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J/A+AS/111/237          OH detections from circumstellar shells (Lewis+, 1995)
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Mainline OH detection rates from blue circumstellar shells
     Lewis B.M., David P., Le Squeren A.M.
    <Astron. Astrophys. Suppl. Ser. 111, 237 (1995)>
    =1995A&AS..111..237L      (SIMBAD/NED Reference)
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ADC_Keywords: Masers ; Stars, radio
Keywords: stars: circumstellar matter - AGB stars - radio lines: stars - masers

Description:
    We identified 240 accessible circumstellar shells with water and/or
    SiO masers, and used the Arecibo and Nancay radio telescopes to search
    for mainline OH emission from them. Our targets are often Mira
    variables without previously known mainline masers. This search
    results in 89 detections, of which 77 are new.


File Summary:
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  FileName      Lrecl  Records   Explanations
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ReadMe             80        .   This file
table1             72      240   Target list for mainline search
table2             69       80   Mainline data for detections
table3             74      452   Full sample of objects with water or SiO masers
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See also:
    V/68 :  catalog of observations for stellar masers (Benson+ 1990)

Byte-by-byte Description of file: table1
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   Bytes Format  Units   Label    Explanations
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   1- 10  A10    ---     IRAS     IRAS (cat. <II/125>) name
  13- 22  A10    ---     Name     Alternative name
  25- 30  F6.1   km/s    Vel      Central search velocity
  34- 36  A3     ---   r_Vel      Reference for velocity (1)
  38- 39  A2     ---     Mainline Mainline status (2)
  41- 42  A2     ---     Water    [DN: ] Water status (2)
  44- 45  A2     ---     SiO      [DN ] SiO status (2)
  47- 48  A2     ---     OH       [DN: ] OH status (mainline plus 1612 MHz) (2)
  50- 51  A2     ---     Observer Observer
  55- 61  F7.4   ---     25-12    []? (25-12) colour (3)
  65- 71  F7.4   ---     60-25    []? (60-25) colour (4)
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Note (1): Velocity References:
     A  Arcetri list: Cesaroni et al A&AS 76, 445  (=1988A&AS...76..445C)
     B  Benson et al.  ApJS,74, 911                (=1990ApJS...74..911B)
     E  Effelsberg unpublished water (Lewis and Engels)
     H  Haystack unpublished water (Lewis 1995)
     Hk Haikala  A&A, 85, 875
     P1 Allen et al., MN 236, 363     (=1989MNRAS.236..363A)
     P2 Hall et al., MN 243, 480      (=1990MNRAS.243..480H)
     P3 Hall et al., MN 247, 549      (=1990MNRAS.247..549H)
     CO Margulis et al., ApJ,361, 673 (=1990ApJ...361..673M)
Note (2): D = detected; N = not detected
     Mainline status other than those originating here:
     s:  Sivagnanam et al. A&A, 206, 285    (=1988A&A...206..285S)
     b:  Benson et al.  ApJS,74, 911        (=1990ApJS...74..911B)
     *:  Norris et al., Aust.Astr.J, 5, 662
     n:  other papers from Nancay
     a:  other papers from Arecibo
Note (3): (25-12) = log10(S(25)*12*0.89 / S(12)*25*1.09) where
   S(25) is the flux at 25um and S(12) is the flux at 12um
Note (4): (60-25) = log10(S(60)*25*0.82 / S(25)*60*0.89) where
   S(60) is the flux at 60um and S(25) is the flux at 25um
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Byte-by-byte Description of file: table2
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   Bytes Format  Units   Label    Explanations
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   1- 10  A10    ---     IRAS     IRAS name
  12- 17  F6.1   km/s    V1667l   []? 1667MHz low velocity peak
  19- 23  F5.1   km/s    V1667h   []? 1667MHz high velocity peak
  25- 29  F5.1   km/s    V1665l   []? 1665MHz low velocity peak
  31- 35  F5.1   km/s    V1665h   []? 1665MHz high velocity peak
  37- 41  I5     mJy     I1667l   []? 1667MHz low peak intensity
  43- 46  I4     mJy     I1667h   []? 1667MHz high peak intensity
  48- 51  I4     mJy     I1665l   []? 1665MHz low peak intensity
  53- 56  I4     mJy     I1665h   []? 1665MHz high peak intensity
  58- 62  I5    mJy.km/s Sint1667 []? integrated 1667 flux
  64- 68  I5    mJy.km/s Sint1665 []? integrated 1665 flux
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Byte-by-byte Description of file: table3
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   Bytes Format  Units   Label    Explanations
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   1- 10  A10    ---     IRAS     IRAS name
      13  A1     ---     Mainline [DN] Mainline status (1)
      15  A1     ---     OH       OH status (main and/or 1612MHz)
  17- 23  F7.4   ---     25-12    (25-12) IR colour (2)
  26- 32  F7.4   ---     60-25    (60-25) IR colour (3)
  35- 41  F7.3   deg     GLAT     Galactic latitude
  43- 50  F8.4   deg     GLON     Galactic longitude
  52- 61  F10.4  Jy      S25      IRAS (cat. <II/125>) 25 micron flux
  64- 65  I2     ---     Sp       LRS spectral class
      68  A1     ---     Water    [DN] Water status (1)
      70  A1     ---     SiO      [DN0] SiO status (1)
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Note (1): D=detected, N=not detected, 0=not available
Note (2): (25-12) = log10(S(25)*12*0.89 / S(12)*25*1.09) where
   S(25) is the flux at 25um and S(12) is the flux at 12um
Note (3): (60-25) = log10(S(60)*25*0.82 / S(25)*60*0.89) where
   S(60) is the flux at 60um and S(25) is the flux at 25um
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(End)                                         Patricia Bauer [CDS]   12-Jan-1995

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