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J/AJ/112/2757                         Faint Cepheid Studies. II (Henden 1996)
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Faint Cepheid Studies. II. Stars with Published Periods
     Henden A.A.
    <Astron. J. 112, 2757 (1996)>
    =1996AJ....112.2757H
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ADC_Keywords: Stars, variable ; Photometry, UBVRI

Abstract:
    UBVRI data on 36 short-period (P<5days) Cepheids is given. The
    observing techniques and reduction procedures are described. A
    consistent set of finding charts, a set of standard stars for each
    Cepheid, and improved coordinates are also presented.

File Summary:
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 FileName    Lrecl    Records   Explanations
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ReadMe          80          .   This file
table1          49         13   Different instrument systems
table3.dat     119        293   Comparison stars
table3.tex     158        349   AASTeX version of table3.dat
table4.dat      78        568   Photometric data
table4.tex      96        621   AASTeX version of table4.dat
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See also:
    J/AJ/111/902 : Short-period Cepheids (Paper I.) (Henden 1996)

Byte-by-byte Description of file: table1
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   Bytes Format Units   Label     Explanations
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   1-  2  I2    ---     Code      Code
   4-  9  A6    ---     Obs       Observatory
  11- 14  A4    ---     Tel       Telescope
  16- 28  A13   ---     Filt      Filters
  31- 33  A3    ---     Type      Type of photometry (1)
  35- 46  A12   ---     Dec       Detector
  48- 49  I2    arcsec  Ap        Aperture
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Note (1): PEP: Early photoelectric photometry, before 1987
          CCD: CC photometry starting in 1985
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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-  9  A9     ---     Name       Variable star name
  11- 13  I3     ---     Comp       Comparison star number
  16- 24  A9     ---     GSC        Guide Star Catalog number (if available)
  26- 27  I2     h       RAh        Right Ascension (J2000)
      28  A1     ---     ---        Always ':'
  29- 30  I2     min     RAm        Right Ascension (J2000)
      31  A1     ---     ---        Always ':'
  32- 36  F5.2   s       RAs        Right Ascension (J2000)
      38  A1     ---     DE-        Sign, Declination
  39- 40  I2     deg     DEd        Declination (J2000)
      41  A1     ---     ---        Always ':'
  42- 43  I2     arcmin  DEm        Declination (J2000)
      44  A1     ---     ---        Always ':'
  45- 48  F4.1   arcsec  DEs        Declination (J2000)
  51- 56  F6.3   mag     Vmag       V magnitude
  58- 63  F6.3   mag   e_Vmag       Error in Vmag
  65- 70  F6.3   mag     B-V        B-V color
  72- 77  F6.3   mag   e_B-V        Error in B-V
  79- 84  F6.3   mag     U-B        ? U-B color
  86- 91  F6.3   mag   e_U-B        ? Error in U-B
  93- 98  F6.3   mag     V-R        ? V-R color
 100-105  F6.3   mag   e_V-R        ? Error in V-R
 107-112  F6.3   mag     R-I        ? R-I color
 114-119  F6.3   mag   e_R-I        ? Error in R-I
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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- 10  A10    ---      Name       Variable star name
  12- 23  F12.4  JD       HJD        Heliocentric Julian date
  26- 31  F6.3   mag      Vmag       V magnitude
  33- 34  I2    10-3mag e_Vmag       Error in Vmag
  36- 41  F6.3   mag      B-V        ? B-V color
  43- 44  I2    10-3mag e_B-V        ? Error in B-V
  46- 51  F6.3   mag      U-B        ? U-B color
  53- 54  I2    10-3mag e_U-B        ? Error in U-B
  56- 61  F6.3   mag      V-R        ? V-R color
  63- 64  I2    10-3mag e_V-R        ? Error in V-R
  66- 71  F6.3   mag      R-I        ? R-I color
  73- 74  I2    10-3mag e_R-I        ? Error in R-I
  77- 78  I2     ---      Code       Instrument system code from table 1
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Origin: AAS CD-ROM series, Volume 8, 1997         Lee Brotzman [ADS] 30-Mar-1997
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