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J/AJ/102/395    BVR photoelectric sequences in the PSS        (Humphreys+, 1991)
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BVR photoelectric sequences for selected fields in the Palomar Sky Survey and
the magnitude-diameter relation
       Humphreys R.M., Landau R., Ghigo F.D., Zumach W., Labonte A.E.
      <Astron. J. 102, 395 (1991)>
      =1991AJ....102..395H      (SIMBAD/NED Reference)
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ADC_Keywords: Plate areas; Photometry

Description:
   BVR photoelectric photometry and positions are reported for 437 stars in 49
   Palomar Sky Survey fields. A relation is derived between the Johnson BVR
   photometry and the E and O photographic magnitudes on the Palomar plates.
   The BVR photometry, the E and O magnitudes, and the 1950 positions are
   presented in the accompanying catalog.

File Summary:
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  FileName      Lrecl  Records   Explanations
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ReadMe             80        .   This file
table4            102      437   Catalog of BVR photometric sequences
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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-  6  A6     ---     Star     The Sky Survey field number and number of the
                                  star within the field (1)
   9- 13  F5.2   mag     Vmag     V magnitude
  15- 18  F4.2   mag   e_Vmag     Error on V mag
  20- 24  F5.2   mag     B-V      []? B-V colour index
  26- 29  F4.2   mag   e_B-V      []? Error on B-V colour index
  31- 35  F5.2   mag     V-R      V-R colour index
  37- 40  F4.2   mag   e_V-R      Error on V-R colour index
  42- 43  I2     ---     Nobs     Number of observations
  45- 49  F5.2   mag     Emag     Derived E magnitude on the POSS (Palomar
                                  Observatory Sky Survey) as explained in
                                  the paper
  51- 54  F4.2   mag   e_Emag     Error on E magnitude
  56- 60  F5.2   mag     Omag     []? Derived O magnitude on the POSS as
                                  explained in the paper
  62- 65  F4.2   mag   e_Omag     []? Error on O magnitude
  68- 69  I2     h       RAh      Right ascension (1950)
  71- 72  I2     min     RAm      Right ascension (1950)
  74- 77  F4.1   s       RAs      Right ascension (1950)
      79  A1     ---     DE-      Declination sign
  80- 81  I2     deg     DEd      Declination (1950)
  83- 84  I2     arcmin  DEm      Declination (1950)
  86- 87  I2     arcsec  DEs      Declination (1950)
  89- 94  F6.3 arcsec/yr pmRA     []? Proper motion in right ascension
  96-101  F6.3 arcsec/yr pmDE     []? Proper motion in declination
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Note (1): The finding chart for each object is identified by the same sequence
          number
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Historical Notes: Keypunched at CDS
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(End)                         Marie-Jose Wagner, Simona Mei [CDS]    21-Apr-1995

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