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VI/68  Bibliograpy of Variable Stars (BCVS), Update 1994  (Roessiger+ 1994)
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Bibliographic Catalogue of Variable Stars (BCVS), Part II Update 1994
     ROESSIGER S., BRAEUER H.-J.: 1994
     <Bull. Inf. CDS (in press)>
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ADC_Keywords: Bibliography; Stars, variable

Introduction:
    This catalogue is a supplement of the Bibliographic Catalogue of
    Variable Stars (BCVS), which was described by W. Wenzel in
    Information Bulletin of the CDS, no.20, p.105 (1981). It comprises
    the bibliography of the named variable stars at our disposal that
    have been published from 1982 up to the beginning of 1994 (as far
    as this has been possible). A diminutive part of the data refers
    to the time prior to 1982 concerning literature which had not been
    at our disposal before closing the main part of the BCVS. The
    present file also includes the references for all variable stars
    that have been newly named since 1982 (name-lists no. 67, 68, 69,
    70, 71 of the IAU) with references collected in Sonneberg
    (possibly from literature published before 1982).

    The shape of the entries differs slightly from that in the main
    part of the BCVS. The innovation consists in the addition of
    keywords giving a concise characterization of the contents of the
    individual publication. The application of keywords has been
    traditional practice at Sonneberg Observatory and is particularly
    adapted to observation and study on variable stars in the optical
    range. The entries have the following structure:

      - name of the variable star
      - year of publication
      - name of author(s)
      - name of publication (mostly abbreviated)
      - volume (or fascicule) and page numbers
      - keyword(s) (not in all entries)

    The abbreviations used for the names of the publications are
    listed in the file "abbr.lis"

File Summary:
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 FileName    Lrecl    Records    Explanations
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ReadMe          80          .    This file
main           137     184064    The Catalogue
abbr.lis        79        779    Journal abbreviations
keys            80         83    List of keywords
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See also:
    VI/67 : Bibliographic Catalogue of Variable Stars (BCVS) Part 1

Byte-by-byte Description of file: main
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   Bytes Format  Units   Label    Explanations
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   1-  3  A3     ---     Const    Constellation Name
   5-  8  A4     ---     Name     in constellation
  10- 13  I4     yr      Year     []? of publication
      14  A1     ---     Sep      [/?] Indicator of several years (/)
                                    or doubtful year (?)
  15-137  A123   ---     Ref      Text of reference and keywords.
                                     The carret (^) separates the authors
                                     and journal from keyword parts;
                                     each keyword consists in a single character
                                     which explanation is found in file "keys"
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Historical Notes:
  * 13-Jun-1994: first archived
  * 03-Oct-1995: blanked unspecified years which were e.g. 19?? in records
                 #28674 #44100 #91741 #94239 #94837
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(End)                                    Francois Ochsenbein [CDS]   03-Oct-1995