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J/ApJS/91/625        ROSAT survey of the Pleaides    (Stauffer+ 1994)
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A deep imaging survey of the Pleiades with ROSAT.
       Stauffer J.R., Caillault J.-P., Gagne M., Prosser C.F., Hartmann L.W.
      <Astrophys. J. Suppl. 91, 625 (1994)>
      =1994ApJS...91..625S      (SIMBAD/NED BibCode)
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ADC_Keywords: X-ray sources ; Clusters, open
Keywords: open clusters and associations: individual (Pleiades) -
          stars: late-type - surveys
Mission_Name: ROSAT

Description:
    We have obtained deep ROSAT images of three regions within the
    Pleiades open cluster. We have detected 317 X-ray sources in these
    ROSAT PSPC images, 171 of which we associate with certain or probable
    members of the Pleiades cluster. We detect nearly all Pleiades members
    with spectral types later than G0 and within 25 arcminutes of our
    three field centers where our sensitivity is highest. This has allowed
    us to derive for the first time the luminosity function for the G, K,
    and M dwarfs of an open cluster without the need to use statistical
    techniques to account for the presence of upper limits in the data
    sample. Because of our high X-ray detection frequency down to the
    faint limit of the optical catalog, we suspect that some of our
    unidentified X-ray sources are previously unknown, very low-mass
    members of the Pleiades.

File Summary:
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  FileName  Lrecl  Records   Explanations
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ReadMe         80        .   This file
table2        127      307   Detected X-ray sources
table2.tex    163      536   LaTeX version of table2
table3         93       10   X-ray sources detected between 40' and 50' off-axis
table3.tex    113       34   LaTeX version of table3
table7         70      238   Optical and X-ray data for known Pleiades members
table7.tex    107      499   LaTeX version of table7
table8         57       16   Optical data for known Pleiades members with
                              blended X-ray emission
table8.tex     96       50   LaTeX version of table8
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See also:
            I/163 : US Naval Observatory Pleiades Catalog
           II/131 : Tonantzintla Pleiades Flare Stars (Haro+ 1982)
    J/ApJS/85/315 : F, G and K dwarf stars of the Pleiades (Soderblom+ 1993)
    J/A+A/299/696 : Pleiades field Membership probabilities (Schilbach+, 1995)

Byte-by-byte Description of file: table2 table3
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   Bytes Format Units   Label     Explanations
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   1-  3  I3    ---     NoX       X-ray number
   5-  6  I2    h       RAh       Right ascension (J2000) of the source
   8-  9  I2    min     RAm       Right ascension (J2000) of the source
  11- 14  F4.1  s       RAs       Right ascension (J2000) of the source
      16  A1    ---     DE-       Declination sign
  17- 18  I2    deg     DEd       Declination (J2000) of the source
  20- 21  I2    arcmin  DEm       Declination (J2000) of the source
  23- 24  I2    arcsec  DEs       Declination (J2000) of the source
  26- 31  F6.4  ct/s    Rate1     ? Centre field rate
  33- 38  F6.4  ct/s  e_Rate1     ? rms uncertainty on Rate1
  40- 41  I2    arcmin  Dist1     ? Center Field distance
  43- 48  F6.4  ct/s    Rate2     ? Northeast Field rate
  50- 55  F6.4  ct/s  e_Rate2     ? rms uncertainty on Rate2
  57- 58  I2    arcmin  Dist2     ? Northeast Field distance
  60- 65  F6.4  ct/s    Rate3     ? Northwest field rate
  67- 72  F6.4  ct/s  e_Rate3     ? rms uncertainty on Rate3
  74- 75  I2    arcmin  Dist3     ? Northwest field distance
  77- 84  A8    ---     Source    Optical candidate (1)
      85  A1    ---   n_Source    [a-i] Note on Source (2)
  87- 89  I3    arcsec  DRA       ? Offset in right ascension
  91- 93  I3    arcsec  DDE       ? Offset in declination
  95-101  A7    ---     Source2   Second optical candidate (1)
     102  A1    ---   n_Source2   [a-i] Note on Source2 (2)
 104-106  I3    arcsec  DRA2      ? Offset in right ascension of Source2
 108-110  I3    arcsec  DDE2      ? Offset in Declination of Source2
 112-118  A7    ---     Source3   Third optical candidate (1)
 120-122  I3    arcsec  DRA3      ? Offset in right ascension of Source3
 124-126  I3    arcsec  DDE3      ? Offset in Declination of Source3
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Note (1): HCG numbers are from Haro et al. (1982) <II/131>
          H II numbers are from Hertzsprung (1947)
Note (2): the letters correspond to the following notes:
       a: Although the signal-to-noise ratio of this source is below our
           threshold of 2.5, it was retained after visual inspection of the
           image
       b: Star position from Hambly et al. (1993). We have assumed HII 996
           is the optical counterpart.
       c: This source has been identified with Alcyone (HII 1432), the
           brightest Pleiades at V_0_=2.75. This source may in fact be two
           sources, with the softer component to the south being closer to
           Alcyone.
       d: Star position from Hambly et al. (1993). We have assumed HCG 311
           is the optical counterpart.
       e: Both HII 1797 and HCG 315 are too far from the X-ray centroid to be
           likely optical counterparts. As a result, upper limits were
           determined for both these stars.
       f: Star position from Hambly  et al. (1993). We have assumed HCG 327
           is the optical counterpart.
       g: Star position from Hambly  et al. (1993). We have assumed HCG 337
           is the optical counterpart.
       h: Hyades cluster member.
       i: Not a Pleiades cluster member.
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Byte-by-byte Description of file: table7
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   Bytes Format Units   Label        Explanations
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   1-  3  I3    ---     NoO          Optical catalog index number
   5-  7  I3    ---     NoX          ? X-ray source number
   9- 15  A7    ---     Name         Star name
  17- 21  F5.2  mag     V0           Absolute V magnitude
  23- 26  F4.2  mag     (B-V)0       ? Absolute B-V color index
  28- 31  F4.2  mag     (V-I)0       ? Absolute V-I color index
      33  A1    ---   l_vsini        Limit flag on vsini
  34- 36  I3    km/s    vsini        ? Rotational velocity
      38  A1    ---   l_logLX        Limit flag on logLX
  39- 43  F5.2  10-7W   logLX        X-ray luminosity
      44  A1    ---   n_logLX        [v] v when X-ray emission is variable
  46- 49  F4.2  10-7W e_logLX        ? rms uncertainty on logLX
      51  A1    ---   l_log(LX/Lbol)  Limit flag on log(LX/Lbol)
  52- 56  F5.2  ---     log(LX/Lbol)  X-ray luminosity versus bolometric
                                       luminosity ratio
  58- 63  A6    ---     Name2        Other name
  65- 69  A5    ---     Name3        Other name
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Byte-by-byte Description of file: table8
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   Bytes Format Units   Label     Explanations
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   1-  3  I3    ---     NoO       Optical number
   5-  7  I3    ---     NoX       ? X-ray number
   9- 15  A7    ---     Name      Star name
      16  A1    ---   n_Name      Note on name (1)
  18- 22  F5.2  mag     V0        Absolute V magnitude
  24- 27  F4.2  mag     (B-V)0    ? Absolute B-V color index
  29- 32  F4.2  mag     (V-I)0    ? Absolute V-I color index
      34  A1    ---   l_vsini     Limit flag on vsini
  35- 37  I3    km/s    vsini     ? Rotational velocity
  39- 43  F5.2  10-7W   logLbol   Bolometric luminosity
  45- 50  A6    ---     Name2     Other name
  52- 56  A5    ---     Name3     Other name
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Note (1): a: Blended with HCG 125. See table4
          b: Blended with HCG 128. See table4
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Courtesy: Marc Gagne <marc@casa.Colorado.EDU>

References:
   Hambly N.C et al. 1993, A&AS 100, 607            =Cat <J/A+AS/100/607>
   Haro G. et a. 1982, Bol. Inst. Tonantzintla 3, 3 =Cat <II/131>
   Hertzsprung E. 1947 Ann. Sternw. Leiden, 19, 1   =1947AnLei..19a...1H
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(End)                                         Patricia Bauer  [CDS]  14-Aug-1996

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