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VII/169     Optical Identifications of IRAS Point Sources (Wang+ 1986,87,91)
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The identifications of IRAS point sources - I. A 304 deg^2 field
centred on the South Galactic Pole
    Wolstencroft R.D., Savage A., Clowes R.G., MacGillivray H.T.,
    Leggett S.K., Kalafi M.
    <Mon. Not. R. Astron. Soc. 223, 279 (1986)>
    =1986MNRAS.223..279W
An infrared-optical study of IRAS point sources in the Virgo region
    Leggett S.K., Clowes R.G., Kalafi M., MacGillivray H.T., Puxley P.J.,
    Savage A., Wolstencroft R.D.
    <Mon. Not. R. Astron. Soc. 227, 563 (1987)>
    =1987MNRAS.227..563L
Optical Identifications of IRAS Point Sources
    Wang G., Clowes R.G., Leggett S.K., MacGillivray H.T., Savage A.
    <MNRAS, 248, 112 (1991)>
    =1991MNRAS.248..112W
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ADC_Keywords: Clusters, galaxy ; Galactic pole, south

Description:
   Optical identifications are given of IRAS point sources: 312 sources in
   a 304 square deg area centred on the South Galactic Pole, of which 148 are
   identified with stars, 154 with galaxies and 10 are unidentified down
   to 21st magnitude; 206 point sources in a 113 square deg area centred on
   the Virgo cluster, of which 54 are identified with stars, 113 with
   optically bright (B_J<16) galaxies, 32 with faint galaxies, and 7 are
   apparently empty fields; (66, 114, 61) sources in the regions of
   (Fornax, Hydra I, Coma) cluster of galaxies, of which (35, 48, 18) are
   identified with stars, (43, 58, 41) with galaxies.

File Summary:
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 FileName      Lrecl     Records      Explanations
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ReadMe            80           .      this file
sgp.dat          140         312      optical identifications in the
                                        South Galactic Pole region
virgo.dat        130         206      optical identifications in the
                                        Virgo cluster region
fohycom.dat      118         241      optical identifications in the
                                        Fornax, Hydra I, Coma cluster regions
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Byte-by-byte Description of file: sgp.dat
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   Bytes  Format  Units    Label    Explanations
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   1- 10   A10    ---      IRAS     [ 0-9-]! IRAS name by IAU format
  13- 14   I2     h        RAh      IRAS right ascension (hours)   (B1950)
  16- 17   I2     min      RAm      IRAS right ascension (minutes)
  19- 22   F4.1   s        RAs      IRAS right ascension (seconds)
      24   A1     ---      DE-      [-]! declination sign
  25- 26   I2     deg      DEd      IRAS declination (degrees)     (B1950)
  28- 29   I2     arcmin   DEm      IRAS declination (minutes)
  31- 32   I2     arcsec   DEs      IRAS declination (seconds)
  34- 36   I3     arcsec   SMAJ     IRAS position uncertainty semi-major axis (1)
  38- 39   I2     arcsec   SMIN     semi-minor axis of above (1)
  41- 42   I2     deg      THETA    [0,180[ orientation of SMAJ, east of
                                         equatorial north (1)
  44- 52   F9.4   Jy       F12      [0,] IRAS flux density at 12micron (1)
      53   A1     ---      l_F12    [L] upper limit flag of F12
  54- 62   F9.4   Jy       F25      [0,] IRAS flux density at 25micron (1)
      63   A1     ---      l_F25    [L] upper limit flag of F25
  64- 72   F9.4   Jy       F60      [0,] IRAS flux density at 60micron (1)
      73   A1     ---      l_F60    [L] upper limit flag of F60
  74- 82   F9.4   Jy       F100     [0,] IRAS flux density at 100micron (1)
      83   A1     ---      l_F100   [L] upper limit flag of F100
  85- 95   A11    ---      ANAME    association name in IRAS (1) (2)
  96- 98   I3     arcsec   OFF_RA   ? offset (optical - IRAS) for east of RA
 100-102   I3     arcsec   OFF_DE   ? offset (optical - IRAS) for north of DE
 105-114   A10    ---      TYPE     ! morphological type for galaxy, or
                                        spectral class for star (3)
 115-119   F5.2   mag      BJmag    ? for galaxy, B_J magnitude integrated
                                       above the 25 mag of COSMOS isophoto,
                                       for star, V magnitude (3)
     120   A1     ---      f1_BJcos [(] flag for COBJ (not explained in paper)
 121-125   F5.2   mag      BJcos    ? B_J magnitude measured by COSMOS
     126   A1     ---      f2_BJcos [)] flag for COBJ (not explained in paper)
 128-140   A13    ---      NOTES    additional notes (4)
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Note (1): See IRAS Point Source Catalog.
Note (2): See IRAS Explanatory Supplement V.H.9.
Note (3): Spectral class and magnitude of the star is taken from SAO or
      Bright Star Catalogues.
Note (4): For abbreviations, see paper p293. 'R' denotes extra remarks on
      individual sources at the end of the Table in the paper.

Byte-by-byte Description of file: virgo.dat
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   Bytes  Format    Units  Label    Explanations
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   1- 10   A10      ---    IRAS     [ 0-9+]! IRAS name by IAU format
      12   A1       ---    b1_RADE  [(] open bracket for IRAS position (1)
  13- 14   I2       h      RAh      += COSMOS right ascension (h) (B1950) (1)
  15- 16   I2       min    RAm      COSMOS right ascension (minutes) (1)
  17- 19   I3       0.1s   RAs1     [0,600[ COSMOS right ascension (0.1s) (1)
      20   A1       ---    DE-      [ ] declination sign (1)
  21- 22   I2       deg    DEd      COSMOS declination (degrees)   (B1950) (1)
  23- 24   I2       arcmin DEm      COSMOS declination (minutes) (1)
  25- 26   I2       arcsec DEs      COSMOS declination (seconds) (1)
      27   A1       ---    b2_RADE  [)] close bracket for IRAS position (1)
  28- 30   I3       arcsec OFF_RA   ? offset (optical - IRAS) for RA
  32- 34   I3       arcsec OFF_DE   ? offset (optical - IRAS) for DE
  36- 48   A13      ---    NAME     name of optical source
  50- 59   A10      ---    TYPE     ! morphological classification: galaxies
                                      by eye following de Vaucouleurs (1959);
                                      stars from (2)
  61- 62   I2       ---    TCODE    [1,14] type code, see p569 of the paper
  65- 69   F5.2     mag    BJmag    ? for galaxy, B_J magnitude either from
                                      catalogues or estimated off the plate
                                      above the 25 mag of COSMOS isophoto;
                                      for star, V magnitude (2)
  71- 75   F5.2     mag    BJcos    ? B_J magnitude measured by COSMOS
  77- 81   F5.2     Jy     F12      [0,] IRAS flux density at 12micron (3)
      82   A1       ---    l_F12    [L:] quality flag of F12  (4)
  84- 88   F5.2     Jy     F25      [0,] IRAS flux density at 25micron (3)
      89   A1       ---    l_F25    [L:] quality flag of F25  (4)
  91- 95   F5.2     Jy     F60      [0,] IRAS flux density at 60micron (3)
      96   A1       ---    l_F60    [L:] quality flag of F60  (4)
  98-102   F5.2     Jy     F100     [0,] IRAS flux density at 100micron (3)
     103   A1       ---    l_F100   [L:] quality flag of F100  (4)
 105-109   F5.2     ---    logIROP  ? log. of ratio of far-IR luminosity to
                                      optical luminosity (5)
 111-114   F4.1     ---    logFIR   ? log. of far-IR luminosity in units of
                                      solar lum. for those galaxies with
                                      measured redshifts and better than
                                      upper limit detections at both
                                      60 and 100microns
 116-130   A15      ---    NOTES    notes of flags given in IRAS Point Source
                                      Catalogue, and for further remarks (6)
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Note (1): For empty fields the IRAS position is given in brackets.
Note (2): Spectral class and magnitude of the star is taken from SAO or
      The Bright Star Catalogues. For the few uncatalogued stars,
      B magnitude is estimated from the diffraction spike length on the
      plate.
Note (3): Not color corrected.
Note (4): 'L' denotes values that are upper limits only,
      ':' denotes moderate quality fluxes.
Note (5): Ratios are given for those galaxies with better than upper limit
      detections at both 60 and 100microns, and that have COSMOS
      B-magnitudes.
Note (6): For abbreviations, see paper p569. 'R' denotes extra remarks on
      individual sources at the end of the Table in the paper, p569.

Byte-by-byte Description of file: fohycom.dat
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   Bytes  Format    Units    Label    Explanations
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   1- 10   A10      ---      IRAS     [ 0-9x+-]! IRAS name by IAU format (in
                                         Coma part, "x1247+257" is written once)
  12- 13   I2       h        RAh      += COSMOS right ascension (h) (B1950) (1)
  14- 15   I2       min      RAm      COSMOS right ascension (minutes) (1)
  16- 18   I3       0.1s     RAs1     [0,600[ COSMOS right ascension (0.1s) (1)
      20   A1       ---      DE-      [-+]! declination sign (1)
  21- 22   I2       deg      DEd      COSMOS declination (degrees)   (B1950) (1)
  23- 24   I2       arcmin   DEm      COSMOS declination (minutes) (1)
  25- 26   I2       arcsec   DEs      COSMOS declination (seconds) (1)
  28- 30   I3       arcsec   OFF_RA   ? offset (optical - IRAS) for RA
  32- 34   I3       arcsec   OFF_DE   ? offset (optical - IRAS) for DE
  37- 41   F5.2     Jy       F12      [0,] IRAS flux density at 12micron
      42   A1       ---      l_F12    [L:] quality flag of F12  (2)
  44- 48   F5.2     Jy       F25      [0,] IRAS flux density at 25micron
      49   A1       ---      l_F25    [L:] quality flag of F25  (2)
  51- 55   F5.2     Jy       F60      [0,] IRAS flux density at 60micron
      56   A1       ---      l_F60    [L:] quality flag of F60  (2)
  57- 62   F6.2     Jy       F100     [0,] IRAS flux density at 100micron
      63   A1       ---      l_F100   [L:] quality flag of F100  (2)
  65- 72   A8       ---      TYPE     ! for galaxy, morphological
                                        classification followed de Vaucouleurs
                                        (1959);
                                        for star, spectral classification
  74- 75   I2       ---      TCODE    [1-14] type code, see p113R of the paper
  77- 81   F5.2     mag      BJmag     ? for galaxy, COSMOS B_J magnitude;
                                        for star, B magnitude (see paper p113R)
      82   A1       ---      q_BJmag  [e] 'e' denotes that B magnitude for
                                        star is estimated from the catalogued
                                        V and the B-V (see paper p113R)
  84- 88   F5.2     mag      Bmag_cat   ? catalogue magnitude:
                                       for galaxy, the catalogued B, or B_J
                                        estimated from plates by comparing
                                        the images with known mag.;
                                       for star, catalogued (Bright Star or SAO)
                                        V magnitude
  90-100   A11      ---      NAME     name in optical catalogue, such as NGC,
                                        ESO, SAO, BS, etc.
 102-118   A17      ---      NOTES    notes of flags given in IRAS Point Source
                                        Catalogue, and for further remarks (3)
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Note (1): COSMOS positions are measured from UKST plates (see paper
      p113L). For some objects on the edges of plates, catalogue positions
      are given. For empty fields the IRAS Point Source Cat. position is
      given.
Note (2): 'L' denotes values that are upper limits only,
          ':' denotes moderate quality fluxes.
Note (3): For abbreviations, see paper p113R. 'R' denotes extra remarks on
      individual sources at the end of the Table in the paper, p117.

Historical Notes:
   The catalogue was provided by courtesy of S.K. Leggett to H. Andernach;
   it was numbered A120 in H. Andernach's "List of Astronomical Catalogues
   and Documents kindly provided on request by various authors"
   13-Feb-1994: First archived. Intro file by Koichi Nakajima [CDS] 27-Sep-1993 
   The file "sgpi.dat" has been rearranged with shifting columns, in order
   to place the decimal points in the same column.
   Updated ReadMe document and filenames 12-May-1997 by Paul Kuin [ADC]

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(End)                  N. Paul Kuin  (ADC) 12-May-1997

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