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J/ApJ/445/280       ROSAT survey of the Orion nebula region (Gagne+ 1995)
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Deep ROSAT HRI observations of the Orion nebula region.
      Gagne M., Caillault J.-P., Stauffer J.R.
     <Astrophys. J. 445, 280 (1995)>
     =1995ApJ...445..280G      (SIMBAD/NED BibCode)
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ADC_Keywords: X-ray sources ; Nebulae
Keywords: ISM: individual (Orion Nebula) - star: pre-main-sequence -
          X-rays: stars

Mission_Name: ROSAT

Description:
    We present results from three deep ROSAT high-resolution imager
    observations of the Orion Nebula star-forming region. The X-ray images
    contain over 1500 catalogued stars in a roughly 0.8deg^2^ region
    centered on the Trapezium. In all, 389 distinct X-ray sources have
    been detected, at least two-thirds of which are associated with a
    single proper-motion cluster member. X-ray emission is detected from
    stars of all spectral types, from the massive O- and B-type components
    of the Trapezium to the coolest, low-mass pre-main-sequence (PMS)
    stars. In this paper, we focus primarily on X-ray emission from the
    late-type PMS stars. Of the ~100 late-type cluster members with
    measured spectral types, approximately three-fourths have been
    detected; we have derived X-ray luminosity upper limits for the
    remaining stars. We found coronal X-ray emission turns on around
    spectral type F6, with the upper envelope of activity increasing with
    decreasing effective temperature.

File Summary:
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  FileName      Lrecl  Records   Explanations
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ReadMe             80        .   This file
table2             68      389   Orion Nebula X-ray sources
table2.tex        194      439   LaTeX version of table2
table3             72       50   X-ray sources with multiple candidate optical
                                  counterparts
table3.tex        229       93   LaTeX version of table3
table6             85      175   Optical and X-ray data for Group 1 stars
table6.tex        192      257   LaTeX version of table6
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See also:
           II/171 : Parenago catalogue in the area of the Orion nebula (1954)
            II/36 : UBV & uvby-beta obs. of Orion OB1 Association (Warren+ 1977)
    J/ApJ/437/361 : Einstein survey of the Orion nebula region (Gagne+ 1994)

Byte-by-byte Description of file: table2
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   Bytes Format Units   Label Explanations
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   1-  3  I3    ---     NoX   [1/389]+ X-ray number
   5-  6  I2    h       RAh   Right ascension J2000
   8-  9  I2    min     RAm   Right ascension J2000
  11- 14  F4.1  s       RAs   Right ascension J2000
      16  A1    ---     DE-   Declination sign
      17  I1    deg     DEd   Declination J2000
  19- 20  I2    arcmin  DEm   Declination J2000
  22- 23  I2    arcsec  DEs   Declination J2000
  25- 31  F7.5  ct/s    Count Corrected ROSAT HRI count rate
  33- 39  F7.5  ct/s  e_Count rms uncertainty on Count
      40  A1    ---     Mult  [*] * indicates multiple candidate optical
                                     counterparts. See table3
  41- 45  A5    ---     Par   Parenago (1954) optical counterpart
                               candidate designation
  48- 52  A5    ---     J&W   Jones & Walker (1988) optical counterpart
                               candidate designation
  54- 58  A5    ---     Var   Variable optical counterpart candidate designation
  60- 61  I2    ---     Prob  ? Membership probability
  63- 64  I2    arcsec  DRA   ? Offset in right ascension
  66- 67  I2    arcsec  DDE   ? Offset in declination
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Byte-by-byte Description of file: table3
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   Bytes Format Units   Label Explanations
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   1-  3  I3    ---     NoX   [1/389]+ X-ray number
   5-  9  A5    ---     Par1  Parenago designation of the first candidate
  11- 16  A6    ---     J&W1  Jones & Walker (1988) name of the first candidate
  18- 19  I2    ---     Prob1 ? Membership probability of the first candidate
  21- 22  I2    arcsec  DRA1  Offset in right ascension of the first candidate
  24- 25  I2    arcsec  DDE1  Offset in declination of the first candidate
  28- 32  A5    ---     Par2  Parenago designation of the second candidate
  34- 39  A6    ---     J&W2  Jones & Walker (1988) name of the second candidate
  41- 42  I2    ---     Prob2 ? Membership probability of the second candidate
  44- 45  I2    arcsec  DRA2  Offset in right ascension of the second candidate
  47- 48  I2    arcsec  DDE2  Offset in declination of the second candidate
  50- 54  A5    ---     Par3  Parenago designation of the third third candidate
  56- 61  A6    ---     J&W3  Jones & Walker (1988) name of the third candidate
  63- 64  I2    ---     Prob3 ? Membership probability of the third candidate
  66- 67  I2    arcsec  DRA3  ? Offset in right ascension of the third candidate
  69- 70  I2    arcsec  DDE3  ? Offset in declination of the first candidate
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Byte-by-byte Description of file: table6
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   Bytes Format Units   Label       Explanations
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   1-  5  A5    ---     Name        Star name
   7-  9  I3    ---     NoX         [1/389]? X-ray number
  11- 19  A9    ---     Sp          Spectral type
  21- 25  F5.3  [K]     logTeff     ? Effective temperature
      26  A1    ---   u_logTeff     Uncertainty flag on logTeff
  28- 32  F5.2  mag     Bmag        ? B magnitude
  34- 38  F5.2  mag     Vmag        ? V magnitude
  40- 44  F5.2  mag     Icmag       ? Ic (Cousins system) magnitude
  46- 49  F4.2  mag     AV          Visual extinction (1)
      50  A1    ---   n_AV          [)] ')' when AV=0.25mag (1)
      52  A1    ---   l_vsini       Limit flag on vsini
  53- 55  I3    km/s    vsini       ? Spectroscopic rotation velocity
  57- 61  F5.2  d       Prot        ? Rotational period
      63  A1    ---   l_logLX       Limit flag on logLX
  64- 68  F5.2 [10-7J]  logLX       X-ray luminosity
      70  A1    ---   l_logLX/Lbol  Limit flag on logLX/Lbol
  71- 75  F5.2  ---     logLX/Lbol  ? X-ray luminosity versus bolometric
                                       luminosity
      76  A1    ---   u_logLX/Lbol  Uncertainty flag on logLX/Lbol
  78- 84  A7    ---     Note        Notes (2)
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Note (1): When accurate absorption values are available from published
           estimates, photometric E(B-V) measurements, or the C_Hbeta_
           extinction map of the nebula, they are listed in this column.
          Otherwise we assume moderate absorption (A_V_~0.25mag) and
          indicate the value with a ')' in column n_AV
Note (2): a: Position and proper-motion membership probability from
              McNamara et al. (1989)
          b: Position and proper-motion membership probability from
              Jones & Walker (1988)
          c: Position and proper-motion membership probability from
              van Altena et al. (1988)
          d: Proper-motion membership probability from McNamara & Huels (1983)
          e: Spectral type, V and Ic band photometry from Edwards et al. (1993)
          f: Spectral type from Strom (1993)
          g: Spectral type, B and V band photometry from Duncan (1993)
          h: Spectral type from Abt, Wang, & Cardona (1991)
          i: Spectral type from van Altena et al. (1988)
          j: Spectral type from the General Catalogue of Variable Stars
              (Kholopov et al. 1985)
          k: Spectral type from Walker (1983)
          l: Spectral type, B or V band photometry from Penston et al. (1975)
              or Penston (1973)
          m: Spectral type and V band photometry from Cohen & Kuhi (1979)
          n: Spectral type from Warren & Hesser (1977)
          o: Spectral type, B and V band photometry from Walker (1969)
          p: Spectral type from Parenago (1954)
          q: V and I_c_ band photometry from Prosser et al. (1994)
          r: V and I_c_ band photometry from Attridge & Herbst (1992)
          s: Position or spectral type, V and I_c_ band photometry from
              Herbig & Terndrup (1986)
          t: B and V band photometry from Duncan (1993)
          u: B and V band photometry from McNamara et al. (1989)
          v: B and V band photometry from van Altena et al. (1988)
          w: B, V, and I_c_ band photometry from Rydgren & Vrba (1984)
          x: B and V band photometry from Warren & Hesser (1977)
          y: I_c_ photographic magnitude from Jones & Walker (1988)
          z: Position, B and V photographic magnitudes from Andrews (1981)
          A: V photographic magnitude from Brun (1935)
          B: Position, B photographic or V photovisual magnitude from
              Parenago (1954)
          C: The bolometric luminosity of the late-type secondary cannot be
              determined
          D: Rotational period from Attridge & Herbst (1994)
          E: Rotational period from Attridge & Herbst (1992)
          F: Rotational period from Mandel & Herbst (1991)
          G: Rotational period from Walker (1990)
          H: Spectroscopic rotational velocity from Strom (1993)
          I: Spectroscopic rotational velocity from Duncan (1993)
          J: Spectroscopic rotational velocity from Abt et al. (1991)
          K: Spectroscopic rotational velocity from Walker (1990)
          L: Spectroscopic rotational velocity from Hartmann et al. (1986)
          M: One of two candidate optical counterparts. Upper limit
              corresponds to source flux
          N: Possible blend. Upper limit corresponds to half of source flux
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Courtesy: Marc Gagne <marc@casa.Colorado.EDU>

References:
  Abt et al. 1991 ApJ 367, 155        =1991ApJ...367..155A
  Andrews 1981 A Photometric atlas of the Orion Nebula
   (Belfadt: Armagh Obs. Press)
  Attridge & Herbst 1992 ApJ 398, L61 =1992ApJ...398L..61A
  Attridge & Herbst 1994, in prep.
  Brun 1935 Pub. Obs. Lyon, 1, No 12  =1935POLyo...1...12B
  Cohen & Kuhi 1979 ApJS 41, 743      =1979ApJS...41..743C
  Duncan 1993 ApJ 406, 172            =1993ApJ...406..172D
  Edwards et al. 1993 AJ 106, 372     =1993AJ....106..372E
  General Catalogue of Variable Stars =CDS Catalogue: <II/139>
  Hartmann et al. 1986 ApJ 309, 275   =1986ApJ...309..275H
  Herbig & Terndrup 1986 ApJ 307, 609 =1986ApJ...307..609H
  Jones & Walker 1988 AJ 95, 1755     =1988AJ.....95.1755J
  Mandel & Herbst 1991 ApJ 383, L75   =1991ApJ...383L..75M
  McNamara & Huels 1983 A&AS 54, 221  =1983A&AS...54..221M
  McNamara et al. 1989 AJ 97, 1427    =1989AJ.....97.1427M
  Parenago 1954                       =CDS Catalogue: <II/171>
  Penston 1973, ApJ 183, 505          =1973ApJ...183..505P
  Penston et al. 1975, MNRAS 171, 219 =1975MNRAS.171..219P
  Prosser et al. 1994, ApJ 421, 517   =1994ApJ...421..517P
  Rydgren & Vrba 1984 AJ 89, 399      =1984AJ.....89..399R
  Strom 1993 private comm.
  van Altena et al. 1988 AJ 95, 1744  =1988AJ.....95.1744V
  Walker 1969 ApJ 155, 447            =1969ApJ...155..447W
  Walker 1983 ApJ 271, 642            =1983ApJ...271..642W
  Walker 1990 PASP 102, 726           =1990PASP..102..726W
  Warren & Hesser 1977 ApJS 34, 115   =CDS Catalogue: <II/36>
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(End)                                          Patricia Bauer [CDS]  19-Aug-1996

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