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J/ApJS/96/117                             K-Band Galaxy Counts (McLeod+ 1995)
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K-Band Galaxy Counts
     McLeod B.A., Bernstein G.M., Rieke M.J., Tollestrup E.V., Fazio G.G.
    <Astrophys. J. Suppl. Ser. 96, 117 (1995)>
    =1995ApJS...96..117M
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ADC_Keywords: Galaxies, IR
Keywords: galaxies: general - infrared: galaxies

Abstract:
    We  present new counts of field galaxies from more than 20 arcmin^2 to
    a limiting magnitude of K = 20 and from 2 arcmin^2 to K = 21.5. At the
    faintest  magnitudes,  the  counts  are  slightly  higher  than  those
    reported  previously, though still consistent  given the small numbers
    of galaxies in the two samples.

File Summary:
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 FileName    Lrecl    Records    Explanations
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ReadMe          80          .    This file
table3.dat      46         51   *MMT catalog
table4.dat      79        149    Her 1 catalog
table5.dat      67         92    SA57SO catalog
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Note on table3.dat : correction performed at CDS (see History)
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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- 8   A8     ---     ID       Identification
  10-12   I3     h       RAh      Right ascension (2000)
  13-15   I3     min     RAm      R.A.
  16-21   F6.2   s       RAs      R.A.
  24      A1     ---     DE-      Declination sign, always blank
  25-26   I2     deg     DEd      Declination (2000)
  27-29   I3     arcmin  DEm      Dec.
  30-34   F5.1   arcsec  DEs      Dec.
  35-40   F6.2   mag     Kmag     K magnitude
  41-46   F6.2   mag     e_Kmag   K error
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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- 3   I3     ---     ID       Identification number
   5      A1     ---     Class   *[sgt] Class code
   7- 9   I3     h       RAh      Right ascension (2000)
  10-12   I3     min     RAm      R.A.
  13-18   F6.2   s       RAs      R.A.
  21      A1     ---     DE-      Declination sign, always blank
  22-23   I2     deg     DEd      Declination (2000)
  24-26   I3     arcmin  DEm      Dec.
  27-31   F5.1   arcsec  DEs      Dec.
  32-37   F6.2   mag     Kmag     K magnitude
  38-43   F6.2   mag     e_Kmag   K error
  44-49   F6.2   mag     I-K      I-K color
  50-55   F6.2   mag     e_I-K    I-K error
  56-61   F6.2   mag     R-I      R-I color
  62-67   F6.2   mag     e_R-I    R-I error
  68-73   F6.2   mag     Bj-I     Bj-I color
  74-79   F6.2   mag     e_Bj-I   Bj-I error
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Note on Class:
  Class code (based on colors) are: g = Galaxy; s = Star; t = star
  saturated on Bj, R, and I CCD frames, colors are incorrect
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Byte-by-byte Description of file: table5.dat
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   Bytes Format  Units   Label    Explanations
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   1- 3   I3     ---     ID       Identification number
   5      A1     ---     Class    [sg] Class code, g = Galaxy; s = Star
   7- 9   I3     h       RAh      Right ascension (2000)
  10-12   I3     min     RAm      R.A.
  13-18   F6.2   s       RAs      R.A.
  21      A1     ---     DE-      Declination sign, always blank
  22-23   I2     deg     DEd      Declination (2000)
  24-26   I3     arcmin  DEm      Dec.
  27-31   F5.1   arcsec  DEs      Dec.
  32-37   F6.2   mag     Kmag     K magnitude
  38-43   F6.2   mag     e_Kmag   K error
  44-49   F6.2   mag     J-K      []? J-K color
  50-55   F6.2   mag     e_J-K    []? J-K error
  56-61   F6.2   mag     Bj-K     Bj-K color
  62-67   F6.2   mag     e_Bj-K   Bj-K error
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History:
  * 07-May-1995: Preparation by Lee Brotzman [ADS], AAS CD-ROM series,
    Volume 4, 1995
  * 18-Jun-1996: Correction in table3.dat:
     MMTL-20 appeared twice in the original table3; its second occurrence
     was changed into MMTL-30.
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(End)                                                         [CDS]  18-Jun-1996

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