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III/162A            General Catalogue of Ap and Am stars   (Renson+ 1991)

General catalogue of Ap and Am stars Renson P., Gerbaldi M., Catalano F.A. <Astron. Astrophys. Suppl. 89, 429 (1991)> =1991A&AS...89..429R
ADC_Keywords: Stars, A-type ; Stars, Am ; Stars, Ap Description: A catalogue of all Ap and Am stars ever discovered is presented. It contains 6684 objects, including those which have been wrongly considered as Ap or Am stars, and those which are probable Ap or Am stars. File Summary:
FileName Lrecl Records Explanations
ReadMe 80 . This file catalog 132 6684 The catalogue of Ap and Am stars notes 80 6539 Notes and addenda about the catalogued stars
See also: III/199 : Observed Periods of Ap and Bp stars (Catalano+ 1998) J/A+AS/121/57 : 4th supp. to the III/199 catalog (Catalano+ 1997) J/A+A/378/113 : 5th supp. to the III/199 catalog (Catalano+ 2001) J/A+AS/133/1 : New variable chemically peculiar stars (Paunzen+ 1998) Byte-by-byte Description of file: catalog
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1 A1 --- CPprob [/?* ] Peculiarity probability note (1) 2- 6 I5 --- Seq [1/61790] Running number in the catalog (2) 7- 9 I3 --- Bertaud [1/813]? Number from Bertaud (3) 10- 15 I6 --- HD [1/359083]? HD(E) identification. 16 A1 --- m_HD Multiplicity indicator (4) 17- 20 I4 --- HR [1/9110]? HR V/50 identification 21 A1 --- m_HR Multiplicity indicator (4) 22- 32 A11 --- DM Durchmusterung (BD, CD, CPD) designation 33- 37 I5 --- GC [1/33342]? General Catalog I/113 designation 38 A1 --- m_GC Multiplicity indicator (4) 39- 49 A11 --- Name Bayer / Flamsteed name. (5) 50- 51 I2 h RA1900h Right Ascension 1900 (hours) 52- 55 F4.1 min RA1900m Right Ascension 1900 (minutes) 56 A1 --- DE1900- Declination 1900 (sign) 57- 58 I2 deg DE1900d Declination 1900 (degrees) 59- 60 I2 arcmin DE1900m Declination 1900 (minutes) 61- 62 I2 h RAh Right Ascension 1950 (hours) 63- 66 F4.1 min RAm Right Ascension 1950 (minutes) 67 A1 --- DE- Declination 1950 (sign) 68- 69 I2 deg DEd Declination 1950 (degrees) 70- 71 I2 arcmin DEm Declination 1950 (minutes) 72- 75 F4.1 mag Vmag []? Magnitude, generally V (6) 76- 80 F5.2 mag B-V ? B-V colour (7) 81- 85 F5.2 mag U-B ? U-B colour (7) 86- 91 F6.3 mag b-y ? b-y from Stroemgren photometry GCPD/04 92- 97 F6.3 mag m1 ? m1 = (v-b)-(b-y) from Stroemgren 98-103 F6.3 mag c1 ? c1 = (u-v)-(v-b) from Stroemgren 104-109 F6.3 mag Hbeta ? H-beta index from Stroemgren 110-121 A12 --- SpType Spectral classification (8) 122-132 A11 --- NoteCode [ABCDHNPRSV* ] Notes detailed in file notes (9)
Note (1): Indication of the probability that the star belongs to the considered category: '/' denotes a star improperly considered Ap or Am '?' doubtful nature '*' well-known Ap or Am star ' ' other cases Note (2): Running number (initially in tens), ordered by HD number (extension excluded) when such a number exists; stars without HD number (including HDE stars) were merged according to 1900 right ascension truncated to 0.1min. Note (3): Bertaud's catalogue published in "Journal des Observateurs" (1959JO.....42...45B, 1960JO.....43..129B, 1965JO.....48..211B) Note (4): the multiplicity letter identifies the component in the case of double or multiple system where components have not a distinct number, except when the luminosity of the other components is negligible. Note (5): the following conventions are used: Greek letters are coded as *AA, an asterisk followed by two letters: *AL=alpha *IO=iota *RH=rho *BE=beta *KA=kappa *SI=sigma *GA=gamma *LA=lambda *TA=tau *DE=delta *MU=mu *UP=upsilon *EP=epsilon *NU=nu *PH=phi *DZ=dzeta *XI=xi *KH=chi *ET=eta *OI=omicron *PS=psi *TH=theta *PI=pi *OE=omega Latin letters should be considered as lowercase letters. Note (6): for close double stars, this magnitude was corrected from the companion's luminosity. Note (7): for close double stars, the colour index refers to the combined light. Note (8): A dash in column 112 indicates an Am star; this dash separates the spectral type deduced from the K line and the spectral type deduced from the metallic lines; delta Del-type stars are classified as Am, and marked with DD. Another character in column 112 means an Ap star, and the spectrum is followed by the symbols of the elements with abnormal abundances. "HE FBL." means "He-weak" See also the "*" note (column 122) Note (9): the symbols used in columns 122-132 have the following meaning: '*' = Note or remark of various nature, e.g. about the spectrum. 'N' = Other designations (see also notes A, D, V) B for number in B. Boss's "Preliminary General Catalogue"; W for number in Wilson's General Cat. of Stellar Radial Velocities III/21; Second DM number 'D' = Note concerning duplicity: ADS (Aitken's catalogue) designation, magnitude and angular distance of the companion 'A' = Note concerning clustering: cluster, group or association to which the star belongs, at least optically; star identification number(s) in the cluster or association 'V' = Note about variability: variable name; nature of the variability, if known, when it is not of the alpha CVn type. 'P' = Note about the known or proposed period observed for the variations of: - the luminosity and/or colours (L) - the magnetic field (M) - the intensity of spectral lines (S) - the radial velocity computed from peculiar element lines. (V) 'B' = Note about binarity: V.R.V. stands for Variable Radial Velocity P provides the period of Spectrocopic Binaries, and E the eccentricity 'H' = Note about magnetic field: extreme values measured for the effective magnetic field (defined in Babcock, =1957ApJS....3..141B) followed by the number of measurements within brackets 'R' = Note concerning the rotational velocity; value of the projected equatorial velocity (v sin i) 'S' = Remarks concerning Stroemgren's Photometry uvbyH-beta 'C' = Note about detection criteria, when the p or m feature is not confirmed with classical spectroscopy. Used abbreviations: UV = ultraviolet spectrophotometry (satellite obs.) GEN = Geneva 7-colour photometry MTZ = H.M. Maintzen's photometry GCPD/75 (1976A&A....51..223M)
Byte-by-byte Description of file: notes
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1- 5 I5 --- Seq [1/61790] Running number as in catalog 8 A1 --- NoteCode [ABCDHNPRSV*] The same code as in columns 122-132 of catalog file. (blank for continuation) 9 A1 --- Cont [:] Colon (:), or (blank for continuation) 10- 80 A71 --- Text *Text of the note (in French) (1)
Note on Text: each line of notes terminates with the following punctuation: ; indicates the end of the current note . indicates the end of all notes related to a specific star other means that a continuation will be found as the next record
Glossary to help to understand the French comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------- A at A (after a number) y (=years) AMAS cluster ANNEAU D'ORI Ori ring AUSSI also CI-DESSOUS below CI-DESSUS or CI-AVANT above COMPOSANTE PRINCIPALE principal component COMPOSANTE SECONDAIRE secondary component COUR.DE LA GR.OURSE UMa stream D'APRES according to DEUX COMPOSANTES EGALES two equal components DOUT. doubtful ENV. about ET and ETOILE star FAIBLE weak FAIBLEMENT weakly GR.DES HYADES Hyades group GRANDE AMPLITUDE large amplitude IDENTIFICATION INCERTAINE uncertain identification IL Y A DOUTE QUANT A LA ... there is some doubt concerning the ... J (after a number) d (=days) LA MAGNITUDE INDIQUEE the quoted magnitude EST LA MAGNITUDE TOTALE is the total one LES DEUX COMPOSANTES ETANT the two components being TRES PROCHES very close MEME LUMINOSITE same magnitude ON NE PEUT PAS ETRE CERTAIN one cannot be certain OU or PAR by PAS MEMBRE not member PLUSIEURS several POUR CHAQUE COMPOSANTE for each component POUR L'AUTRE for the other one POUR L'ENSEMBLE DES DEUX for the total system COMPOSANTES POUR UNE COMPOSANTE for one component PRESQ.EG. or PRESQUE EGAL nearly equal PROBABLEMENT probably RAIES FINES sharp lines RAIES LARGES broad lines RAIES METALLIQUES metallic lines SELON UN AUTRE AUTEUR according to another author SELON UNE SOURCE PLUS RECENTE according to a more recent paper SEMBLABLE A similar to SP.COMPOSITE composite spectrum TOUS DEUX both TRES LONGUE very long TROISIEME COMPOSANTE third component or 3EME COMPOSANTE UN PEU somewhat VARIATIONS DE LUMINOSITE luminosity variations V. or VOIR see ------------------------------------------------------------------- Historical Notes: * March 1991: Catalogue received on magnetic tape at CDS from P. Renson * November 1991: First description of the catalogue added at CDS, as interchanges between CDS (F. Ochsenbein) and P. Renson * 10-Mar-1992: about 20 corrections in the catalog, following exchanges between S. Ansari and the author P. Renson * 01-Apr-1996: Standard documentation added at CDS
(End) Francois Ochsenbein [CDS] 01-Apr-1996

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