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J/MNRAS/267/711     AGB Stars in the South Galactic Cap        (Whitelock+ 1994)
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High Mass-Loss AGB Stars in the South Galactic Cap
     Whitelock P., Menzies J., Feast M., Marang F., Carter B., Roberts G.,
     Catchpole R., Chapman J.
    <Mon. Not. R. Astron. Soc. 267, 711 (1994)>
    =1994MNRAS.267..711W
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Keywords: stars: AGB and post-AGB - stars: evolution - stars: mass-loss -
          stars: variables: others - Galaxy: kinematics and dynamics -
          infrared: stars

File Summary:
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 FileName    Lrecl    Records    Explanations
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ReadMe          80          .    This file
table1          58         61    IRAS Miras
table2          76       1311    Near-infrared photometry
table3          87         61    Derived data
table4          43         11    Reference stars used for spectral typing
table5          75         60    Heliocentric radial velocities of Miras
table6a         80         19    IRAS sources searched for OH emission
table6b         71          4    Properties of the sources detected in OH
table7          51         61    Bolometric Magnitudes and mass-loss rates
table8          30         12    Mass-loss rates from CO and IR
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Byte-by-byte Description of file: table1
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   Bytes Format  Units   Label   Explanations
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   2- 11  A10    ---     IRAS    IRAS name
  15- 21  F7.2   Jy      F12     12 micrometer IRAS flux (not colour corrected)
  24- 30  F7.2   Jy      F25     25 micrometer IRAS flux (not colour corrected)
  34- 39  F6.2   Jy      F60     60 micrometer IRAS flux (not colour corrected)
  41- 43  A3     ---     Unc     Respective uncertainty (1)
      45  I1     ---     Var     IRAS variability index
  47- 48  I2     ---     LRS     []? LRS spectral type
  50- 59  A10    ---     Name    Other name
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Note (1): Flux density uncertainties are:
           A =  0 % <= Unc <   4 %
           B =  4 % <= Unc <   8 %
           C =  8 % <= Unc <  12 %
           D = 12 % <= Unc <  16 %
           E = 16 % <= Unc <  20 %
           F =         Unc >= 20 %
           L = upper limit flux
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Byte-by-byte Description of file: table2
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   Bytes Format  Units   Label   Explanations
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   1- 10  A10    ---     IRAS    IRAS Name
  12- 31  A20    ---     Name    Other names
  34- 40  F7.2   d       JD      Heliocentric Julian date - 2440000
      41  A1     ---     n       When *, observation made on 1.9-m telescope
  45- 49  F5.2   mag     J       []? J magnitude
      50  A1     ---     n_J     When m, the accurate is about +/- 0.1 mag
  53- 57  F5.2   mag     H       []? H magnitude
      58  A1     ---     n_H     When m, the accurate is about +/- 0.1 mag
  61- 65  F5.2   mag     K       []? K magnitude
      66  A1     ---     n_K     When m, the accurate is about +/- 0.1 mag
  69- 73  F5.2   mag     L       []? L magnitude
      74  A1     ---     n_L     When m, the accurate is about +/- 0.1 mag
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Byte-by-byte Description of file: table3
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   Bytes Format  Units   Label   Explanations
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   2- 11  A10    ---     IRAS    IRAS name
  13- 17  F5.2   mag     J       []? J magnitude, mean value at maximum and
                                       minimum light
  18- 22  F5.2   mag     H       H magnitude, mean value at maximum and
                                   minimum light
  25- 29  F5.2   mag     H       H magnitude, mean value at maximum and
                                   minimum light
  32- 36  F5.2   mag     L       L magnitude, mean value at maximum and
                                   minimum light
  42- 45  F4.2   mag     DeltaJ  []? Full amplitude
  51- 54  F4.2   mag     DeltaK  []? Full amplitude
  57- 59  I3     d       P       []? Period determined for data given here
      60  A1     ---     n_P     [ :+?] note for P, (1)
  62- 64  I3     d       P1      []? Period listed in the GCVS or elsewhere
      65  A1     ---     n_P1    [ :+] note for P1, (1)
  66- 74  A9     ---     Sp      Spectral type
  75- 77  A3     ---     Ref     References (2)
  79- 88  A10    ---     Name    Other name
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Note (1): When :, the value is uncertain
          When +, the period is multiperiodic
          The ? against thee 480 day period for UU For refers to the previous
          determination of the period listed in ApJ Supl 58, 167 (where the
          star is called IRC -30 023) which was made using only 5 observations.
Note (2): References to spectral type is:
          1 This paper
          2 GCVS
          3 Olnon et al. (1986)
          4 Jones et al. (1978)
          5 Gehrz et al. (1978)
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Byte-by-byte Description of file: table4
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   Bytes Format  Units   Label   Explanations
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   1-  7  A7     ---     T       Type of the star
  10- 20  A11    ---     Name    Star name
  21- 42  A22    ---     Names   Other names
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Byte-by-byte Description of file: table5
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   Bytes Format  Units   Label   Explanations
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   3- 12  A10    ---     IRAS    IRAS Name
  18- 25  F8.3   d       JD      []? Heliocentric Julian day -2440000
  30- 35  F6.1   km/s    V_opt   []? Mean of the two velocities derived for
                                     each programme stars
  40- 45  F6.1   km/s    V_other []? Velocity determined from radio observations
  51- 54  F4.1   km/s    DeltaV  []? Expansion velocity
  60- 64  A5     ---     T       Type of measurement (1)
  66- 73  A8     ---     R       References for measurements (2)
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Note (1): For optical measurement, an opt is noted,
          for radio measurements, the line, H_2O, OH, CO or SiO, is indicated
Note (2): References for the velocities:
                1 Comoretto et al. (1990)
                2 Crocker & Hagen (1983)
                3 Wilson (1953)
                4 Smak & Preston (1965)
                5 te Lintel Hekkert et al. (1989)
                6 Sivagnanam et al. (1989)
                7 Le Squeren et al. (1992)
                8 Eder et al. (1988)
                9 This paper
               10 Haikala (1990)
               11 Sivagnanam et al. (1988)
               12 Nyman et al. (1992)
               13 Margulis et al. (1990)
               14 Zuckerman et al. (1986)
               15 Zuckerman & Dyck (1989)
               16 Deguchi et al. (1990)
               16 Knapp & Morris (1985)
               18 Bujarrabal et al. (1987)
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Byte-by-byte Description of file: table6a
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   Bytes Format  Units   Label   Explanations
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   2- 11  A10    ---     IRAS    IRAS name (1)
      12  A1     ---     n       A * denotes that these sources are not Mira
                                   variables and are discussed in paper II
  15- 18  I4     km/s    V1      First velocity of the velocity range
  23- 25  I3     km/s    V2      Second velocity of thee velocity range
  28- 30  I3     mJy     L       rms level
      39  A1     ---     D       Detection (Y, N)
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Note (1): IRAS 02399+0704 was quoted as IRAS 02399+0744 in the original
          publication

Byte-by-byte Description of file: table6b
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   Bytes Format  Units   Label   Explanations
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   2- 11  A10    ---     IRAS    IRAS name
  13- 16  F4.2   Jy      S_l     Blue emission peak flux density
  18- 21  F4.2   Jy      S_h     Red-shifted emission peak flux density
  24- 30  F7.2   km/s    V_l     Blue emission peak velocity
  33- 38  F6.2   km/s    V_h     Red-shifted emission peak velocity
  41- 47  F7.2   km/s    V       Mean velocity
  53- 57  F5.2   km/s    DeltaV  Velocity separation of the two peaks
  68- 71  F4.2 10-22W/m2 IFD     Integrated flux density in the spectrum
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Byte-by-byte Description of file: table7
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   Bytes Format  Units   Label     Explanations
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   2- 11  A10    ---     IRAS      IRAS name
  13- 15  I3     d       P         Period
  21- 24  F4.2   mag    (J-K)_74   []? (J-K)_74 = (J-K) - 0.05(J-H)
  27- 30  F4.2   mag     m_bol     Bolometric magnitude
  32- 35  F4.2   kpc     D         Distance
  37- 40  F4.2   kpc     Z         Height above the galactic plane
  42- 46  F5.2 Sun/yr  Log(dM/dt)  Mass-loss rate
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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- 10  A10    ---     IRAS       IRAS name
  12- 16  F5.2 Sun/yr Log(dM_CO/dt) Mass-loss rate from CO(1-0) measurements
  22- 26  F5.2 Sun/yr Log(dM_IR/dt) Mass-loss rate from IR measurements
      30  I1     ---     Ref        References
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Table 9: Mass-loss rates
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        dM/dt         type          Period     ref
      (M_solar/yr)                   (day)
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 1.5E-05               C            488-700     1
 1.0E-07 to 1.0E-05    O            166-644     1
 3.0E-08 to 4.0E-05    C                        2
 1.0E-07               O               P < 300  3
 1.0E-07    2.0E-07    O        300 <= P < 400  3
 4.0E-07               O               P >=400  4
 2.0E-06 to 2.0E-04    O & C           ?        5
 4.0E-07 to 3.0E-05    O?           170-722     6
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References: 1 This paper;         
            2 Claussen et al. (1987);  
            3 JK92;
            4 Jura et al. (1993); 
            5 Jura & Kleinmann 
            6 WFC91.

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(End)                                           Patricia Bauer [CDS] 04-Feb-1994

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