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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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