI/32 Bidelman-Parsons Spectroscopic/Bibliographic Cat (Parsons+ 1980)
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Bidelman-Parsons Spectroscopic and Bibliographical Catalog
Parsons S.B., Buta N.S., Bidelman W.P.
<CDS Bull. No. 18, p. 86 (1980)>
=1980BICDS..18...86P
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ADC_Keywords: Combined data ; Spectral types ; Bibliography
Description:
The Bidelman-Parsons Spectroscopic and Bibliographical Catalog
(BPSB; Parsons, Buta, and Bidelman 1980a, b) contains data compiled
from the astronomical literature by W. P. Bidelman. These data
include diverse catalogs and lists, especially from pre-1950
journals (minor as well as major), and from pre-1962 observatory
publications. From more recent years, the data on any object
frequently are limited to one item with a reference; for example, a
spectral type. No data published after 1973 are included. Over 200
publications are represented. The BPSB has information on 40,312
objects.
The catalog contains most of the same information on MK spectral
types as the Catalogue of Stellar Spectra Classified in the
Morgan-Keenan System (Jaschek, Conde, and de Sierra 1964) and its
updates, but it also includes such items as spectral types without a
luminosity class (certainly better than nothing); spectroscopic
absolute magnitudes; notes on multiplicity; notes on high proper
motion or radial velocity (with the values, if probably variable, or
if greater than 60 km/s); unpublished remarks and spectral types
from several sources, including Bidelman and Henize; and Bidelman's
preliminary identifications of many sources in the Two-Micron Sky
Survey (Neugebauer and Leighton 1969).
Some of the longer lists included in the catalog are those of OB
stars from the Tonantzintla-Tacubaya and Heidelberg-Koenigstuhl
surveys (Iriarte and Chavira 1957; Chavira 1958; Klare and Szeidl
1966); that of OB stars with emission from the Case-Hamburg surveys
(Hardorp et al. 1959; Stock, Nassau, and Stephenson 1960; Hardorp,
Theile, and Voigt 1964; Nassau and Stephenson 1963; Hardorp, Theile,
and Voigt 1965; Nassau, Stephenson, and MacConnell 1965; Stephenson
and Sanduleak 1971); and stars from the General Catalogue of
Variable Stars (Kukarkin et al. 1969); and the Catalogue of
Suspected Variable Stars (Kukarkin et al. 1951, 1965). Although the
catalog is mainly of stellar data, it includes many galactic nebulae
of various kinds.
File Summary:
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FileName Lrecl Records Explanations
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ReadMe 80 . This file
data1.dat 148 40312 First data record for each object
data2.dat 147 46768 Second and subsequent data for the object
index.dat 55 86447 Index (useful only on merged data1 and data2)
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Byte-by-byte Description of file: data1.dat
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Bytes Format Units Label Explanations
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1- 10 A10 --- ID Identification (based on 1900 position)
11- 15 I5 --- SeqNum *[1] Sequence number in group
16- 20 I5 --- NumRec *[2/17] Number of records in group
23- 24 I2 h RAh *RA (right ascension) equinox 1900 hours
26- 30 F5.2 min RAm *RA 1900 minutes
31 A1 --- u_RAm [ :] uncertainty flag for RA
32 A1 --- DE- *[-+]Dec 1900 sign, plus (+) or minus (-)
33- 34 I2 deg DEd *Dec (declination) 1900 degrees
36- 39 F4.1 arcmin DEm *Dec 1900 minutes
40 A1 --- u_DEm [ :] uncertainty flag for DEC
41- 42 I2 h RAh1950 *RA 1950 hours
44- 47 F4.1 min RAm1950 *RA 1950 minutes
49 A1 --- DE-1950 *[-+]Dec 1950 sign
50- 51 I2 deg DEd1950 *Dec 1950 degrees
53- 54 I2 arcmin DEm1950 *Dec 1950 minutes
55 A1 --- Preces *[:]Precession flag
57- 59 A3 --- Sp *HD spectral type
61- 65 F5.2 mag Vmag *?Visual magnitude
66 A1 --- n_Vmag *[:A-C] Note on magnitude
67- 71 A5 mag Omag Other magnitude, a non-visual magnitude
73 A1 --- n_Omag *Type of other magnitude
75- 79 A5 mag VarMag *Minimum mag of variable
81- 86 I6 --- HDnum *?HD number
87 A1 --- HDcode *HD code
89 A1 --- DMzsign *DM zone sign
90- 91 I2 --- DMzone *?DM zone
92 A1 --- DMcat *DM cat code
94- 98 I5 --- DMnum *?DM number
99 A1 --- DMid *DM id code
101-148 A48 --- Oname *Other names
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Note on SeqNum:
The sequence number of the record within its group (that is, the group
pertaining to a given object).
Note on NumRec:
The total number of records in the group.
Note on RAh, RAm, DE-, DEd, DEm:
Equinox 1900 coordinates. Either (1) precessed and corrected for proper
motion; or (2) from the HD, the GCVS, or another catalog with 1900
coordinates. The BPSB was originally in increasing order by 1900 right
ascension, and within each 0.1-minute segment, it is in decreasing
(north-to-south) order by declination. Positions given to 0.01 minute of
right ascension were ordered as if rounded, with 0.05 minute rounded down.
However, the correction of improper values (60 for minutes or seconds and
24 for hours) destroyed this strict order. If two objects have
the same coordinates--for example, a planetary nebula and its central
star--O.01 minute has been added to one of the right ascensions, in order to
make the 1900 coordinates unique for each object. Although the BPSB
conventions are somewhat like those of the HD and YBS, they do not preserve
the HD and YBS ordering. Note also that the effect of these conventions
cannot be reproduced by an ascending character sort on the tag.
Note on RAh1950, RAm1950, DE-1950, DEd1950, DEm1950:
Equinox 1950 coordinates were precessed from 1900, if so indicated by the
precession flag; otherwise, taken directly from the source list. For most
stars north of declination 88.5 degrees, these coordinates are from the
AGK3.
Note on Preces:
Precession flag. Colon (:) if 1950 coordinates precessed; otherwise,
blank.
Note on Sp:
HD spectral type, or a similar one from one of the references (see
data2.dat)
Note on Vmag:
In the V or mv or mpv system. Two decimal places are given only when it
is clearly a photoelectric V value.
Note on n_Vmag:
: approximate value
A or B component of double star
C combined value for multiple system
This symbol is in the other mag type field, if there is nothing in the other
magnitude field. Otherwise, it is in the visual magnitude field itself, in
which case the field must be read with an A-type Fortran format.
Note on n_Omag:
A description of the other magnitude, as follows:
B blue in UBV system
I near-infrared
P mpg (photographic)
R red in UBVRI system
U ultraviolet in UBV system
See also under Vmag above.
Note on VarMag:
Minimum magnitude of variable. The magnitude at minimum light of a variable
star. If there is another magnitude, this one will usually be of the same
type; otherwise, it is usually visual. This field may include a code letter
(see above), or a colon (:) meaning upper limit; in these cases, the field
must be read with an A-type format.
Note on HDnum:
Henry Draper or Henry Draper Extension catalog number.
Note on HDcode:
If the object has two HD numbers (e.g., a double star), there is a plus (+)
in this byte, and the larger of the numbers is used elsewhere in the
catalog. This field may also contain an A or B to differentiate components,
or a colon (:) for uncertainty in the identification.
Note on DMzsign, DMzone, DMcat, DMnum, DMid:
Identifier of the object in the Bonner Durchmusterung (BD), the Cordoba
Durchmusterung (CD), or the Cape Photographic Durchmusterung (CPD). This
field might also contain some stray Astrographic Catalogue (AC) identifiers,
which are similar to those in the Durchmusterungen.
This field may also be blank. This applies to stars that have an HD number,
but do not have a DM number.
This identifier has not been supplied for many HR stars. In the zone around
-55, CPD and CD numbers are quite similar in value and could be incorrectly
designated.
zone sign Plus (+) or minus (-).
zone Absolute value of Durchmusterung declination zone.
cat code C for CD, P for CPD, or blank for BD. See also under DM above.
number The number of the star within its zone.
id code May be A or B for BD supplemental stars; P = preceding, or
S = succeeding for nearby stars, according to the usage of
the AGK2/3; N = north, S = south, P = preceding, F = following
for nearby stars, according to another common convention.
Caveat emptor.
Note on Oname:
Non-HD, non-DM names of the object, separated by commas. Only the one or
two most significant of these names will be given for most objects,
especially for those with HD numbers. For unfamiliar types of names,
consult the references for the object; and in this document, "Appendix A.
Catalog Abbreviations" and "Appendix B. Conventions for Greek and Lower-Case
Letters"
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Byte-by-byte Description of file: data2.dat
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Bytes Format Units Label Explanations
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1- 10 A10 --- ID Identification (based on 1900 position)
11- 15 I5 --- SeqNum *[2/17] Sequence number in group
16- 20 I5 --- NumRec *[2/17] Number of records in group
23-147 A125 --- text *Free-format text
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Note on SeqNum, NumRec:
See note for data1.dat
Note on text:
This field contains data and references on the object identified in the
first record of the group (see data1.dat). The items are separated by
slashes (/). An item may be continued from one record to another. The break
between records will occur only adjacent to a blank. If the last non-blank
data in a given record is something besides a slash, the item probably
continues into the next record. (Or else, the given record is the last one
for its object.) Although in a so-called free format, these data do follow a
pattern. A typical item can be represented as follows:
DATA *REFERENCE (OTHER DATA)
The asterisk and parentheses are used literally as shown. Not every
element is present in every item. For example, in many cases, only a
reference is given. Indeed, sometimes a datum is given with no reference;
in which case, one of the other references for the same record probably
applies. (Such anomalies are usually the result of uncertainties in
interpreting Bidelman's card file, which was accumulated over many years
with the aid of student assistants.)
Another such case is that of the colon (:), normally used in astronomy to
mean approximate; Bidelman's assistants sometimes used this mark to
separate a datum from its reference. Some spurious colons have probably
made it into the BPSB.
Sometimes, there can be two references for the same paper, as for example,
if the paper appears both in a journal and in an observatory publication.
Here, the second references will be given in parentheses (that is, as "other
data").
The reference itself is as follows:
journal or other publication, for published data;
astronomer's name, for unpublished data;
volume or number;
page;
year (sometimes).
In this context, N. is the abbreviation for number. Several references in
the same journal volume may be condensed into one reference having a series
of page numbers separated by pluses or by commas.
See "Appendix C. Publication Abbreviations and Astronomers' Names", and
"Appendix A. Catalog Abbreviations" for help in deciphering references.
See "Appendix D. Abbreviations Used in the Free-Format Data (data2.dat)"
for help in interpreting the data.
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Byte-by-byte Description of file: index.dat
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Bytes Format Units Label Explanations
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1- 30 A30 --- Name *Object name
31- 32 I2 h RAh *RA 1950 hours
34- 37 F4.1 min RAm *RA 1950 minutes
39 A1 --- DE- *Dec 1950 sign
40- 41 I2 deg DEd *Dec 1950 degrees
43- 44 I2 arcmin DEm *Dec 1950 minutes
45 A1 --- flag Precession flag
46- 50 I5 --- FdataRec *First data record
51- 55 I5 --- LdataRec *Last data record
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Note on Name:
Each index record has one name. For the source of the names, see HD
number, DM, and other names under "The First Data Record data1.dat for an
Object". Because every name given in the data file is included in the index
file, there may be several index records for an object. However, any names
that might be given in the free-format data are not included. Only the
fields just cited were used.
Some objects do not have names. The corresponding index records have the
string **NONAME** instead. (These objects can presumably be identified by
their coordinates.)
The index file is sorted on this field in ascending EBCDIC collating
sequence. (The **NONAME** records are at the beginning, in order of
1950 right ascension.)
Note on RAh, RAm, DE-, DEd, DEm:
These coordinates are exactly the same as those in bytes 43-57 of the data
file. This field was added because interfacing with other catalogs or
databases might require 1950 coordinates in many cases. Note, however, that
these coordinates are not guaranteed to be unique to each object, as are
the 1900 coordinates, in the data file.
Note on FdataRec:
The sequential number of the first record of the group in data1.dat that
pertains question. This number applies only to the complete data file
sorted in the original order.
Note on LdataRec:
The sequential number of the last record of the group in data1.dat that
pertains to the object name in question. See the remarks under FdataRec.
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Remarks and modifications:
The catalog was originally maintained on three-by-five-inch index cards.
In 1973, NASA Experiment S-019 purchased a photocopy, which resides at
the University of Texas in Austin. There, the data were keypunched and
written to magnetic tape.
In February, 1980, the catalog was received from the University of Texas
by the Astronomical Data Center (ADC), NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center.
Several major changes in the format of the catalog (none in the contents)
were made by one of the present authors (Hill) under ADC auspices. The
resulting catalog is described in this document.
The two most important features of the original catalog were its condensed
format, and its division into multiple files. The data were in a single
stream that continued freely over record and block boundaries. The
beginning and end of the data for each object were indicated with special
character strings, as were the beginning and end of each particular data
item. The data were divided into 96 files, each one covering 15 minutes
of right ascension.
This process was accomplished in three steps, each done by means of a
Fortran program:
1. A file of variable-length records was generated with one object per
record, but with the data otherwise in the original stream format.
2. The format was converted to the present one, with several fixed-length
records per object. The tag at the beginning of each record was
generated.
3. The index file was generated.
Appendix A. Catalog Abbreviations:
Abbreviations in capital letters for the names of publications are listed
in "Appendix C. Publication Abbreviations and Astronomers' Names"
Abbrev. IAU Abbreviation and Notes
AC Astrographic Catalogue (Carte du Ciel) Publ. by 18 observatories
in 141 volumes, 1902-1963.
ADS R. G. Aitken, New General Catalogue of Double Stars within 120
Degrees of the North Pole. Carnegie Institution of Washington,
1932.
AG Catalog der Astronomischen Gesellschaft. 19 volumes, Leipzig,
1890-1912.
AGK2 R. Schorr and A. Kohlshuetter, Zweiter Katalog der
Astronomischen Gesellschaft. 15 volumes; Hamburg-Bergedorf
Sternwarte, 1951-1958.
AS(MWC) P. W. Merrill and C. G. Burrwell, 1950, APJ 112, 72.
W. C. Merrill and P. W. Merrill, 1951, APJ 113, 624.
BD Bonner Durchmusterung. 4 volumes; first edition, 1859-1862;
second edition, 1903, includes "a" a~d "b" stars.
BGC S. W. Burnham, A General Catalogue of Double Stars within 121
Degrees of the North Pole. Carnegie Institution of Washington,
1906
BOSS L. Boss, Preliminary General Catalogue of 6188 Stars for the
Epoch 1900. Carnegie Institution of Washington, 1910.
BPM W. J. Luyten, Bruce Proper Motion Survey: the General
Catalogue. 2 volumes; Minneapolis, University of Minnesota,
1963.
BSD A. Schwassman and P. J. van Rhijn, Bergedorfer Spektral-
Durchmusterung. 5 volumes; Hamburg. Sternw., 1935-1953. (same
as BERGD in "Appendix C. Publication Abbreviations and
Astronomers' Names")
V Bamberg variable (see esp. IBVS references)
C (see COD)
CASE J. J. Nassau and V. M. Blanco, 1954, APJ 120, 129; 1957, APJ
125, 195.
V. M. Blanco, 1958, APJ 127, 191.
CI(18) J. G. Porter, E. I. Yowell, and E. S. Smith, 1918, Publ.
Cincinnati Obs. No. 18, pt. 4.
CI(20) --------, 1930, Publ. Cincinnati Obs. No. 20.
COD Cordoba Durchmusterung. 5 volumes; Res. Obs. Nac. Argent.
16-18, 1892-1900; 21, pts. 4 & 5, 1914-1932.
CPD Cape Photographic Durchmusterung. CAPE OBS ANN 3-5, 1896- 1900.
DM (see BD, COD, or CPD)
F J. Feige, 1958, APJ 128, 267.
G H. L. Giclas, R. Burnham Jr., N. G. Thomas, LOWELL B No. 89 -
No. 162, 1958-1975. ( 18 lists)
GC B. Boss, General Catalogue of 33342 Stars for the Epoch 1950.
Carnegie Institution of Washington, 1937.
GD H. L. Giclas, R. Burnham, Jr. and N. G. Thomas, LOWELL B No.
125, No. 141, No. 153, No. 158, No. 160, No. 162.; 1965-1975.
GL W. Gliese, HEID MITT No. 22, 1969. (Catalogue of Nearby Stars)
GMB S. Groombridge, Catalogue of Circumpolar Stars for 1810.
London, 1838.
GR H. L. Giclas, R. Burnham, Jr., and N. G. Thomas, LOWELL B No.
158, No. 160, No. 162; 1972-1975.
GR (see GMB)
GR AST (see AC, Greenwich volumes)
HD Henry Draper Catalogue. HA 91-100, 1918-1936; HA 112, 1949.
HR D. Hoffleit, Catalogue of Bright Stars. Yale University Obs.
1962 (3rd revised edition). ( BS = HR)
I (see IC)
IC Index Catalogue of Nebulae and Clusters; Second Index Catalogue
of Nebulae and Clusters. (see NGC)
K (see KZP)
KZP B. V. Kukarkin, et al., Catalogue of Suspected Variable Stars.
Moscow, Academy of Sciences of the USSR; first catalogue,
1951; second catalogue, 1965. (in Russian)
KW W. J. Klein-Wassink, 1927, GRaN PUB No. 41.
LB W. J. Luyten et al., A Search for Faint Blue Stars, No. 1-42.
Minneapolis, Lund Press, 1955-1966.
LDS W. J. Luyten, 1941, Publ. Obs. U. Minn., III, No. 3.
LEE 0. J. Lee et al. 1943, DEARBORN 4, pt. 16; 1947, DEARBORN 5,
pts. 3 and 7.
LFT W. J. Luyten, A Catalogue of 1849 Stars with Proper Motions
Exceeding 0.5 Arc Seconds Annually. Minneapolis, Lund Press,
1955.
LK H ALF G. H. Herbig, 1954, APJ 119, 483; 1954, PASP 66, 19; 1956, PASP
68,353; 1957, APJ 125, 654; 1958, APJ 128, 259; 1960, APJ SUPP
4, 337; 1960, APJ 131, 516; 1961, APJ 133, 337; 1962, Adv.
Astr. Astrophys. 1. 47.
G. H. Herbig and L. V. Kuhi, 1962, APJ 137, 398.
M. L. Walker, 1961, APJ 133, 438.
LP W. J. Luyten et al., Proper Motion Survey with the Forty-eight
Inch Schmidt Telescope, No. 1 - No. 42. Minneapolis, University
of Minnesota, 1963-1975.
LS Luminous Stars in the Northern Milky Way, I-VI. Hamburg-
Bergedorf, 1959-1964. (LS is followed by the volume number)
LTT W. J. Luyten, A Catalogue of 9867 Stars in the Southern Hemisphere
with Proper Mothins exceeding 0.2 Arc Seconds Annually.
Minneapolis, Lund Press, 1957.
-------, A Catalogue of 7127 Stars in the Northern Hemisphere
with Proper Mothins exceeding 0.2 Arc Seconds Annually.
Minneapolis, Lund Press, 1961.
MCC A. N. Vyssotsky et al. 1943, APJ 97, 381; 1946, APJ 104, 234;
1952, APJ 116, 117; 1956, AJ 61, 201; 1958, AJ 63, 211.
MWC P. W. Merrill and C. G. Burrell 1933, APJ 78, 87; 1943, APJ
98, 153; 1949, APJ 110, 387. (Erratum, 1949, APJ 111, 666).
MSB P. W. Merrill, R. F. Sanford and C. G. Burwell 1933, PASP 45,
306.
M C. Messier, 1787. (see any introductory astronomy textbook)
N (number of star in one of the references, or within a star
cluster)
NGC J. L. E. Dreyer, New General Catalogue of Nebulae and
Clusters, 1888; Index Catalogue of Nebulae and Clusters, 1895;
Second Index Catalogue of Nebulae and Clusters, 1905;
reprinted in MEM RAS, 1953. (first catalogue only is NGC;
other two are IC)
NPS A. J. Cannon 1917, HA 71, No. 3.
P (see CPD)
R R. A. Rossiter 1955, MICH PUB 11, 1.
ROSS F. E. Ross, AJ 36, 96 - AJ 48, 163; 1925-1939. (12 lists)
S Sonneberg variable (see esp. MVS references)
SA Selected Areas (see BSD)
VY (see MCC)
VYS (see MCC)
VAN B G. van Biesbroeck 1961, AJ 66, 528.
W G. Westerhout 1958, BAN 14, 215.
WOLF M. Wolf 1919, Veroff. Sternw. Heidelberg 7, 195 (No. 10); AN
No. 4996 - No. 5658, 1919-1929; (31 lists).
WRA J. D. Wray 1966, Dissertation, Northwestern University (Table
15). (see partial list in L. R. Wackerling 1970,
Mem RAS 73, 153).
Variables i. e., variable-star names like R AND, RR AND, or V335 AND
B. V. Kukarkin et al., General Catalogue of Variable Stars.
Moscow, Academy of Sciences of the USSR; first edition, 1948;
second edition, 1958 (2 volumes and supplement, 1960); third
edition, 1969 (3 volumes and 3 supplements, 1971, 1974, 1976).
(form of designation: a three-letter constellation abbreviation
preceded by a single letter R-Z; or double letters RR-RZ,
SS-SZ, ... ZZ, AA-AZ, ... BB-BZ, ... QQ-QZ (J not used); or
the letter V plus a number greater than or equal to 335.)
(see also IBVS references)
Appendix B. conventions FOR GREEK AND LOWER-CASE LETTERS:
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Greek Representation
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alpha ALF
beta BET
gamma GAM
delta DEL
epsilon EPS
zeta ZET
eta ETA
theta THT
iota IOT
kappa KAP
lambda LAM
mu MU
nu NU
xi XI
omicron OMI
pi PI
rho RHO
sigma SIG
tau TAU
upsilon UPS
phi PHI
chi CHI
psi PS
omega OMG
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The Centre de Donnees Stellaires (CDS) in Strasbourg, France, has adopted
TET instead of THT, and KHI instead of CHI.
A lower-case letter is indicated with a period; for example, e Car is
represented as L. CAR. This type of name is generally omitted from the
BPSB, if not used in the Catalogue of Bright Stars, or in the GCVS. (See
HR, and Variables in "Appendix A. Catalog Abbreviations")
APPENDIX C. PUBLICATION ABBREVIATIONS AND ASTRONOMERS' NAMES:
An abbreviation in the right-hand column beginning with a single left
parenthesis [(] refers to a publication not in the International
Astronomical Union list (Pecker 1966).
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Abbr. IAU Abbreviation
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A ZH Astr. Zu.
AAP (Astr. Astro-phys. [1892-1894]
ABAST BULL Abastumansk. Ap. Obs. Gora Xanobili Bjull.
ACT AST SINICA Acta Astr. Sin.
ACTA ASTR Acts Astr.
ADV A+A Adv. Astr. Astrophys.
AJ Astr. J.
ALLEGH PUB (Publ. Allegheny Obs., Univ. Pittsburgh [AO]
ALMA-ATA Izv. Akad. Nauk Kazah. SSR Ser. Fiz. Mat. Nauk
Astrofiz.
AMST PROC K. Ned. Akad. Wet. Proc. Sect. Sci. Ser. B
AMSTERDAM Publ. Astr. Inst. Univ. Amsterdam
AN Astr. Nachr.
ANKARA Commun. Dep. Astr. Ankara Univ.
ANN AP Ann. Astrophys.
ANN FENN (Ann. Acad. Sci. Fennicae
ANN REV A. Rev. Astr. Astrophys.
ANN SOLAR PHYS OBS (Ann. Solar Phys. Obs. [Cambridge]
AP LETT (Astrophys. Letters
AP SP SCI (Astrophys. Space Sci.
APJ Astrophys. J. [Lett. Sec.: L---]
APJ SUPP Astrophys. J. Suppl. Ser.
ARCETRI PUB Osserv. Mem. Oss. Astrofis. Arcetri
ARK AST Ark. Astr. [Arkiv... Stockholm]
ASIAGO CONT Contr. Oss. Astrofis. Univ. Padova [Asiago]
ASOC ARG Asoc. Argent. Astr. Bol.
ASTR CIRC Astr. Cirk. Izdav. Bjuro Astr. Soobsc. Kazan
ASTRON Astronomie
A+A (Astr. Astrophys. [1969- ]
A+A SUPP (Astr. Astrophys. Suppl.
BA Bull. Astr., Paris
BAAS (Bull. Am. Astr. Soc.
BABELSBERG Veroff. Sternw. Babelsberg [Berlin]
BAC Bull. Astr. Inst. Csl.
BAMBERG KL Kleine Veroff. Remeis-Sternw. =KVB [Bamberg]
BAMBERG VER Veroff. Remeis-Sternw. Bamberg
BAN Bull. Astr. Inst. Netherl.
BASIC AST DATA (Basic Astr. Data, 1963, Ed. K. Aa. Strand
BERGD (Hamburg. Sternw. - Bergedorfer Spektral-Durchm.
BERL MONATS (Monatsberichte Preuss. Akad. Berlin
BI --see names below
BOSSCHA ANN Ann. Bosscha-Sterrenw. [Lembang]
BOSSCHA CONT Contr. Bosscha Obs. [Lembang]
BS CAT (Hoffleit, D., Catalogue of Bright Stars
BULL PETERSB (Bull. Acad. Imp. Sci. St.-Petersbourg
BURAKAN Soobshch. Bjurak. Obs.
BZ (Beobachtungs-Zirkular der Astr. Nachr.
CAPE --> MN 129, 63 (1964)
CAPE MIM (Cape Obs. Mimeogram
CAPE OBS ANN Ann. Cape Obs.
CAR YB (Carnegie Ybk. = Ann. Rept. of Mt. W. + Pal. Obs.
CATANIA PUB Oss. Astrofis. Catania Publ. (N. 3 --> MEM SOC IT
26, 409)
CIEL TERRE Ciel et Terre
CIR (Caltech Two-Micron Sky Survey, NASA SP-3047
COD CAT (Cordoba Durch. [intro.]
COL CONTR (Rutherford Obs. Contr. [No. 32] [Columbia Univ.]
COMM ESO Commun. Europ. Sth. Obs.
COPENHAGEN Publ. Mind. Medd. Kbh. Obs.
CR C. R. Acad. Sci. Paris [Comptes Rendus]
CRIM A O Izv. Krym. Astrofiz. Obs.
DAO Publ. Dom. Astrophys. Obs., Victoria
DAO CONT Contr. Dom. Astrophys. Obs., Victoria
DDO COMM Commun. David Dunlap Obs.
DDO PUB Publ. David Dunlap Obs.
DEARBORN Ann. Dearborn. Obs [V. 4, 5]
DENMARK (Mem. Akad. Roy. Sci. and Letters, Denmark
DOM OBS CONT Contr. Dom. Obs., Ottawa
DOM OBS PUB Publ. Dom. Obs., Ottawa [DO]
FRANKFURT VER (Veroff. Astr. Inst. Univ. Frankfurt
GCVS (General Catalogue of Variable Stars
GENEVE PUB Publ. Obs. Geneve
GOTTINGEN (Astr. Mitt. Ronigl. Sternw. Gottingen
GOTT MITT Veroff. Univ. Sternw. Gottingen
GRON PUB Publ. Kapteyn Astr. Lab. (Groningen)
H P PUB Publ. Obs. Hte-Provence
HA Ann. Harv. Coll. Obs.
HAC Harvard Coll. Obs. Announc. Cards
HAMBURG Mitt. Hamburg. Sternw. [Bergedorf--recent]
HAMGBURG ABH Astr. Abh. Hamburg. Sternw. Bergedorf
HARV REPR Harvard Repr.
HB (Bull. Harv. Coll. Obs.
HC (Circ. Harv. Coll. Obs.
HDC NOTE (Henry Draper Catalogue notes
HEID-KONIG (Ver. Landessternw. Heidelberg-Konigstuhl [Vol. 18]
HEID MITT Astr. Rechen-Inst. Heidelb. Mitt. A, B
HEID PUB Veroff. Astr. Rechen-Inst. Heidelberg
IAU SYMP (IAU Symposium
IAUC (IAU Announc. Cards
IBVS Comm. 27 IAU Inf. Bull. Var. Stars [VSB]
INDIANA PUB Publ. Goethe Link Obs. [Indiana]
IRISH AJ Irish Astr. J.
JBAA J. Br. Astr. Ass.
JDO J. Observateurs
JRASC J. R. Astr. Soc. Can.
KIEL Sonderdr. Sternw. Kiel
KNOW (Knowledge
KPNO CONT Kitt Peak Nat. Obs. Contr.
KVB Kleine Veroff. Remeis-Sternw. [Bamberg]
=BAMBERG KL
LAWS OBS (Laws Obs. Bull. [Univ. Missouri Bull.]
LA PLATA Obs. Astr. Univ. Nac. La Plata Ser. Astr.
LA PLATA B Publ. Astr. Univ. Nac. La Plata
LA PLATA C (Astr. Univ. Nac. La Plata Circ.
LEIDEN Ann. Sterrew. Leiden
LICK Publ. Lick Obs.
LIEGE PUB Univ. Liege Inst. Astrophys. Coll. 4 (Coll. 8)
LIEGE REPR Univ. Liege Inst. Astrophys. Coll. 4 (Coll. 8)
LOB Lick Obs. Bull.
LOW LUM STARS (Symp. on Low-luminosity Stars, 1968, Univ. Virg.,
ed. Kumar
LOWELL B Lowell Obs. Bull.
LS I - VI (Lum. Stars Northern Milky Way
LTT (Cat. Proper Motions Exc. 0.2, Luyten [See "Appendix
A. Catalog Abbreviations"]
LUND MEDD Medd. Lunds Astr. Obs.
LYON ANN Ann. Univ. Lyon
MADRID AN (Madrid Annario
MAGNETIC STARS (Mag. & Related Stars, 1967, Mono Press, Ed. Cameron
MCC PUB Publ. Leander McCormick Obs. [Univ. Virginia]
MEDD ROEMER OBS Medd. Ole Romer Obs. [Aarhus]
MEM CO (Mem. Commonwealth Obs. [Mt. Stromlo]
MEM RAS Mem. R. Astr. Soc.
MEM SOC IT Mem. Soc. Astr. Ital.
MEM SPETTA IT (Mem. Soc. It. Spectrosc.
MICH PUB Pub. Obs. Univ. Michigan
MICH REPR Obs. Univ. Michigan Repr.
MILANO CONT Contr. Oss. Astr. Milano-Merate
MILANO PUB Pubbl. Oss. Astr. Milano-Merate
MINN PUB Publ. Astr. Obs. Univ. Minnesota
MITT PULK (Pulkovo Mitt.
MITT UNGAR Mitt. Sternw. Ungar. Akad. Wiss.
MKK ATLAS (Atlas of Stellar Spectra, 1943, Morgan, Keenan,
Kellman
MN Mon. Not. R. Astr. Soc.
MNASSA Mon. Notes Astr. Soc. 5th. Afr.
MORPH ASTR (Morphological Astronomy, Zwicky
MT W COMM (Commun. Mt. Wilson Solar Obs.
MT W CONTR (Contr. Mr. Wilson Qbs.
MT W REP =CAR YB
MVS Mitt. Veranderl. Sterne [Sonneberg]
NATURE Nature
NEB INT (Nebulae & Interstellar Matter, 1968, ed. Middlhurst
& Aller
OBS Observatory
OBS BEL BULL Bull. Astr. Obs. R. Belgique
OBS BELG COMM Commun. Obs. R. Belgique
OBS PARIS (Ann. Obs. Paris
PA Pop. Astr.
PAAS (Publ. Am. Astr. Soc.
PADOVA CONT Contr. Oss. Astrofis. Univ. Padova
PASJ Publ. Astr. Soc. Japan
PASP Publ. Astr. Soc. Pacific
PAT (Pop. Astr. Tidschrift
PENN PUB Publ. Univ. Pa. Astr. Ser. [Flower & Cook Obs.]
PERKINS Contr. Perkins. Obs. [Ohio Wesleyan]
PETERSB MEM (Mem. Acad. St. Petersburg
PHIL TRANS Phil. Trans. R. Soc. Lond. A
PNAS Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci. USA
POTSDAM Publ. Astrophys. Obs. Potsdam
PRIN CONT (Contr. Princeton Univ. Obs.
PRINCETON (Publ. Princeton Univ. Obs.
PROC EDINB Proc. R. Soc. Edinburgh
PROC RS Proc. R. Soc. London
PUB LYON Publ. Obs. Lyon
PUB USNO Pubs. U. S. Nav. Obs.
PULK OBS C (Pulkovo Obs. Circ.
PULKOVO BULL (Bull. Pulkovo Obs. [Translation]
PULKOVO PUB Izv. Glav. Astr. Obs. Pulkovo
PZ Perem. Zvezdy [VS]
R OBS ANN (R. Obs. Ann. [Greenwich]
RASC HANDB (Observers Handbook, R. Astr. Soc
REND ACC LINC Atti Accad. Naz. Lincei Rc. [Roma]
REP OBS C Republ. Obs. Johannesb. Circ.
RIC ASTR Ric. Astr. Spscola Astr. Vatic.
RO PUB Publ. R. Obs. Edinburgh
ROB R. Obs. Bull. [Greenwich]
RSA (Rev. Soc. Astr. Espana y America
RUSS ASTR GES (Nach. Russ. Astr. Ges.
RV CAT (Gen. Cat. Stellar Rad. Vel., Wilson, 1953
SID MS (Sidereal Messenger
SKY+TEL Sky Telesc.
SONN Veroff. Sternw. Sonneberg [VSS]
SOVIET ASTR Soviet Astr.
STELL ATM (Stellar Atm., 1960, ed. J. L. Gr
STERNB PUB Trudy Gos. Astr. Inst. Sternberga
STERNE Sterne [Leipzig]
STOCKHOLM Stockholm Obs. Ann.
STOCKHOLM MEDD Stockholm Obs. Medd.
STROMLO MIM (Mt. Stromlo Mimeogram
STROMLO REPR Mt. Stromlo Obs. Repr.
TASHKENT BUL (Bjull. Tashkentskoi Astr. Obs.
TOKYO BULL Tokyo Astr. Bull.
TOKYO REPR Contr. Dep. Astr. Univ. Tokyo
TOULOUSE Ann. Obs. Astr. Met. Toulouse
TORUN OBS BULL Bull. Astr. Obs. Univ. N. Coper.
TRANS EDINB Trans. R. Soc. Edinburgh
TRANS IAU Trans. IAU [Pub. IAU]
TRUDY INST AP Trudy Inst. Astrofiz. Stalinabad
T+T BOL Bol. Obs. Tonantzintla Tacubaya
UNION OBS CIRC Union Obs. Circ.
UPPS MEDD Uppsala Astr. Obs. Medd.
VAN VLECK Publ. Van Vleck Obs. [Wesleyan Univ.]
VAR STAR N Z (Var. Star Circ. New Zealand
VAT Ric. Astr. Specola Astr. Vatic. / (Vat. Obs. Pub.
VFPA (Verein Freunden Physik Astr. Gorki (Verand. Sterne)
[Nishni-Novgorod]
VILNIUS Astr. Obs. Biul. Vilnius
VISTAS (Vistas in Astr., ed. A. Beer
VJS (Vierteljahrschrift Astr. Gesell.
WASHBURN (Publ. Washburn Obs. Univ. Wisconsin [WO]
W+S (Publ. Warner & Swasey Obs. [Lum. Stars. 5th. Milky
Way]
YALE Trans. Astr. Obs. Yale Univ.
YERKES Publ. Yerkes Obs.
ZFA Z. Astrophys.
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Names for unpublished data (sometimes published later):
Abt, H. A.
Albers, H.
Aller, L. H. (Astrophysics, 1954)
Barbier, M.
BI = Bidelman, W. P.
Bond, H. E.
Bouigue, R. (Ann. Ap. 17, 104)
Buscombe, W.
Cowley, A.
Cowleys, A., C. (PASP 77, 184)
Dean, C.
Deeming, T.
Duke, D.
Duner, N.-C. (Mem. on Stars of Secchi's 4th Type)
Dworetsky, M. M.
Edmondson, F. K.
Espin, T. E.
Feast, M.
Finsen, W. S.
Frye, R. L.
Hardorp, J. (A+A 22, 129, 1973)
Haro, G.
Henize, K. G.
Herbig, G. H.
Hiltner, W. A.
Hoffleit, D.
Houk, N.
Innes, R. T. A. (southern double stars)
Jaschek, C., M.
Joy, A. H.
Keenan, P. C.
Kelsall, T.
Kron, G. E.
Krueger, F.
Kuiper, G. P.
Lee, O. J. (see "Appendix A. Catalog Abbreviations")
Lynga, G.
MacConnell, D. J.
Mayall, N. U.
Minkowski, R.
Murphy, R.
Osawa, K.
Perry, C.
Pesch, P.
Roberts, M.
Robinson, J.
Roman, N. G.
Rybski, P. M.
Sanford, R. F. (ApJ 99, 145)
Santirocco, R. (U. Rochester thesis)
Secchi, A.
Slettebak, A.
Smith, Henry J. (Harvard thesis)
Stephenson, C. B.
Thackeray, A. D.
Wallerstein, G.
Warner, B.
Wray, J. D.
APPENDIX D. ABBREVIATIONS USED IN THE FREE-FORMAT DATA:
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Abbrev. Meaning
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A] component A of double star
ABS absorption
APS apsidal
ASTR BIN astrometric binary
B] component B of double star
BIN binary star
BR] brighter component of double star
BR bright (emission)
BRT bright (emission)
CE continuum emission
CHAR character. characteristic
CI color index
CL cluster
CMP composite spectrum
COL color indices
COMP composite spectrum, companion, component
COMP SE comparison sequence
CON continuum, continuous spectrum
CONT continuum, continuous spectrum
CPM common proper motion
C STAR supergiant star, carbon star
CT Cerro Tololo Obs.
DBL double star
DEG degrees (of arc, of temperature)
DELTA CEP Cepheid variable star
DELTA DEL Delta Del-type spectrum
DEL DEI Delta Del-type spectrum
DELTA M Delta(m) (difference in magnitude between double-star
components)
DEL M Delta(m) (difference in magnitude between double-star
components)
DIAM diameter
DIFF diffuse nebula
DYN PI dynamical parallax
ECL eclipsing (binary), eclipse
EM emission
EW equivalent width
FT faint
FT) fainter component of double star
GLOB CL globular cluster
GT greater than
HALO halo-population object
H-B horizontal branch
HK CaII H and K lines
HOR-B horizontal branch
HOR BRANCH horizontal branch
ID identification
IDENT identification
INCL included in, member of
INT interstellar absorption lines
INT intensity
IR infrared
KPS kilometers per second
LE line emission
LICK PL Lick Obs. plate no.
LT less than
M mv (apparent visual magnitude)
MET metal lines (spectral type from -- )
MF magnetic field
MSCH PL University of Michigan Obs. plate no.
MIN minutes of arc
ML metal lines (spectral type from --)
MOD moderate
MPG mpg (apparent photographic magnitude)
MSP absolute magnitude (spectroscopic)
MU proper motion
MV visual absolute magnitude
NEB nebulosity
OBJ PR objective prism
OCC occultation
OCCULT occultation
OP objective prism
OPT optical
ORB orbit
P period
P CYG P Cygni-type spectrum
PEC peculiar
PHOT photometry
PHOTO photograph
PHOTOM photometry
PI parallax
PI (DYN) dynamical parallax
PI (SP) spectroscopic parallax
PL plate number
POL polarization
POSS possible, possibly
RAD radiation
RED reddening, reddened
REDD reddening, reddened
RHO separation (between two objects)
ROT v sin i (projected rotational velocity)
R, R-I photometric R and I colors, indices
RV radial velocity
SB spectroscopic binary
SEC seconds of arc, second, secondary
SEP separation (between two objects)
SL slightly
SP spectrum
STR strong
SYMB symbiotic (combination) spectrum
TOLOLO Cerro Tololo Obs.
UBV photometric U, B, and V colors
[UBV] spectral type was estimated from UBV colors
UV ultraviolet
V very
VAR variable
VIS visual
W[H GAM] H_gamma equivalent width
WK weak
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