I/144 First, Second and Third Herstmonceux Cats, 1950.0 (Tucker+ 1983)
First, Second and Third Herstmonceux Catalogues for 1950.0
Tucker R.H., Buontempo M.E., Gibbs P., Swifte R.H.D.
<R. Greenwich Obs. Bull. No. 189 (1983)>
=1983RGOB..189....1T 1983RGOB..189....1T
ADC_Keywords: Positional data; Proper motions
Abstract:
These catalogues contain the results of observations of stars made at
the Royal Greenwich Observatory (Herstmonceux) with the Cooke Transit
Circle from 1957 October 22 to 1980 November 18. The first Herstmonceux
catalogue includes observations from 1957 October 22 to 1961 June 30,
the second from 1961 October 17 to 1969 January 29, and third from
1969 February 13 to 1980 November 18.
File Summary:
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FileName Lrecl Records Explanations
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ReadMe 80 . This file
agk3r.dat 168 13811 AGK3R Stars in 1st Hx. Cat. part 2
pzt.dat 168 675 PZT Stars in 1st Hx. Cat. part 3
blaauwob.dat 168 1052 Blaauw O,B Stars in 1st Hx. Cat. part 4
gcrv1.dat 168 5910 Mt. Wilson GCRV Stars in 2nd Hx. Cat. part 2
gcvs.dat 168 325 Variable GCVS Stars in 2nd Hx. Cat. part 3
zc.dat 168 3725 Robertson's Zodiacal Stars, 3rd Hx. Cat. part 2
npzt.dat 168 1744 Yasuda's NPZT Stars in in 3rd Hx. Cat. part 3
gcrv2.dat 168 251 Mt. Wilson GCRV Stars in 3rd Hx. Cat. part 4
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Byte-by-byte Description of file: *.dat
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Bytes Format Units Label Explanations
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1- 6 A6 --- cat *Catalogue label
7- 14 A8 --- name Star name or number in cat
16- 20 I5 --- Hx Herstmonceux number
22 I1 --- Hxc ? Herstmonceux culmination code
25- 26 I2 h RAh Right Ascension (1950.0) hours
28- 29 I2 min RAm Right Ascension (1950.0) minutes
31- 36 F6.3 s RAs *[0,60.5[ RA (1950.0) seconds: Herstmonceux
38- 43 F6.3 s RAs2 *[0,60.5[ RA (1950.0) seconds: FK4 system
45- 50 F6.3 yr EpRA-1900 Epoch of RA: Year-1900 (F6.3)
53 A1 --- DE- Declination (1950.0) sign
54- 55 I2 deg DEd Declination (1950.0) degrees
57- 58 I2 arcmin DEm Declination (1950.0) arcminutes
60- 64 F5.2 arcsec DEs *[0,60.5[ DE (1950.0) arcseconds: Herstmonceux
66- 70 F5.2 arcsec DEs2 *[0,60.5[ DE (1950.0) arcseconds: FK4 system
72- 77 F6.3 yr EpDE-1900 Epoch of Declination: Year-1900
78- 84 F7.4 AU PlxRA Parallax factor RA
85- 91 F7.4 AU PlxDE Parallax factor Dec
93- 95 I3 --- o_RAh Number of Observations in R.A.
97- 99 I3 --- o_DEd Number of Observations in Declination
100-105 F6.3 arcsec e_RAs Formal Standard Error RA
106-111 F6.3 arcsec e_DEs Formal Standard Error Declination
113 A1 --- D *[D] Duplication remark
114-122 A9 --- ADS *ADS or IDS designation
123-125 I3 0.1mag mag ? Magnitude (visual or photographic, see r_Sp)
126 A1 --- n_mag [V] V = Variable Magnitude
127-131 A5 --- Sp Spectral type(s)
133 A1 --- r_Sp *Source catalogue of mag and Sp
134-138 I5 --- GC ? Boss General Catalog number (Cat. I/113)
139-144 I6 --- HD ? Henry Draper number (Cat. III/135)
145-152 A8 --- DM ? BD or CoD number (Cat. I/114, I/119, I/122)
154-159 I6 --- SAO ? Smithsonian Astrophys. Obs. Catalog (I/131)
160-167 A8 --- AGK ? AGK number (Cat. I/61)
168 A1 --- n_AGK *[*+] Remark on AGK
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Note on cat:
The following examples demonstrate the format of this field.
1HX502 = First Catalogue, part two
3HX504 = Third Catalogue, part four
3HX50A = Third Catalogue, Appendix
Note on RAs, RAs2, DEs, DEs2:
Observed coordinates for epoch of observation, referred to the equinox of
1950.0, on
1. the Herstmonceux system of star places or
2. the FK4 system of star places
The values in these fields are sometimes given greater than 60 (arc)seconds.
To find the coordinates in such a case, add one to the (arc)minutes and
subtract 60 from the (arc)seconds. The RAm (or DEm) value given applies
to whichever RAs (or DEs) value is smaller.
This occurs as a result of using one RAm (or DEm) value to describe two
different systems and does not indicate errors in the data.
Note on D:
D = observation is a duplicate and appears elsewhere within catalogue.
Note on ADS:
ADS number and component or IDS page number and component
Note on r_Sp: the references use the following symbols:
S = SAO
M = Mount Wilson GCRV
Z = Robertson's ZC
F = FK4 or FK4Sup
A = AGK3R data from USNO Washington
K = AGK3
V = Various sources
Note on n_AGK:
suffix + indicates AGK2 number
suffix * indicates Babelsberg number
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Catalogue, Ann Astron. Obs. Harvard College 91-99 (see Cat. III/135)
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Tucker R.H., Buontempo M.E., Gibbs P. & Swifte R.H.D. 1983, First, second
and third Herstmonceux catalogues of stars for 1950.0, R. Greenwich Obs.
Bull. No. 189.
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(End) Julie Anne Watko [SSDOO/ADC] 20-Aug-1996