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J/ApJS/102/289      CNOC cluster redshift survey catalogs. II. (Yee+, 1996)
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The CNOC cluster redshift survey catalogs. II. Abell 2390.
     Yee H.K.C., Ellingson E., Abraham R.G., Gravel P., Carlberg R.G.,
     Smecker-Hane T.A., Schade D., Rigler M.
    <Astrophys. J. Suppl. Ser. 102, 289 (1996)>
    =1996ApJS..102..289Y        (SIMBAD/NED BibCode)
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ADC_Keywords: Galaxy catalogs ; Clusters, galaxy ; Redshifts
Keywords: catalogs - galaxies: clusters: individual (A2390) -
          galaxies: distances and redshifts - galaxies: photometry

Description:
    A photometric and redshift catalog of galaxies in the field of the
    rich galaxy cluster Abell 2390 (z=0.228) is presented as part of the
    CNOC cluster redshift survey carried out at the Canada-France-Hawaii
    Telescope (CFHT) using the MOS imaging multiobject spectrograph. Using
    five separate fields, the imaging and spectroscopic observations cover
    a strip of approximately 7.3'x43.2', centered on the cluster.
    Redshifts for 327 galaxies, primarily ranging in magnitude from r=17
    to 22, were obtained. The data set is also presented graphically in
    several forms. The magnitude, geometric, and color selection functions
    for the redshift sample are discussed and presented.

Objects:
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       RA  (2000)  DE    Designation(s)
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      21 53.6   +17 40   ACO 2390
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File Summary:
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  FileName      Lrecl  Records   Explanations
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ReadMe             80        .   This file
table2.dat         65      536   Abell 2390 catalog
table2.tex        193      339   LaTeX version of table2
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Byte-by-byte Description of file: table2.dat
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   Bytes Format Units   Label     Explanations
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   1-  6  I6    ---     PPP       Object number (1)
   8- 14  F7.1  arcsec  oRA       Offset in right ascension (2)
  16- 21  F6.1  arcsec  oDE       Offset in declination (2)
  23- 27  F5.2  mag     rmag      r magnitude
  29- 33  F5.2  mag     g-r       ? g-r color index
  35- 41  F7.5  ---     z         ? Heliocentric redshift
  43- 45  I3    10-5  e_z         ? rms uncertainty on z
  47- 50  F4.1  ---     R         ? Correlation significance parameter
  52- 53  I2    ---     Class     ? Spectral classification of object (3)
  55- 59  F5.2  ---     Wm        Magnitude selection weight
  61- 64  F4.2  ---     Wxy       Geometric selection weight
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Note (1): The identification number is made of:
     - The first digit denotes the field of origin for the galaxy with
       the numbers 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5 representing the central, east 1,
       west 1, east 2 and west 2 field, respectively.
     - The second digit indicates whether the object is observed in one
       field or in an overlapping area from two fields. In the former,
       the second digit is 0; and in the latter, the second digit
       represents the field number of the overlapping field.
     - The last four digits denote the object number for each object
       within its own field, starting from the southern edge of the
       field, increasing to the north.
Note (2): Offset from the first rank galaxy (positive is east and north).
Note (3): the classification is:
     1 and 2: elliptical
           3: E+A
           4: Sbc
           5: emission-line (Irr)
           6: active galactic nucleus/ quasar
          77: star
          99: observed spectroscopically but no redshift obtained
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Courtesy:  Howard Yee <hyee@cfht.hawaii.edu>
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(End)                                          Patricia Bauer [CDS]  14-Aug-1996

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