Astronomical Data Center

ADCADC/CDS Standard Document for Catalog:
/journal_tables/A+AS/104/429/

The following is the "ReadMe" document that describes this ADC catalog. You can access the files described here in three ways:

1. Use the ADC Data Viewer Suite to visualize the data. [preview
2. Get the data files via anonymous FTP. (See Note.) [ftp


J/A+AS/104/429    uvby Photometry of G-type dwarfs                  (Olsen 1994)
================================================================================
A large, complete, volume-limited sample of G-type dwarfs.
I. Completion of Stroemgren uvby photometry
     Olsen E.H.
    <Astron. Astrophys. Suppl. Ser. 104, 429 (1994)>
    =1994A&AS..104..429O
================================================================================
ADC_Keywords: Surveys; Stars, G-type; Photometry, uvby
Keywords: Galaxy: evolution - solar neighbourhood - stars: late type -
          star: fundamental parameters - survey: techniques: photometric

Abstract:
    Four-colour photometry of potential dwarf stars of types G0 to K2, selected
    from the Michigan Spectral Catalogues (Vol. 1-3), has been carried out. The
    results are presented in a catalogue containing 4247 uvby observations of
    3900 stars, all south of {delta} = -26deg. The overall internal rms errors
    of one observation (transformed to the standard system) of a program star
    in the interval 8.5 < V < 10.5 are 0.0044, 0.0021, 0.0039, and 0.0059,
    respectively, in V, b-y, m_1_ , and c_1_. The purpose of the catalogue,
    combined with earlier catalogues, is to allow selection of a large,
    complete, volume-limited sample of G- and K-type dwarfs, investigate their
    metallicity distribution, and compare it to predictions of various models
    of galactic chemical evolution. Future papers in this series will discuss
    these subjects.

File Summary:
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 FileName    Lrecl    Records    Explanations
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
ReadMe          80          .    This file
table4         126         60    60 uvby standards, standard system
table6         124       3900    The catalogue
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------


Byte-by-byte Description of file: table4
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
   Bytes Format  Units   Label    Explanations
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
   1-  6  I6     ---     HD       [1/225300]+= HD (Henry Draper) designation
   7- 10  A4     ---     Mult     Identification of visual double star
                                    components included in the diaphragm
  14- 19  F6.3   mag     Vmag     transformed to the standard Johnson V mag.
  22- 26  F5.3   mag     e_Vmag   mean error on V
  31- 36  F6.3   mag     b-y
  39- 43  F5.3   mag     e_(b-y)  mean error on (b-y)
  48- 53  F6.3   mag     m1       = (v-b) - (b-y)
  56- 60  F5.3   mag     e_(m1)   mean error on m1
  65- 70  F6.3   mag     c1       = (u-v) - (v-b)
  73- 77  F5.3   mag     e_(c1)   mean error on c1
  80- 82  I3     ---     w_V      weight of V
  84- 86  I3     ---     w_col    weight of 4-colour indices
  88- 90  I3     ---     NN       Number of nights
  94- 99  F6.3   mag     D(V)     Difference  V(standard) - V(transformed)
 103-108  F6.3   mag     D(b-y)   Difference  (b-y)(st) - (b-y)(tr)
 112-117  F6.3   mag     D(m1)    Difference  m1(st) - m1(tr)
 121-126  F6.3   mag     D(c1)    Difference  c1(st) - c1(tr)
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Byte-by-byte Description of file: table6
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
   Bytes Format  Units   Label    Explanations
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
   1-  6  I6     ---     HD       [1/225300]+=? HD (Henry Draper) designation
                                  NB!: This column may be blank
   7- 10  A4     ---     Mult     Identification of visual double star
                                    components included in the diaphragm
      13  A1     ---     Prog     [KBM*] Program star list
                                  K = G or K-type star (see paper,section 2.1.1)
                                  B = Calibration star (see paper,section 2.1.1)
                                  M = G or K giant (see paper, section 2.1.2)
                                  * = miscellaneous reasons
  17- 27  A11    ---     DM       Durchmusterung identification
                                    (BD, CD or CP in bytes 17-18;
                                     SZZNNNNN on bytes 19-26;
                                     appended letter in byte 27
                                  NB! This column may be blank
  28- 38  A11    ---     ID       Alternative identification
      39  A1     ---     T        [DGCW% ] Transformation group
                                           (see paper!, section 3.4.2)
                                    D = GKV group,
                                    G or C = GKIII group,
                                    % W or blank = BAF group
  44- 49  F6.3   mag     Vmag     transformed to the standard Johnson V mag.
  52- 56  F5.3   mag     e_Vmag   mean error on V
  61- 66  F6.3   mag     b-y      on standard system if byte 39 is D
  69- 73  F5.3   mag     e_(b-y)  mean error on (b-y)
  78- 83  F6.3   mag     m1       on standard system if byte 39 is D
  86- 90  F5.3   mag     e_(m1)   mean error on m1
  95-100  F6.3   mag     c1       on standard system if byte 39 is D
 103-107  F5.3   mag     e_(c1)   mean error on c1
 110-112  I3     ---     w_V      weight of V
 114-116  I3     ---     w_col    weight of 4-colour indices
 118-120  I3     ---     NN       Number of nights
     124  A1     ---     Note     [NDG* ]
                                  N = visual double star not listed in IDS
                                  D = calibration star (see paper,section 2.1.1)
                                  G = G or K giant (see paper, section 2.1.2)
                                  * = individual note (see paper)
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Courtesy: Erik H. Olsen <eho@bro835.astro.ku.dk>
================================================================================
(End)                                  Erik Heyn Olsen       [CDS]   19-Mar-1994

Go to ADC Home Page