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J/A+AS/128/309  ubvy-beta photometry of CarOB1 and CarOB2 stars (Kaltcheva 1998)
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Stroemgren and H{beta} photometry of OB stars in the region of the
Carina Spiral Feature
       Kaltcheva N.T.
      <Astron. Astrophys. Suppl. Ser. 128, 309 (1998)>
      =1998A&AS..128..309K      (SIMBAD/NED BibCode)
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ADC_Keywords: Stars, OB ; Photometry, uvby, beta ; Associations, stellar
Keywords: stars: early-type - stars: distances - Galaxy: structure -
          stars: HR diagram

Abstract:
    Stromgren and H{beta} photometry of 130 stars in the Carina section of
    the Milky Way is presented. The color excesses and the distances of
    all stars are obtained. A good agreement is found between the CM and
    HR diagrams and the spatial distribution of these stars.

File Summary:
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  FileName  Lrecl  Records  Explanations
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ReadMe         80        .  This file
table1a.dat    42       50  Stromgren and H{beta} data for 50 stars in
                             Carina OB1 field.
table1b.dat    42       80  Stromgren and H{beta} data for 80 stars in
                             Carina OB2 field.
table2a.dat    79       50  Car OB1 - derived quantities
table2b.dat    79       80  Car OB2 field - derived quantities
table4.dat     78       14  Other stars with Stromgren and H{beta} photometry
                             in the same fields.
table5.dat     66       14  Stars with UBV H{beta} photometry in the same fields
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Byte-by-byte Description of file: table1a.dat table1b.dat
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   Bytes Format Units   Label     Explanations
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   1-  6  I6    ---     HD        HD (Cat. <III/135>) number
   7-  8  A2    ---   m_HD        Multiplicity index on HD
  10- 15  F6.3  mag     Vmag      V magnitude
  17- 22  F6.3  mag     b-y       b-y colour index
  24- 29  F6.3  mag     m1        m1 colour index
  31- 36  F6.3  mag     c1        c1 colour index
  38- 42  F5.3  mag     beta      H{beta} colour index
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Byte-by-byte Description of file: table2a.dat table2b.dat
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   Bytes Format Units   Label     Explanations
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   1-  6  I6    ---     HD        HD number
   7-  8  A2    ---     m_HD      Multiplicity index on HD
  10- 21  A12   ---     SpType    MK type, remark
  24- 29  F6.3  mag     (b-y)0    Derredened b-y colour
  32- 36  F5.3  mag     m0        Derredened m0 colour index
  38- 43  F6.3  mag     c0        Derredened c0 colour index
  46- 50  F5.3  mag     E(b-y)    Interstellar extinction
  53- 57  F5.3  mag     V0        Derredened V magnitude
  60- 65  F6.3  mag     Mv        ? Absolute V magnitude
      66  A1    ---   u_Mv        Uncertainty flag on Mv
  68- 72  F5.2  mag     V0-Mv     ? Distance modulus
      73  A1    ---   u_V0-Mv     Uncertainty flag on V0-Mv
  75- 78  I4    pc      r         ? Distance
      79  A1    ---   u_r         Uncertainty flag on r
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Byte-by-byte Description of file: table4.dat
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   Bytes Format Units   Label     Explanations
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   1-  6  I6    ---     HD        Hd number
   8- 13  A6    ---     Field     Field (CarOB1 or Car OB2)
  15- 22  A8    ---     SpType    MK type
  25- 27  A3    ---     Ref       Reference (1)
  29- 34  F6.3  mag     (b-y)0    Deredenned b-y colour
  36- 40  F5.3  mag     m0        Deredenned m1 colour
  42- 47  F6.3  mag     c0        Deredenned c1 colour
  49- 53  F5.3  mag     E(b-y)    Interstellar extinction
  55- 59  F5.3  mag     V0        Deredenned V magnitude
  61- 66  F6.3  mag     Mv        Absolute V magnitude
  68- 73  F6.3  mag     V0-Mv     Distance modulus
  75- 78  I4    pc      r         Distance
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Note (1): K&W: Kilkenny D. & Whittet D., 1985MNRAS.216..127K
            Z: Zhang E.-Ho., 1983AJ.....88..825Z
          G&O: Gray & Olsen E., 1991A&AS...87..541G
            K: Knude J. 1992, Cat. <J/A+AS/92/841>
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Byte-by-byte Description of file: table5.dat
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   Bytes Format Units   Label     Explanations
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   1-  6  I6    ---     HD        HD name
   8- 13  A6    ---     Field     Fields (CarOB1 or CarOB2)
  15- 20  F6.3  mag     Vmag      V magnitude
  22- 26  F5.3  mag     beta      ? H{beta} colour index
  28- 34  A7    ---     SpType    MK spectral classification
  36- 41  F6.3  mag     B-V       ? B-V colour index
  43- 48  F6.3  mag     Mv        ? Absolute V magnitude
      49  A1    ---   u_Mv        Uncertainty flag on Mv
  51- 55  F5.3  mag     E(b-y)    ? Interstellar extinction
  57- 61  F5.2  mag     V0-Mv     ? Distance modulus
  63- 66  I4    pc      r         ? Distance
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Acknowledgements: Nadia Kaltcheva <matey@csd.uwm.edu>
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(End)                                         Patricia Bauer [CDS]   21-Oct-1997

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