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J/A+AS/128/459      BV photometry of irregular galaxies         (Makarova+ 1998)
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Detailed images and distance measurements for eighteen irregular
galaxies in the Canes Venatici cloud.
       Makarova L., Karanchentsev I., Takalo L.O., Heinamaki P., Valtonen, M.
      <Astron. Astrophys. Suppl. Ser. 128, 457 (1998)>
      =1998A&AS..128..459M      (SIMBAD/NED BibCode)
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ADC_Keywords: Galaxies, photometry
Keywords: galaxies: distances; irregulars; stellar content

Description:
    The tables shows the photometry and colour index for the observed
    galaxy, with the image parameter SHAR. This parameter is a measure of
    the difference between the observed width of the object and the psf
    model.

Objects:
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      RA  (2000)  DE       Designation(s)
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    11 49.0    +23 50      UGC 6782
    12 09.1    +30 54      UGC 7131
    12 19.1    +47 05      UGC 7356
    12 27.1    +37 08      UGC 7559
    12 28.5    +37 13      UGC 7599
    12 28.7    +35 43      UGC 7605
    12 29.9    +47 31      UGC 7639
    12 32.9    +31 32      UGC 7698
    12 37.3    +38 44      UGCA 290
    12 37.3    +83 29      UGCA 292
    12 42.1    +38 30      UGC 7866
    12 47.0    +36 29      UGC 7949
    12 54.0    +27 09      UGC 8024 = NGC 4789A
    12 55.5    +19 13      K 215
    13 39.3    +24 46      UGC 8638
    13 40.0    +40 45      UGC 8651
    13 50.8    +38 00      UGC 8760
    13 54.8    +35 50      UGC 8833
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File Summary:
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  FileName        Lrecl  Records   Explanations
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ReadMe             80        .   This file
tables.dat         49      992  *BV Stellar photometry results
table3.dat         49       11   VI Stellar photometry results (only UGC 7131)
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Note on tables.dat: this table gathers table2, table4 to table19 of the paper
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See also:
  J/A+AS/124/559 : VI photometry of dwarf galaxies (Karanchentsev+ 1997)
  J/A+AS/131/1 : BVI photometry of 5 CVn cloud galaxies (Karachentsev+ 1998)

Byte-by-byte Description of file: tables.dat
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   Bytes Format Units   Label     Explanations
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   1-  8  A8    ---     Gal       Galaxy name
  10- 12  I3    -----   Seq       Star number in the galaxy
  14- 17  I4    pix     Xpos      X coordinate (1)
  19- 22  I4    pix     Ypos      Y coordinate (1)
  24- 28  F5.2  mag     Vmag      V-magnitude
  30- 34  F5.2  mag     B-V       B-V colour index
  36- 39  F4.2  mag   e_Vmag      Error in V magnitude
  41- 44  F4.2  mag   e_B-V       Error in B-V
  46- 49  F4.1  ----    SHAR      Image parameter SHAR
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Note (1): The XY positions were calculated from the SW corner (X,Y=0,0) of the
           image, with +X going to east and +Y to north. This corner is the
           lower-right corner of the image.
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Byte-by-byte Description of file: table3.dat
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   Bytes Format Units   Label     Explanations
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   1-  8  A8    ---     Gal       Galaxy name
  10- 12  I3    -----   Seq       Star number in the galaxy
  14- 17  I4    pix     Xpos      X coordinate (1)
  19- 22  I4    pix     Ypos      Y coordinate (1)
  24- 28  F5.2  mag     Vmag      V-magnitude
  30- 34  F5.2  mag     V-I       V-I colour index
  36- 39  F4.2  mag   e_Vmag      Error in V magnitude
  41- 44  F4.2  mag   e_V-I       Error in V-I
  46- 49  F4.1  ----    SHAR      Image parameter SHAR
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Note (1): The XY positions were calculated from the SW corner (X,Y=0,0) of the
           image, with +X going to east and +Y to north. This corner is the
           lower-right corner of the image.
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Acknowledgements: Leo Takalo <takalo@deneb.astro.utu.fi>
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(End)                                         Patricia Bauer [CDS]   28-Jul-1997

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