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VII/196             Shakhbazian compact groups of galaxies    (Stoll+ 1993-97)
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Photometry of Shakhbazyan Groups  I-VIII
     Stoll D., Tiersch H., Braun M., Cordis L.
    <Astron. Nachr. 314, 225; 314, 317; 315, 11, 311, 97; 317, 239;
     317, 315; 317 383; 318, 7; 318, 89; 318, 149 (1993-1997)>
    =1993AN....314..225S
    =1993AN....314..317S
    =1994AN....315...11S
    =1994AN....315...97S
    =1996AN....317..239S
    =1996AN....317..315S
    =1996AN....317..383S
    =1997AN....318....7S
    =1997AN....318...89S
    =1997AN....318..149S
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ADC_Keywords: Clusters, galaxy ; Galaxies, photometry
Keywords: galaxies - galaxy groups - Shakhbazian groups

Description:
    The largest survey of compact galaxy groups was published by
    Shakhbazian et al. (see cat. <VII/89>). This catalogue provides
    accurate positions of individual galaxies in the groups; photometrical
    properties of the Southern sky (delta not greater than +2{deg}30') are
    evaluated on the basis of the COSMOS/UKST catalog of the Southern sky.

    The catalogue contains 373 groups; this number differs from the
    number in Shakhbazian's list (377 groups) by the following:
    => No data for groups
       001 (there were already published data by other authors),
       206 (could not be re-identified)
       241 (could not be re-identified)
       252 (is identical with 214),
       301 (could not be re-identified)
       353 (could not be re-identified)
    => Group 328 was published twice (in North and South)
    => Group 340 was divided in two parts (340 and 340a), according
       to Bettoni and Fasano ([BF95]=1995AJ....109...32B)


File Summary:
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 FileName     Lrecl   Records    Explanations
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ReadMe          80          .    This file
north.dat      112       2574    Northern part (from POSS)
south.dat       70      10746    Southern part (from COSMOS/UKST)
notes.dat       80         40    Individual notes on south.dat
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See also:
   VII/89 : Compact groups of compact galaxies (Shakhbazian+ 1973-1979)

Byte-by-byte Description of file: north.dat
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   Bytes Format Units   Label     Explanations
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   1-  3  I3    ---     Shk       Group name (Shakhbazian+, Cat. <VII/89>) (1)
       4  A1    ---   m_Shk       [a] Group 340 divided in 2 parts
   6-  7  I2    ---     Object    Object number within group
   9- 10  I2    h       RAh       Right ascension (J2000)
  12- 13  I2    min     RAm       Right ascension (J2000)
  15- 18  F4.1  s       RAs       Right ascension (J2000)
      20  A1    ---     DE-       Declination sign
  21- 22  I2    deg     DEd       Declination (J2000)
  24- 25  I2    arcmin  DEm       Declination (J2000)
  27- 28  I2    arcsec  DEs       Declination (J2000)
      29  A1    ---   n_DEs       [?H] Origin of positions (2)
      30  A1    ---     Star      [S] S: object probably a star
  32- 36  F5.2  mag     Vmag      ? V magnitude
  38- 42  F5.2  mag     Rmag      ? R magnitude
  44- 48  I5    km/s    RV        ? Radial velocity
  50- 55  F6.4  ---     z         ? Redshift (3)
  57-112  A56   ---     Note      Other name or remark
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Note (1): Individual Notes on the groups:
    003 = VV 153 = MCG +09-19-19a
    005 = HGC 050
    006 = A 1218
    016 = I Zw 167, ARP 330
    019 = VV 678, MCG +03-34-039
    026 = A 1143
    038 = III Zw 022
    040 = A 0193
    053 = A 1050
    054 = A 1067
    065 = A 1284
    078 : probably stars
    166 = UGC 10638, part of A 2247
    191 = A 1097
    219 = A 1984
    233 = A 1082?
    360 = A 2113
    361 = A 2524
    362 = III Zw 108
Note (2): In general the coordinates of the groups were calculated
     from DSS.  The 'H' indicates positions adopted from the Hamburg
     Quasar Survey, and the question mark (?) indicates an inaccurate
     position (a note generally follows)
Note (3): when only the velocity was given in the paper, the redshift
     was computed with  z = V / 299792
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Byte-by-byte Description of file: south.dat
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   Bytes Format Units   Label     Explanations
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   1-  3  I3    ---     Shk       Group name (Shakhbazian+, Cat. <VII/89>)
   5-  6  A2    ---     Object    Object designation within group
       7  A1    ---   m_Object    [ab] Multiplicity index on Object
   9- 10  I2    h       RAh       Right ascension (2000)
  12- 13  I2    min     RAm       Right ascension (2000)
  15- 18  F4.1  s       RAs       Right ascension (2000)
      20  A1    ---     DE-       Declination sign
  21- 22  I2    deg     DEd       Declination (2000)
  24- 25  I2    arcmin  DEm       Declination (2000)
  27- 28  I2    arcsec  DEs       Declination (2000)
  30- 35  F6.4  arcmin  a         Semi-major axis
  37- 40  F4.2  ---     e         Ellipticity (1-b/a) of the object
  42- 44  I3    deg     PA        ?=999 Position angle (East to North)
  46- 50  F5.2  mag     bjg       Photographic b_jg_ magnitude if the object
                                   is a galaxy
  52- 56  F5.2  mag     bjs       Photographic b_js_ magnitude if the object
                                   is a star
  58- 62  I5    pix     Area      Number of pixels within the image
      64  A1    ---     Class     [SGF] Star/Galaxy/Faint (not classifiable)
  66- 70  A5    ---     Notes     Individual notes detailed in file "notes.dat"
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Byte-by-byte Description of file: notes.dat
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   Bytes Format Units   Label     Explanations
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   2-  3  I2    ---     NoteNo    Note number, repeated for continuation lines
   5- 80  A76   ---     Text      Text of note
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Acknowledgements: Detlef Stoll <dstoll@aip.de>
    The catalogue was also numbered a177 in H. Andernach's list
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(End)                                     Francois Ochsenbein [CDS]  05-Oct-1998

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