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J/AJ/108/2128       RC3 corrections and additions (Corwin+ 1994)
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Corrections and additions to the Third Reference Catalogue of Bright Galaxies .
       Corwin H.G.Jr, Buta R.J., de Vaucouleurs G.
      <Astron. J. 108, 2128 (1994)>
      =1994AJ....108.2128C      (SIMBAD/NED BibCode)
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ADC_Keywords: Galaxy catalogs

Abstract:
    Lists of corrections and additions to the Third Reference Catalogue of
    Bright Galaxies (RC3, Cat. <VII/155>) are given. The corrected version
    of the catalogue (RC3.9b), dated April 1994, is currently available
    through the national data centers.

File Summary:
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  FileName    Lrecl  Records   Explanations
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ReadMe           80        .   This file
table2.dat        7      345   Miscellaneous errata in Volumes I and II
table3.dat      264       14   Unresolved redshift discrepancies.
table4.dat       79       41   Precise positions of double and multiple galaxies
table5.dat       79      306   Corrected or improved positions of miscellaneous
                                galaxies
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See also:
  VII/155 : Third Reference Cat. of Bright Galaxies (RC3) (de Vaucouleurs+ 1991)

Byte-by-byte Description of file: table2.dat
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   Bytes Format Units   Label     Explanations
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   1-  5  I5    ---     PGC       PGC (Cat. <VII/119>) number
   6-  7  A2    ---   m_PGC       Second PGC
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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-  5  I5    ---     PGC       PGC (Cat. <VII/119>) number
   7- 17  A11   ---     Name      Name
  19- 23  I5    km/s    HRV21cm   ? 21 cm RC3 heliocentric radial velocity
  26- 30  I5    km/s    HRVopt    ? Optical RC3 heliocentric radial velocity
  33- 37  I5    km/s    HRVNED    ? NED heliocentric radial velocity
  40-264  A225  ---     Com       Comments
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Byte-by-byte Description of file: table4.dat table5.dat
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   Bytes Format Units   Label     Explanations
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   1-  5  I5    ---     PGC       ? PGC (Cat. <VII/119>) number
       6  A1    ---   m_PGC       Multiplicity index on PGC
   8- 20  A13   ---     Name      Name
  22- 23  I2    h       RAh       Right ascension (2000)
  25- 26  I2    min     RAm       Right ascension (2000)
  28- 32  F5.2  s       RAs       Right ascension (2000)
      35  A1    ---     DE-       Declination sign
  36- 37  I2    deg     DEd       Declination (2000)
  39- 40  I2    arcmin  DEm       Declination (2000)
  42- 45  F4.1  arcsec  DEs       Declination (2000)
      46  A1    ---   u_DEs       Uncertainty flag on DEs (1)
  48- 49  I2    h       RA1950h   Right ascension (1950)
  51- 52  I2    min     RA1950m   Right ascension (1950)
  54- 58  F5.2  s       RA1950s   Right ascension (1950)
      60  A1    ---     DE1950-   Declination sign
  61- 62  I2    deg     DE1950d   Declination (1950)
  64- 65  I2    arcmin  DE1950m   Declination (1950)
  67- 70  F4.1  arcsec  DE1950s   Declination (1950)
      71  A1    ---   u_DE1950s   Uncertainty flag on DE1950s (1)
  73- 79  A7    ---     Source    Source (2)
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Note (1): For source with declination in degrees and decimal arcminutes, the
           declination has been transformed in degrees, arcminutes, arcseconds,
           followed by a colon.
Note (2): Sources for positions in Tables 4 and 5:
   Big    : Bigourdan (1919, observations de nebuleuses et d'amas stellaires -
                         Gauthier-Villars, Paris)
   Bologna: Unpublished, but see Vettolani et al. (1986A&AS...64..247V)
   BAS    : Skiff (1993, priv. comm.) or ESGC (Corwin and Skiff, in prep.)
   BO     : Butcher and Oemler (1985ApJS...57..665B)
   CE     : Corwin and Emerson (1982MNRAS.200..621C)
   DC     : Dressel and Condon (1976ApJS...31..187D)
   EDC    : Clements (1981MNRAS.197..829C)
   ESO    : Lauberts (1982, Cat. <VII/34>)
   ESO-LV : Lauberts and Valentijn (1989, Cat. <VII/115>)
   FGH    : Freudling, Giovanelli, and Haynes (1988AJ.....96.1791F)
   Gavazzi: Gavazzi (1987ApJ...320...96G)
   GH     : Gallouet and Heidmann (1971A&AS....3..325G)
   GHD1   : Gallouet, Heidmann, and Dampierre (1973A&AS...12...89G)
   GSC    : Russell et al (1990, Cat. <I/220>)
   HC     : Corwin (1980MNRAS.191....1C), or unpublished measurements on
             PSS prints or SERC films w.r.t. SAO or GSC stars.
   HKA    : Hickson, Kindl, and Auman (1989ApJS...70..687H)
   HKAm   : ibid, mean value for entire group
   IRAS   : IRAS Point Source Catalog (1988, Cat. <II/125>)
   KEBA   : Kojoian, Elliott, Bicay, and Arakelian (1981AJ.....86..820K)
   KEB1   : Kojoian, Elliott, and Bicay (1981AJ.....86..816K)
   KEB2   : Kajoian, Elliott, and Bicay (1982AJ.....87.1364K)
   KET1   : Kojoian, Elliott, and Tovmassian (1978AJ.....83.1545K)
   KET2   : Kojoian, Elliott, and Tovmassian (1981AJ.....86..811K)
   KOS    : Kirshner, Oemler, and Schechter (1978, Cat. <J/AJ/83/1549>)
   MFG    : Marconi, Focardi, and Greggio (1990ApJ...360L..39M)
   MQ84   : Melnick and Quintana (1984AJ.....89.1288M)
   RC2    : de Vaucouleurs, de Vaucouleurs, and Corwin (1976, Cat. <VII/112>)
   RGO    : Royal Greenwich Observatory (1911MNRAS..71..509R)
   SDMA   : Spinrad, Djorgovski, Marr, and Aguilar (1985, <J/PASP/97/932>)
   SDP    : Peterson (1973AJ.....78..811P)
   SGC    : Corwin, de Vaucouleurs, and de Vaucouleurs (1985, Cat. <VII/116>)
   SMBBF  : Slezak, Mars, Bijaoui, Balkowski & Fontanelli (1988, Cat. <VII/159>)
   SMH    : Spellman, Madore, and Helou (1989PASP..101..360S)
   STMW   : Schneider, Thuan, Magri, and Wadiak (1990ApJS...72..245S)
   TM1    : Takase and Miysuchi-Isobe (1984, Cat. <VII/150>)
   TM2    : Takase and Miyauchi-Isobe (1985, Cat. <VII/150>)
   TM3    : Takase and Miysuchi-Isobe (1985, Cat. <VII/150>)
   TM5    : Takase and Miyauchi-Isobe (1986, Cat. <VII/150>)
   TM6    : Takase and Miyauchi-Isobe (1987, Cat. <VII/150>)
   TM9    : Takase and Miyauchi-Isobe (1989PNAOJ...1...11T)
   TS     : Thuan and Seitzer (1979ApJ...231..327T)
   VCC    : Bingelli, Sandage, and Tammann (1985AJ.....90.1681B)
   UGCo   : UGC (Nilson, 1973, Cat. <VII/26>) Notes. Distance and position angle
             from UGC (Nilson 1973, Cat. <VII/26>) galaxies with precise
             positions, transformed to RA and Dec
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History: Prepared via OCR at CDS.
         Some typos were corrected on 21-Nov-1997:
         MCC-1-30-17 was remplaced by MCG-1-30-17
         MCG 0 13-5  was remplaced by MCG+0-13-5
         MCG-1-4 42  was remplaced by MCG-1-4-42
         MCG-11-1349 was remplaced by MCG-1-13-49
         MCG1-23-11  was remplaced by MCG-1-23-11
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(End)                           James Marcout, Patricia Bauer [CDS]  19-Jun-1997

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