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J/PASP/107/324      Northern CV secondary photometric standards   (Henden+ 1995)
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Secondary Photometric Standards for Northern Nova-Like Cataclysmic Variables
       Henden A.A., Honeycutt R.K.
      <Publ. Astron. Soc. Pac. 107, 324 (1995)>
      =1995PASP..107..324H      (SIMBAD/NED BibCode)
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ADC_Keywords: Binaries, cataclysmic ; Novae ; Photometry

Abstract:
    An average of 11 B, V secondary standards per field have been
    established for 58 cataclysmic variable stars, most of which are
    nova-like variables. The standards are within a few arcminutes of the
    variable and are therefore well-suited for CCD photometry. The
    standards have brightness of V~12-17 and have a typical accuracy per
    standard of +0.02mag.

File Summary:
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 FileName       Lrecl  Records   Explanations
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ReadMe             80        .   This file
table2             62       58   Program star fields
table3             54      619   Magnitudes and Colors
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See also:
       V/94 : Catalog and Atlas of Cataclysmic Variables (Downes+ 1997)

Byte-by-byte Description of file: table2
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   Bytes Format Units   Label     Explanations
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   1- 12  A12   ---     Name      Star name
  13- 30  A18   ---     OtheName  Other name
  32- 38  A7    ---     Type      Variability type (1)
  40- 41  I2    h       RAh       Right ascension (2000)
  43- 44  I2    min     RAm       Right ascension (2000)
  46- 50  F5.2  s       RAs       Right ascension (2000)
      52  A1    ---     DE-       Declination sign
  53- 54  I2    deg     DEd       Declination (2000)
  56- 57  I2    arcmin  DEm       Declination (2000)
  59- 62  F4.1  arcsec  DEs       Declination (2000)
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Note (1): From CV catalog of Downes and Shara, 1993, See Cat. <V/94>
                   am : AM Herculis variable
                   cv : cataclysmic variable
                   dq : DQ Herculis variable
                   n  : nova
                   nl : novalike variable
                non-cv: not a cataclysmic variable
                   ug : U Gem variable
                   ux : novalike variable (UX UMa subtype)
                   vy : novalike variable (VY Scl subtype)
                  pec : peculiar
                   :  : uncertain
                   :: : very uncertain
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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- 12  A12   ---     Star      Star name
  14- 19  F6.1  arcsec  DRA       Offset in right ascension (1)
  21- 26  F6.1  arcsec  DDE       Offset in declination (1)
      28  I1    ---   o_Vmag      Number of observations
  30- 35  F6.3  mag     Vmag      V magnitude
  37- 41  F5.3  mag   e_Vmag      rms uncertainty on Vmag
  43- 48  F6.3  mag     B-V       B-V colour index
  50- 54  F5.3  mag   e_B-V       rms uncertainty on B-V
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Note (1): Offset from the cataclysmic variable (position in table2),
           positive north and east
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History: Prepared via OCR at CDS.
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(End)                          James Marcout,  Patricia Bauer [CDS]  24-Jul-1997

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