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J/A+A/321/123       Optical variability of QSOs (Cristiani+ 1997)
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The optical variability of QSOs. II. The wavelength dependence
     Cristiani S., Trentini S., La Franca F., Andreani P.
    <Astron. Astrophys. 321, 123 (1997)>
    =1997A&A...321..123C      (SIMBAD/NED BibCode)
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ADC_Keywords: QSOs
Keywords: quasars: general

Description:
    The SA94 variability sample is made up of 149 optically selected
    quasars listed in this table, observed in a rectangular area of
    the sky within the limits 2h 43m 51.2s < RA < 2h 59m 14.3s,
    -2deg 03' 23.8" < DEC < 2deg 32' 11.0" (Epoch 1950.0),
    covering 17.66 sq.deg.

File Summary:
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  FileName   Lrecl  Records   Explanations
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ReadMe          80        .   This file
table1          49      149   List of the QSOs in the SA94
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Byte-by-byte Description of file: table1
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   Bytes Format Units   Label     Explanations
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   1-  2  I2    h       RAh       Right ascension (1950)
   4-  5  I2    min     RAm       Right ascension (1950)
   7- 11  F5.2  s       RAs       Right ascension (1950)
      15  A1    ---     DE-       Declination sign
  16- 16  I1    deg     DEd       Declination (1950)
  18- 19  I2    arcmin  DEm       Declination (1950)
  21- 24  F4.1  arcsec  DEs       Declination (1950)
  27- 31  F5.3  ---     z         Redshift
  34- 38  F5.2  mag     R'        Magnitude R'
  41- 45  F5.2  mag+2   IDX       ? Variability index
      48  A1    ---     Type      See Note (1)
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Note (1): a: Cristiani S., La Franca F., Barbieri C., Clowes R.G., Iovino A.,
               1991MNRAS.250..531C
          b: Barbieri C., Cristiani S., 1986A&AS...63....1B
          c: Veron-Cetty M.P., Veron P., 1993, Catalogue <VII/18>
          d: La Franca F., Cristiani S., Barbieri C., 1992AJ....103.1062L
          e: Cristiani S., Trentini S., La Franca F., Aretxaga I., Andreani P.,
              Vio R., Gemmo A., (Paper I) 1996A&A...306..395C
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Acknowledgements: Stefano Cristiani <cristiani@astrpd.pd.astro.it>
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(End)                     Stefano Cristiani [Universita` di Padova]  16-Oct-1996

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