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VII/69              Asiago Catalogue of QSOs       (Barbieri+ 1983)
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The Asiago Catalogue of Quasi-Stellar Objects
     Barbieri C., Capaccioli M., Custiani S., Nardo G., Omizzolo A.
    <Mem S.A. It. 54, 3, 601 (1983)>
    =1983MmSAI..54..601B
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ADC_Keywords: QSOs ; Redshifts

Description:
    The Asiago Catalog of 2004 Quasi Stellar Objects (QSOs) is an updated
    version of that published by Barbieri, Capaccioli and Zambon in 1975
    (1975MmSAI..46..461B).
    Most of the information of these objects are taken from the literature
    published before Dec. 31, 1981. Specifically, the catalog.dat file
    contains names, equatorial and galactic coordinates, photometry,
    redshifts, information on radio emission, variability, morphology,
    presence of absorption lines, for 2004 QSOs. The indexed references
    (in refs.dat) and further detailed information (in remarks.dat)
    concerning absorption spectra, X-ray properties, and cross-reference
    tables are also provided.

File Summary:
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 FileName    Lrecl    Records    Explanations
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ReadMe          80          .    This file
catalog.dat     78       2004    The Catalogue
remarks.dat    102        919    Remarks to individual quasars
refs.dat        80        948    References quoted in catalog and remarks.
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See also:
    VII/158 : Catalog of Quasi-Stellar Objects (Hewitt & Burbidge 1993)
    VII/188 : Quasars and Active Galactic Nuclei (7th Ed.) (Veron+ 1996)

Byte-by-byte Description of file: catalog.dat
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   Bytes Format Units   Label     Explanations
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   1- 13  A13   ---     Name      QSO name
      14  A1    ---     u_Vmag    [-] The '-' means uncertain photometry
  15- 19  F5.2  mag     Vmag      ? Visual magnitude
  20- 24  F5.2  mag     B-V       ? (B-V) color
  25- 29  F5.2  mag     U-B       ? (U-B) color
  31- 33  I3    ---     r_Vmag    ? Reference for photometry
      34  A1    ---     u_z       [-] The '-' means uncertain redshift
  35- 39  F5.3  ---     z         ? Redshift, normally from emission line
  40- 42  I3    ---     r_z(1)    ? References of redshift (more in remarks)
  43- 45  I3    ---     r_z(2)    ? References of redshift (more in remarks)
  46- 47  I2    h       RAh       Right Ascension 1950 (hours)
  48- 49  I2    min     RAm       Right Ascension 1950 (minutes)
  50- 54  F5.2  s       RAs       ? Right Ascension 1950 (seconds)
      55  A1    ---     DE-       Declination 1950 (sign)
  56- 57  I2    deg     DEd       Declination 1950 (degrees)
  58- 59  I2    arcmin  DEm       ? Declination 1950 (minutes)
  60- 63  F4.1  arcsec  DEs       ? Declination 1950 (seconds)
  65- 67  I3    ---     r_DEd     Reference of position
  68- 69  I2    ---     NoteSum   ? SumNote (1)
  70- 71  I2    ---   u_NoteSum   ? Uncertainties on SumNote (1)
  72- 73  I2    ---     ExpRef    ? Reference of deep exposure photograph
                                    showing optical structure
  74- 76  I3    ---     ChartRef  ? Reference to Finding Chart
      78  A1    ---     remFlag   [*] '*' for a remark detailed in "remarks.dat"
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Note (1): the NoteSum and u_NoteSum codes are made by summing up the
          numbers corresponding to the following notes:
      01: radio quiet
      02: radio variability
      04: optical variability
      08: nebulosity or jet
      16: absorption lines
      32: spectral variability
      (examples: NoteSum = 17 means: radio quiet with absorption lines;
       NoteSum=04 and u_NoteSum=04 means: uncertain optical variability )
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Byte-by-byte Description of file: remarks.dat
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   Bytes Format Units   Label     Explanations
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   1-  8  A8    ---     HHMM+DDd  Designation based on position
  10- 22  A13   ---     Name      Name of QSO
  24-102  A79   ---     Text      Text of remark, includes references.
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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-  4  I4    ---     RefNum    Reference number as quoted in catalog
       5  A1    ---     Cont      [bc] Continuation flag
   7- 81  A75   ---     Text      Text of reference
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History:
  * 28-Nov-1996: The description of this version was assumed to be
    identical to the previous version <VII/3> by Barbieri, Capaccioli
    and Zambon (1975MmSAI..46..461B)
  * 12-May-1999: Misalignments of redshifts, resulting in redshifts
    10 times too small, were corrected. The "Name" column was enlarged
    to deal with long names. The QSO names were also added to the 
    "remarks" file.
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(End)                                     Francois Ochsenbein [CDS]  12-May-1999