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J/A+A/241/551      Radio continuum in Cygnus X region   (Wendker+ 1991)
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The Cygnus X region. XVIII. A detailed investigation of radio continuum
structure on large and small scales
     Wendker H.J., Higgs L.A., Landecker T.L.
    <Astron. Astrophys. 241, 551 (1991)>
    =1991A&A...241..551W
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ADC_Keywords: Radio sources ; Supernova remnants
Keywords: survey - Cygnus X - radiosources - supernova remnants - HII regions

Description:
    The Cygnus X region has been observed at 408 and 1420 MHz with the
    Dominion Radio Astrophysical Observatory (DRAO), with an angular
    resolution of 3.5x5.2 and 1.0x1.5 arcmin.

File Summary:
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 FileName    Lrecl    Records    Explanations
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ReadMe          80          .    This file
table2.dat      94        109    Small-diameter radio sources at 408 MHz
table3.dat      93         50    Small-diameter radio sources at 1420 MHz
table4.dat     100         47    Small-diameter radio sources at 4800 MHz
table5.dat      81         44    Derived source properties
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See also:
    VIII/55 : DRAO Penticton P-survey Database (Caswell+, 1983-1987)
    J/MNRAS/246/169 : 14P and 15P sources
    J/A+AS/77/31    : 20P and 21P sources
    J/A+AS/115/345  : 32P and 33P sources
    J/MNRAS/274/324 : 51P, 52P, 53P and 54P sources
    J/MNRAS/301/203 : 67P, 68P, 69P and 70P sources

Byte-per-byte Description of file: table2.dat table3.dat table4.dat
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   Bytes Format  Units   Label    Explanations
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   1-  8  A8     ---     Name     Designation (The sources are designated as
                                  18P(408 MHz), 19P(1420MHz) and ECX6(4800 MHz)
  11- 12  I2     h       RAh      Right ascension 1950
  15- 16  I2     min     RAm      Right ascension 1950
  19- 22  F4.1   s       RAs      Right ascension 1950
  27- 29  F3.1   s     e_RAs      ? rms uncertainty on right ascension
      32  A1     ---     DE-      Declination sign
  33- 34  I2     deg     DEd      Declination 1950
  37- 38  I2     arcmin  DEm      Declination 1950
  41- 42  I2     arcsec  DEs      Declination 1950
  45- 46  I2     arcsec  e_DEs    ? rms uncertainty on declination
  53- 57  I5     mJy     Si       Integrated flux density
  60- 63  I4     mJy   e_Si       ? rms uncertainty on flux density.
                                   If no value is given, the published table
                                   mentions (centroid)
  66- 70  I5     mJy     Sp       ? Peak flux. If no value is given, the
                                   published table mentions (integrated)
  75- 77  I3     mJy   e_Sp       ? rms uncertainty on peak flux
  79- 82  F4.1   arcmin  MajAxis  ? Size along major axis
  86- 88  F3.1   arcmin  MinAxis  ? Size along minor axis
  91- 93  I3     deg     PA       ]-90,180[? Position angle
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Byte-per-byte Description of file: table5.dat
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   Bytes Format  Units   Label    Explanations
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   2-  5  A4     ---     18P      18P denomination of the source
   8-  9  I2     ---     19P      ? 19P denomination of the source
  13- 15  A3     ---     ECX6     ECX6 denomination of the source
  21- 25  F5.2   ---     Sp-Index Spectral index 408/4800 MHz
  28- 29  A2     ---     Th       Thermal (Th) or non-thermal (NT) source
      34  A1     ---     Ext      Extended (E) source
      39  A1     ---     Res      Resolution effects (R)
  48- 87  A40    ---     Remarks  Remarks
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History: keypunched at CDS
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(End)                          James Marcout, Patricia Bauer [CDS]   22-Apr-1994

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