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J/A+AS/115/407     Short WSRT HI observations of spiral galaxies (Rhee+, 1996)
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Short WSRT HI observations of spiral galaxies
      Rhee M.-H., Van Albada T.S.
     <Astron. Astrophys. Suppl. Ser. 115, 407 (1996)>
     =1996A&AS..115..407R      (SIMBAD/NED BibCode)
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ADC_Keywords: Galaxies, radio
Keywords: galaxies: fundamental parameters - galaxies: ISM -
          galaxies: kinematics and dynamics - galaxies: structure -
          galaxies: spiral - radio lines: galaxies

Description:
    We have obtained short HI observations of 60 late type spiral galaxies
    with the Westerbork Synthesis Radio Telescope (WSRT). Several HI
    properties are presented, including the radial surface density
    distribution of HI and a position-velocity map. When possible these
    are compared to those measured from single-dish observations. We
    confirm earlier results that there is no serious systematic difference
    between the WSRT and single-dish observations in total flux and
    linewidths.

File Summary:
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  FileName      Lrecl  Records   Explanations
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ReadMe             80        .   This file
table1             76       60   General properties of the sample galaxies
table2             70       66   Observational parameters
table3             23       60   Parameters of the position-velocity maps
table4             31       60   HI fluxes, masses, diameters and effective
                                 surface densities
table5            213       60   Systemic velocities and HI line profile widths
table6             22       60   Maximum rotation velocities
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Byte-by-byte Description of file: table1
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   Bytes Format Units   Label  Explanations
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   2- 10  A9    ---     Name   Galaxy name
  12- 13  I2    h       RAh    Right ascension of the optical center (1950) (1)
  15- 16  I2    min     RAm    Right ascension of the optical center (1950) (1)
  18- 21  F4.1  s       RAs    Right ascension of the optical center (1950) (1)
  23- 24  I2    deg     DEd    Declination of the optical center (1950) (1)
  26- 27  I2    arcmin  DEm    Declination of the optical center (1950) (1)
  29- 30  I2    arcsec  DEs    Declination of the optical center (1950) (1)
  32- 35  A4    ---     MType  Morphological type (1)
  37- 40  F4.1  Mpc     Dist   Distance to the galaxy (2)
  42- 43  I2    deg     Inclin Inclination (3)
  45- 48  F4.2  mag     AbB    Galactic extinction in the B-band
  50- 53  F4.2  mag     AiB    Internal extinction in the B-band
  55- 58  F4.2  arcmin  D25    Uncorrected blue major-axis isophotal diameter
                                at the 25 mag/arcsec^2 (1)
  60- 63  F4.1  kpc     Dbi25  Corrected  blue major-axis isophotal diameter
  65- 69  F5.2  mag     BTmag  Uncorrected total apparent blue magnitude (1)
  71- 76  F6.2  mag     MBabs  Corrected absolute blue magnitude (4)
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Note (1): Parameters taken from LEDA, Lyon-Meudon Extragalactic Database
Note (2): Calculated from the systemic velocity (column 2 of Table 5),
          corrected for the Virgo-centric flow and H0=75km/s/Mpc
Note (3): Calculated from the axial ratio b/a of the disc:
          cos^2(i)=[(b/a)^2-q_0_^2]/(1-q_0_^2)
Note (4): MBasb= BTmag - AbB - AiB -5log(Dist) -25
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Byte-by-byte Description of file: table2
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   Bytes Format Units   Label     Explanations
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   2- 10  A9    ---     Name      Galaxy name
  12- 13  I2    h       RAh       Right ascension of the optical center (1950)
  15- 16  I2    min     RAm       Right ascension of the optical center (1950)
  18- 19  I2    s       RAs       Right ascension of the optical center (1950)
  21- 22  I2    deg     DEd       Declination of the optical center (1950)
  24- 25  I2    arcmin  DEm       Declination of the optical center (1950)
  27- 28  I2    arcsec  DEs       Declination of the optical center (1950)
  30- 31  I2    d       ObsDay    Day of observation
  33- 34  I2   "month"  ObsMon    Month of observation
  36- 39  I4    yr      ObsYear   Year of observation
  41- 43  F3.1  h       ObsTime   Observation length
  45- 46  I2    m       BasMin    Minimum baseline
  48- 51  I4    m       BasMax    Maximum baseline
  53- 55  I3    deg     Phi       Position angle of the resolution axis
  57- 60  I4    km/s    Vobs      Radial velocity of the central channel
  62- 64  F3.1  MHz     BW        Bandwidth of the observation
  66- 70  F5.2  km/s    DeltaV    Velocity spacing of the channels (1)
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Note (1): The velocity resolution is twice this value
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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-  9  A9    ---       Name      Galaxy name
  11- 12  I2    arcmin    l         Integration length perpendicular to the
                                     resolution axis
  14- 16  I3    deg       Phi       Position angle of the resolution axis
  18- 19  I2    arcsec   Theta      Half power beam width of the integrated
                                     antenna pattern
  21- 23  F3.1  mJy       Noise     Noise level in the position-velocity map
                                     (mJy/beam)
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Byte-by-byte Description of file: table4
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   Bytes Format Units         Label     Explanations
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   1-  9  A9    ---           Name      Galaxy name
  11- 13  I3    Jy.km/s       FHI       Total H I flux integral
  15- 19  F5.2  10+9solMass   MHI       Total H I mass
  21- 23  I3    kpc           DHI       H I isophotal diameter at the level
                                        of 1 solMass/pc^2
  25- 26  I2    kpc           Reff      H I effective radius, enclosing 50%
                                        of the H I mass
  28- 31  F4.1  solMass/pc2   mueff     H I surface density at the H I
                                        effective radius
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Byte-by-byte Description of file: table5
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   Bytes Format Units   Label     Explanations
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   2- 10  A9    ---     Name      Galaxy name
  12- 15  I4    km/s    Vsyst1    Systemic velocity determined from global
                                  profiles with the method 1 (1)
  19- 20  I2    km/s  e_Vsyst1    Error on Systemic velocity
  22- 24  I3    km/s    LW201     H I linewidth determined from method 1 (1),
                                  W20 (2)
  28- 29  I2    km/s  e_LW201     Error on W20 (2)
  32- 34  I3    km/s    LW501     ? H I linewidth determined from method 1 (1),
                                  W50 (2)
  38- 39  I2    km/s  e_LW501     ? Error on W50 (2)
  41- 44  I4    km/s    Vsyst2    Systemic velocity determined from global
                                  profiles with the method 2 (1)
  48- 49  I2    km/s  e_Vsyst2    Error on Systemic velocity
  51- 53  I3    km/s    LW202     H I linewidth determined from method 2 (1),
                                  W20 (2)
  57- 58  I2    km/s  e_LW202     Error on W20 (2)
  60- 62  I3    km/s    LW502     H I linewidth determined from method 2 (1),
                                  W50 (2)
  66- 67  I2    km/s  e_LW502     Error on W50 (2)
  69- 72  I4    km/s    Vsyst3    Systemic velocity determined from global
                                  profiles with the method 3 (1)
  76- 77  I2    km/s  e_Vsyst3    Error on Systemic velocity
  79- 81  I3    km/s    LW203     H I linewidth determined from method 3 (1),
                                  W20 (2)
  85- 86  I2    km/s  e_LW203     Error on W20 (2)
  88- 90  I3    km/s    LW503     H I linewidth determined from method 3 (1),
                                  W50 (2)
  94- 95  I2    km/s  e_LW503     Error on W50 (2)
  97-100  I4    km/s    Vsyst4    Systemic velocity determined from global
                                  profiles with the method 4 (1)
 104-105  I2    km/s  e_Vsyst4    Error on Systemic velocity
 107-109  I3    km/s    LW204     H I linewidth determined from method 4 (1),
                                  W20 (2)
 113-114  I2    km/s  e_LW204     Error on W20 (2)
 117-119  I3    km/s    LW504     H I linewidth determined from method 4 (1),
                                  W50 (2)
 123-124  I2    km/s  e_LW504     Error on W50 (2)
 126-128  I3    km/s    LW201c    H I linewidth determined from method 1 (1),
                                  W20 corrected for instrumental broadening (3)
 136-138  I3    km/s    LW501c    ? H I linewidth determined from method 1 (1),
                                  W50 corrected for instrumental broadening (3)
 155-157  I3    km/s    LW202c    H I linewidth determined from method 2 (1),
                                  W20 corrected for instrumental broadening (3)
 164-166  I3    km/s    LW502c    H I linewidth determined from method 2 (1),
                                  W50 corrected for instrumental broadening (3)
 183-185  I3    km/s    LW203c    H I linewidth determined from method 3 (1),
                                  W20 corrected for instrumental broadening (3)
 192-194  I3    km/s    LW503c    H I linewidth determined from method 3 (1),
                                  W50 corrected for instrumental broadening (3)
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Note (1): The HI profile linewidths are defined as the radial velocity
          differences between the high and low velocity edges, measured
          at the signal levels equal to 20 and 50% of:
           Method 1: the peak flux of the profile (e.g. Tully 1988;
                     Bottinelli et al. 1990)
           Method 2: the peak fluxes in each half of the profile, separately;
           Method 3: the average of the peak fluxes in the two halves of
                     the profile (e.g. Sullivan et al. 1981; Bothun et al. 1985)
           Method 4: the mean flux of the profile (e.g. Haynes and Giovanelli
                     1984; Bicay and Giovanelli 1986)
Note (2): W20 = the 20% level linewidth
          W50 = the 50% level linewidth
Note (3): W_l_ = W_l,obs_ - F_l_(r) = W_l,obs_ + (a x l + b) x r
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Byte-by-byte Description of file: table6
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   Bytes Format Units   Label     Explanations
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   1-  9  A9    ---     Name      Galaxy name
  11- 13  I3    km/s    Vmax.sini Maximum rotation velocity, uncorrected for
                                  inclination
  17- 18  I2    km/s  e_Vmax.sini Error on maximum rotation velocity,
                                  uncorrected for inclination
  20- 22  I3    km/s    Vmax      Maximum rotation velocity, corrected for
                                  inclination
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References:
   Bicay M.D., Giovanelli R., 1986, AJ 91, 705           =1986AJ.....91..705B
   Bothun G.D., Aaronson M., Schommer R., et al., 1985, ApJS 57, 423
                                                         =1985ApJS...57..423B
   Bottinelli L., Gouguenheim L., Fouque P., Paturel G., 1990, A&AS 82, 391
                                                         =1990A&AS...82..391B
   Haynes M.P, Giovanelli R., 1984, AJ 89, 758           =1984AJ.....89..758H
   Sullivan W.T.III., Bothun G.D., Bates B., Schommer R., 1981, AJ 86, 919
   Tully R.B., 1988, Nearby Galaxies Catalog. Cambridge University Press,
    Cambridge (CDS Catalog <VII/145>)
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(End)                                             Simona Mei [CDS]   25-Sep-1995

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