II/219 New Catalogue of Suspected Variable Stars Supplement (Kazarovets+ 1998)
New Catalogue of Suspected Variable Stars. Supplement - Version 1.0
Kazarovets E.V., Durlevich O.V., Samus N.N.
<Institute of Astronomy of Russian Academy of Sciences and
Sternberg Astronomical Institute (1988)>
=1998IBVS.4655....1K 1998IBVS.4655....1K
ADC_Keywords: Stars, variable;
Description:
This catalog is a compilation of 11206 stars suspected of variability
and not finally designated as variables prior to 1997. It is the
supplementary part to the "New Catalogue of Suspected Variable Stars"
published in 1982 (Kukarkin et al., file "nsv.dat" included here).
Data contained in the present catalog include positions, magnitudes,
variability types, references to the literature, spectra and
cross-identifications. The computer version of the NSV Supplement
contains principally the same data as the printed catalog, the data
tables with the textual material (bibliography, remarks) are included.
File Summary:
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FileName Lrecl Records Explanations
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ReadMe 80 . This file
nsvs.dat 114 11206 The NSV Supplement Catalog
ident.dat 99 39175 Identifications
remark.dat 80 6195 Remarks
refs.dat 80 2784 References
nsv.dat 89 14811 *New Suspected Variables (Kukarkin et al. 1982)
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Note on nsv.dat: NSV 7334 was corrected in June 1999
(see "History" section below)
See also:
II/214 : The combined GCVS4.1 (Kholopov+, 1998)
ftp://ftp.sai.msu.su, /pub/groups/cluster/gcvs/gcvs/nsvsup/ : (anonymous)
http://www.sai.msu.su/groups/cluster/gcvs/gcvs/ : GCVS pages
Byte-by-byte Description of file: nsvs.dat
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Bytes Format Units Label Explanations
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1- 5 I5 --- NSV [15001/26206]+ NSV number
6 A1 --- RemFlag *[*] indicates a remark in file remark.dat
8- 9 I2 h RAh Hours RA, equinox 1950.0
10- 11 I2 min RAm Minutes RA, equinox 1950.0
12- 15 F4.1 s RAs Seconds RA, equinox 1950.0
16 A1 --- DE- Sign Dec, equinox 1950.0
17- 18 I2 deg DEd Degrees Dec, equinox 1950.0
19- 20 I2 arcmin DEm Minutes Dec, equinox 1950.0
21- 22 I2 arcsec DEs Seconds Dec, equinox 1950.0
23 A1 --- u_DEs *[:*] accuracy flags
25- 26 I2 h RA2000h Hours RA, equinox 2000.0
27- 28 I2 min RA2000m Minutes RA, equinox 2000.0
29- 32 F4.1 s RA2000s Seconds RA, equinox 2000.0
33 A1 --- DE2000- Sign Dec, equinox 2000.0
34- 35 I2 deg DE2000d Degrees Dec, equinox 2000.0
36- 37 I2 arcmin DE2000m Minutes Dec, equinox 2000.0
38- 39 I2 arcsec DE2000s Seconds Dec, equinox 2000.0
41- 46 A6 --- VarType *Type of variability
48 A1 --- l_magMax [><] "<" if magMax is a bright limit,
">" if magMax is a faint limit,
49- 53 F5.2 mag magMax *? Magnitude at maximum brightness
54 A1 --- u_magMax [:]Uncertainty flag on magMax
56- 57 A2 --- l_magMin [><( ] "(" if magMin is an amplitude;
with "><" prefix, the amplitude in
the table is a lower or upper limit
58- 63 F6.3 mag magMin *? Minimum magnitude or amplitude
64 A1 --- n_magMin *The photometric system for amplitudes
65 A1 --- f_magMin [)] ")" if magMin is an amplitude
66 A1 --- u_magMin Uncertainty flag (:) on magMin or amplitude
68- 69 A2 --- magCode *The photometric system for magnitudes and
amplitudes
71- 74 A4 --- r_NSV *Reference to a study of the star
(see file refs.dat)
76- 79 A4 --- Ref2 *Chart reference (see file refs.dat)
81- 95 A15 --- SpType1 *Spectral type
97-104 A8 --- SpType2 Spectral type from HD catalog in brackets
106-114 A9 --- VarName *Designation in GCVS
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Note on RemFlag: There are several data fields that can contain
asterisks. These signify that more complete information will be found
in the remarks to the published catalog. The remarks are machine
readable, they do contain much supplemental information. There, one
will find information covering situations like, e.g.:
1. The discoverer of the light variability is not the author of the
paper cited in the variability reference, or is one of several
authors of the paper cited. In these cases, discoverers' names are
given in original transcriptions of the remarks.
2. The most important additional information about a star, although
the NSV Supplement compilers did not intend to present complete
bibliographies for any catalogued stars.
3. Remarks for visual binaries giving visual magnitudes for the
individual components A and B, angular separations, and position
angles for faint components (or semimajor axis of a relative orbit
and period of orbital motion). Then, data for other components are
given where applicable. (Combined magnitudes are generally reported
in the machine-readable table.)
Note on u_DEs: The actual accuracy of coordinates is indicated with
the symbols: (:) means right ascensions accurate to one second of
time and declinations accurate to one tenth of an arcminute;
(*) means declinations accurate to one arcminute.
Note on magMax, magMin: The star's magnitude in minimum and maximum
brightness. Instead of the magnitude in minimum, the star's amplitude
of variation may be indicated (in brackets). Magnitudes are reported
to hundredths if the observations are photoelectric or CCD, to tenths
or whole magnitudes if they are not. If only an amplitude has been
measured photoelectrically, then the maximum magnitude is generally
given to tenths only and the minimum is reported to hundredths.
Note on n_magMin and magCode: The photometric system in which magMin
and magMax are reported. The main codes are V (visual, photovisual,
or Johnson's V), B (Johnson's B) and P (photographic magnitudes). The
designations u, v, b, y refer to the Stroemgren system. The symbols
Ic, Rc mean magnitudes in Cousins' I, R system; Hp, T - in Hipparcos
and Tycho mission systems; J, H, K, L, M - infrared magnitudes.
Note on VarType: Type of variability. The system of variable star
classification corresponds to the GCVS4, with six additions (ZZO, AM,
R, BE, LBV, BLBOO) introduced in the Name-Lists 67-72 and in the GCVS
vol.V. Brief descriptions only are given here:
ACV, ACVO Alpha2 Canum Venaticorum
ACYG Alpha Cygni
BCEP, BCEPS Beta Cephei
BE Be
BL BL Lacertae
BY BY Draconis
CEP Cepheid
CST constant
CW W Virginis
DCEP Delta Cephei
DSCT, DSCTC Delta Scuti
E eclipsing
EA Algol (Beta Persei)
EB Beta Lyrae
EW W Ursae Majoris
ELL ellipsoidal
FKCOM FK Comae Berenices
FU FU Orionis
GAL galaxy
GCAS Gamma Cassiopejae
I irregular
IA, INA white irregular
IB, INB red irregular
IN irregular in a nebula
IT, INT irregular of the T Tauri type
IS, ISA rapid irregular
L slow
LB slow red
LBV long-period pulsating B star
M Mira (Omicron Ceti) type
N Nova
NL nova-like
NR recurrent Nova
QSO quasistellar object
RR RR Lyrae
RS RS Canum Venaticorum
RV RV Tauri
S rapid
SN supernova
SR, SRA, SRB, SRD semiregular
SXARI SX Arietis
SXPHE SX Phoenicis
UG U Geminorum
UGSS SS Cygni
UV UV Ceti
VAR variable
WR Wolf-Rayet star
XM X-ray system with a strong magnetic field
XNA X-ray nova-like
ZAND Z Camelopardalis
ZZA, ZZO ZZ Ceti
Note on r_NSV: The four digits give the number in the list of references
contained in the catalog, which is generally the first publication
announcing the possible variability.
Note on Ref2: The coding for the numbers is similar to that used in
the variability references described above, except that there are also
letter codes. These are references to papers containing
identification chart or photograph of the field with the suspected
variable marked. If the cited paper does not contain a chart, but the
star is catalogued in one of the Durchmusterungen (BD,CD,CPD) or in the
Hubble Space Telescop Guide Star Catalog (GSC), then corresponding
letter codes DM or GSC are given.
Note on SpType1: Spectral types, subtypes and luminosity
classes are given. More detailed classification information is given
in the remarks to the catalog. Also the following symbols are used:
AF A-F
cont continuum
e emission spectrum
ea e sub alpha
FG F-G
KM K-M
* see Sp type in remarks
Note on VarName:
The alternative name of the variable. All necessary information on
the star is to be found under that alternative name in Cat. II/214
(file gcvs.dat)
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Byte-by-byte Description of file: ident.dat
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Bytes Format Units Label Explanations
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1- 5 I5 --- NSV [15001/26206]+= NSV number
7 A1 --- --- [=] Equality sign
9- 99 A91 --- ID *Identifications
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Note on ID: all identifications needed to find the star in the papers
with the first (or independent) announcement of the discovery of its
variability. References to these papers (see file refs.dat) are given
in square brackets after the corresponding identification. The name
of the discoverer accompanies the reference only in the case of its
being different from the name of the author(s) of the paper referred
to. Designations of components of double or multiple system: A, B,
C, ..., A1, A2, ..., p - preceding, f - following, s - southern, n -
northern. The transliterations of greek letters are used: alpha,
beta, gamma,..., omega, etc., kappa 2, omicr 1. Different
identifications of the same star with catalogs and lists are separated
with equality sings (=). Symbol (?) marks the doubtful
identification. The following catalogs abbreviations are used (abbreviated
names for some of them are presented):
Bayer - Greek and Roman letters in the Bayer Atlas,
Flamsteed - Baily, F. 1835, "Association of J.Flamsteed, British Catalogue
of Stars".
BS (HR) - Hoffleit, D. (with the collaboration of Jaschek, C.) 1982, "The
Bright Stars Catalogue" (New Haven: Yale University Observatory) (HR
numbers are adopted from Pickering, E. C., 1908, "Harvard Revised
Photometry", Ann. Astron. Obs. Harvard College 50).
(See Cat. V/50)
HD - Cannon, A. J. and Pickering, E. C. 1918-1924, "The Henry Draper
Catalogue", Ann. Astron. Obs. Harvard College 91-99.
(See Cat. III/135)
BD - Argelander, F. 1859-62, "Bonner Sternverzeichniss. Erste bis dritte
Sektion", Astronomische Beobachtungen auf der Sternwarte der Koeniglichen
Rhein. Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universitaet zu Bonn, Bande 3-5. Revision of
Argelander's first edition: Schoenfeld, E. 1886, "Bonner
Sternverzeichniss", Vierte Sektion, Astronomische Beobachtungen auf der
Sternwarte der Koeniglichen Rheinischen Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universitaet zu
Bonn 8, Part IV (Bonn: Adolph Marcus); Kuestner, F. 1903, "Bonner
Durchmusterung des Noerdlichen Himmels, zweite berichtigte Auflage",
Bonn Universitaets-Sternwarte.
(See Cats I/122 and I/119)
CoD - Thome, J. M. 1892-1932, "Cordoba Durchmusterung, Resultados del
Observatorio Nacional Argentino" 16 (1892, Part I: -22 to -32 Degrees), 17
(1894, Part II: -32 to -42 Degrees), 18 (1900, Part III: -42 to -52
Degrees), 21 (Part I) (1914, Part IV, -52 to -62 Degrees), 21 (Part II)
(1932, Part V: -61 to -90 Degrees).
(See Cat. I/114)
CPD - Gill, D. and Kapteyn, J. C. 1895-1900, "Cape Photographic
Durchmusterung", Ann. Cape Obs. 3 (1895, Part I: zones -18 to -37); 4
(1897, Part II: zones -38 to -52); 5 (1900, Part III: zones -53 to -89).
(See Cat. I/108)
GSC - Lasker, B. M., et al. 1990, "The Guide Star Catalog. I. Astronomical
Foundations and Image Processing", A. J. 99, 2019; The Space Telescope
Science Institute 1992, "The Guide Star Catalog Version 1.1 (An all-sky
astrometric and photometric catalog to support the operation of the
Hubble Space Telescope)" on two CD-ROMs.
(See Cat. I/220)
HIP - European Space Agency 1997, "The Hipparcos and Tycho Catalogues",
SP-1200, Vols. 1-17.
(See Cat. I/239)
SAO - Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory Staff 1966, "Star Catalog.
Positions and Proper Motions of 258,997 Stars for the Epoch and Equinox of
1950.0", Publ. of the Smithsonian Institution of Washington, D.C., No.
4652. (See Cat. I/131)
ADS - Aitken, R. G. 1932, "New General Catalogue of Double Stars within 120
Degrees of the North Pole", Carnegie Institution of Washington, Publ.
no. 417 (Washington, D.C.: Carnegie Institution of Washington).
IDS - Jefers, H. M., Van den Bos, W. H., Greeby, F. M. 1963, "Index
Catalogue of Visual Double Stars", Publ. Lick Obs. 21.
BDS - Burnham, S. W. 1906, "A General Catalogue of Double Stars within 120
Degrees of the North Pole", Carnegie Institution of Washington, Publ.
No. 5 (Washington, D.C.: Carnegie Institution of Washington).
CCDM - Dommanget, J., Nys, O. 1994, "The Catalogue of Components of Double
and Multiple Stars", Comm. Obs. R. de Belg., Serie A No.115
(catalog CDS I/211).
IRC - Neugebauer, G. and Leighton, R. B. 1969, "Two-Micron Sky Survey, A
Preliminary Catalog", NASA SP-3047 (Washington, D.C.: National Aeronautics
and Space Adminstration).
(See Cat. II/2)
AFGL/RAFGL - Walker, R. G., Price, S. D. 1975, "Air Force Cambridge Research
Laboratory Infrared Sky Survey", U.S. Air Force Report No. AFCRL-TR-0373;
Price, S. D., Walker, R. G. 1976 "The AFGL Four Color Infrared Sky
Survey", AFGL-TR-0208, and 1977 "The AFGL Four Color Infrared Sky Survey
Supplement", AFGL-TR-0160.
IRAS - The Joint IRAS Science Working Group 1988, "Infrared Astronomical
Satellite (IRAS) catalogs and atlases" 2-6, NASA RP-1190
(Washington, D.C.: National Aeronautics and Space Adminstration).
(See Cat. II/125)
MWC - Merrill, P. W., Sunford, R. F., Burwell, C. G. 1933-1949, "Mount
Wilson Catalogue of stars of classes B and A whose spectra have bright
hydrogen lines", P.A.S.P. 45, 306; P.A.S.P 54, 107; Ap. J. 78, 87; Ap. J.
98, 153; Ap. J. 110, 387.
AS - Merrill, P. W., Burwell, C. G. 1950, "Additional stars whose spectra
have a bright H Alpha line", Ap. J. 112, 72.
LkHa - Herbig, G. H., et al. 1954-1974, Lists of emission-line stars.
MHa - Mount Wilson H Alpha-emission line stars, see references for MWC and
AS.
He-3 - Henize, K. G. 1976, "Observations of Southern Emission-Line Stars",
Ap. J. Suppl. 30, 491.
HRC/HBC - Herbig, G. H., Robbin Bell, K. 1988, "Third Catalog of
Emission-Line Stars of the Orion Population", Lick Obs. Bull No.1111.
Wray - Wray, J. D. 1966, "A study of H Alpha-emission objects in the
Southern Milky Way", Table XV-XIX, Univ. Microfilm Inc., Ann Arbor,
Michigan.
LS - Hardorp, J., et al. 1959-1971, "Luminous Stars in the Northern Milky Way"
I-VI, Hamburger Sternwarte - Warner and Swasey Obs., Hamburg-Bergedorf.
(See Cat. III/76)
LSS - Stephenson, C. B., Sanduleak, N. 1971, "Luminous Stars in the
Southern Milky Way", Publ. Warner and Swasey Obs. 1, No.1.
(See Cat. III/43)
CCS - Stephenson, C. B. 1973, "A General Catalogue of Cool Carbon Stars",
Publ. Warner and Swasey Obs. 1, No.4.
(See Cat. III/156)
Hen - Unpublished list of C-stars by K.G.Henize (given in CCS),
CSS - Stephenson, C. B. 1976, "A General Catalogue of S Stars", Publ.
Warner and Swasey Obs. 2, No.2.
(See Cat. III/60)
WR - Van der Hucht, K. A., et al. 1981, "The Sixth Catalogue of Galactic
Wolf-Rayer Stars", Space Sci. Rev. 28, 227.
PG - Green, R. F., et al. 1986, "Cataclysmic Variable Candidates from the
Palomar Green Survey", Ap. J. Suppl. 61, 305.
(See Cat. II/207)
WD - McCook, G. P., Sion, E. M. 1987, "A Catalogue of Spectroscopically
Identified White Dwarfs", Ap. J. Suppl. 65, 603.
(See Cat. III/129)
G - Giclas, H. L., et al. 1971-1979, "Lowell Proper Motion Survey" (red
dwarfs), Lowell Obs. Bull., Flagstaff, Arizona.
GD - Giclas, H. L., et al. 1980, "Lowell Proper Motion Survey" (white
dwarfs), Lowell Obs. Bull. 8, 157.
Eg/Gr - Eggen, O. J., Greenstein, J. L. 1965-1977, "Spectra, Colors,
Luminosities and Motions of the White Dwarfs", Ap. J. 141, 83; Ap. J. 142,
925; Ap. J. 150, 927; Ap. J. 158, 281; Ap. J. 162, L55; Ap. J. 189, L131;
Ap. J. 196, L117; Ap. J. 207, L119; Ap. J. 218, L21.
Gliese - Gliese, W. 1969, "Catalogue of Nearby Stars", Veroeff. Astron.
Rechen-Inst. Heidelberg Nr.22; Gliese, W., Jahreiss, H. 1979, "Nearby star
data published 1969-1978", Astron. Astrophys. Suppl. 38, 423.
(See Cat. V/70)
He-2 - Henize, K. J. 1964, An extended list of southern planetary nebulae;
see PK Nomenclature.
PK - Perek, L., Kohoutek, L. 1967, "Catalogue of Galactic Planetary
Nebulae", Academia Publishing House of the Czechoslovak Academy of
Sciences.
NGC - Dreyer, J. L. E. 1888, "New General Catalogue of Nebulae and Clusters
of Stars", Mem. Roy. Astron. Soc. 49, Part I (reprinted 1962, London: Royal
Astronomical Society); Sulentic, J. W. and Tifft, W. G. 1973, "The Revised
New General Catalogue of Nonstellar Astronomical Objects" (Tucson: The
University of Arizona Press).
(See Cat. VII/118)
LHS - Luyten, W. J. 1976, "A Catalog of Stars with Proper Motion exceeding
0".5 annually", Publ. of Univ. of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota;
Luyten, W. J., Albers, H. 1979, "An Atlas of Identification Chart for LHS
Stars", Publ. of Univ. of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota.
(See Cat. I/87)
LTT - Luyten, W. J. 1957, "Catalogue of 9867 Stars in the Southern
Hemisphere with Proper Motion exceeding 0".2 annually"; Luyten, W. J. 1961,
"Catalogue of 7127 Stars in the Northern Hemisphere with Proper Motion
exceeding 0".2 annually", The Lund Press, Minneapolis, Minnesota.
LFT - Luyten, W. J. 1955, "A Catalog of 1849 Stars with Proper Motion
exceeding 0.5" annually", The Lund Press, Minneapolis, Minnesota.
L - Luyten, W. J. 1941, "Proper Motion Survey with the fourty-eight inch
Schmidt Telescope", XXI, XXV, XXIX, Publ. of Univ. of Minnesota.
LP - Luyten, W. J. 1963-1981, "Proper Motion Survey with the 48 inch Schmidt
Telescope", Publ. of Univ. of Minnesota, Minneapolis, fasc. 1-57.
LDS - Luyten, W. J. 1943, "Catalogue of 832 Double Stars with Common Proper
Motion in the Southern Hemisphere", Publ. Astron. Obs. Univ. Minnesota
3, No. 3, 33.
BPM - Luyten, W. J. 1963, "Bruce Proper Motion Survey. The general
catalogue. Vol. I, II", Publ. of Univ. of Minnesota, Minneapolis,
Minnesota.
Ross - Ross, F. E. 1925-1939, "New Proper Motion Stars", eleven successive
lists, A. J. Vol. 36 to 48.
Vys - Vyssotsky, A. N., et al. 1943-1958, "Dwarf M Stars Found
Spectrophotometrically", A. J. 61, 201; A. J. 63, 211; Ap. J. 97, 381;
Ap. J. 104, 234; Ap. J. 116, 117.
Wolf - Wolf, M. 1919, "Katalog von 1053 starken bewegten Fixsternen",
Veroeff. Sternwarte zu Heidelberg 7, No. 10, 195; and numerous lists in
Astron. Nachr. 209 to 236, 1919 to 1929.
OH - OH sources designated by their galactic co-ordinates.
HII - Hertzsprung, E. 1947, "Catalogue de 3259 Etoiles dans les Pleiades",
Ann. Sterrewacht Leiden 19, part 1A.
Par - Parenago, P. P. 1954, "A List of Star in the Region of the Orion
Nebula", Trudy Sternberg Astron. Inst. Vol. 25.
HV - Preliminary designations of variables discovered at Harvard
Observatory.
S - Preliminary designations of variables discovered at Sonneberg
Observatory.
SVS - Soviet variable stars (preliminary designations of Soviet-discovered
variables).
VV - Preliminary designations of variables discovered at Vatican.
VES - Lists of the Vatican H Alpha-emission line stars.
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Byte-by-byte Description of file: remark.dat
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Bytes Format Units Label Explanations
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1- 5 I5 --- NSV [15001/26206]+= NSV number
7- 80 A74 --- Text *Text of remark
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Note on Text: See Note on RemFlag (nsvs.dat) and Note on ID (ident.dat).
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Byte-by-byte Description of file: refs.dat
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Bytes Format Units Label Explanations
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1- 4 I4 --- Ref [1,2022]+= Reference number
6- 80 A75 --- Text *Text of reference
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Note on Text: We attempted to give Latin transliterations of
Russan-language names of astronomical periodicals and books. We did
not try to unify the Latin spelling of names with Cyrillic (or
other) original forms, but simply tried to reproduce the Latin
transcriptions in the publications referred to.
When several lines are needed, the reference number is repeated.
The "bibcode", if known, is added at the beginning of the text.
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Byte-by-byte Description of file: nsv.dat
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Bytes Format Units Label Explanations
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1- 5 I5 --- NSV [1,14811]+= NSV number
6 A1 --- m_NSV *NSV letter suffix
7 A1 --- u_NSV [-]Dubitancy flag
if a star's variability seems doubtful
or erroneous to the catalog compilers
8 A1 --- NoteFlag1 *[*] Notes in published catalog
9- 10 I2 h RAh *? Hours RA, equinox 1950.0
11- 12 I2 min RAm *? Minutes RA, equinox 1950.0
13- 16 F4.1 s RAs *? Seconds RA, equinox 1950.0
17 A1 --- DE- *? Sign Dec, equinox 1950.0
18- 19 I2 deg DEd *? Degrees Dec, equinox 1950.0
20- 21 I2 arcmin DEm *? Minutes Dec, equinox 1950.0
22- 23 I2 arcsec DEs *? Seconds Dec, equinox 1950.0
24 A1 --- u_DEs *[:*] accuracy flags
25- 29 A5 --- VarType *Type of variability
31- 35 F5.2 mag magMax *? Magnitude at maximum brightness
36 A1 --- u_magMax [:] Uncertainty flag on magMax
38- 39 A2 --- l_magMin [><( ] "<" if magMin is a bright limit
"(" if magMin is an amplitude; with
"><" prefix, the amplitude in the
table is a lower or upper limit.
40- 45 F6.3 mag magMin *? Minimum magnitude or amplitude
46- 47 A2 --- u_magMin [st:] a light amplitude is reported for
the minimum and it is given in steps
Uncertainty flag (:) on magMin
48 A1 --- f_magMin [)] ")" if magMin is an amplitude
49 A1 --- magCode *The photometric system for magnitudes
51-57 A7 --- Ref1 *Reference to a study of the star
see the document by Kukarkin et al.(1982)
59-67 A9 --- Desig *Designation in paper Ref1
69-70 A2 --- SpType *Spectral type
72-77 A6 --- Ref2 *Chart reference
see the document by Kukarkin et al.(1982)
79-88 A10 --- VarName *Designation in GCVS
89 A1 --- NoteFlag2 *[*] Notes in catalog GCVS Vol.V
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Note on m_NSV: The letter "A" is present for one star, NSV 10360A,
which is a completely different object from NSV 10360.
Note on NoteFlag1: see the document by Kukarkin et al.(1982)
There are several data fields that can contain asterisks. These signify
that more complete information will be found in the remarks to the
published catalog. The remarks are, unfortunately, not machine
readable, but they do contain much supplemental information. There, one
will find information covering situations like, e.g.:
1. The discoverer of the light variability is not the author of the
paper cited in the variability reference, or is one of several authors
of the paper cited. In these cases, discoverers' names are given
in original transcriptions of the remarks.
2. The most important additional information about a star, although the
NSV compilers did not intend to present complete bibliographies for any
catalogued stars.
3. Remarks for visual binaries (in parentheses following the number of a
star in the corresponding catalog) giving visual magnitudes for the
individual components A and B, angular separations, and position angles
for faint components (or semimajor axis of a relative orbit and period
of orbital motion). Data for other components are then given where
applicable. (Combined magnitudes are generally reported in the
machine-readable table.)
Note on RAh, RAm, RAs, DE-, DEd, DEm, DEs:
The position is also listed when the variable is equivalent to a GCVS
star (column VarName).
Note on u_DEs:
The actual accuracy of coordinates is indicated with the symbols:
(:) means right ascensions accurate to one second of time and
declinations accurate to one tenth of an arcminute;
(*) means declinations accurate to one arcminute.
Note on VarType: type of variability (see file ...\III\vartype.txt).
The system of variable star classification corresponds to the GCVS4,
with six additions (ZZO, AM, R, BE, LBV, BLBOO) introduced in the
Name-Lists 67- 72 and in the GCVS vol.V. (see "Note on VarType" section
above)
Note on magMax, magMin: Magnitudes are reported to hundredths if the
observations are photoelectric, to tenths or whole magnitudes if they
are not. If only an amplitude has been measured photoelectrically, then
the maximum magnitude is generally given to tenths only and the minimum
is reported to hundredths.
Note on magCode: the photometric system in which magMin and magMax are
reported (see also Note on n_magMax, n_magMin). The main codes are P
(photographic magnitudes) and V (visual, photovisual, or Johnson's V).
See also the documents by Kholopov et al. (1985-1988) or Warren (1988).
Note on Ref1: Usually a 6-digit number coding, as a rule, the reference to the
announcement of the discovery of variability. The first two digits give the
year (in the 20th century) when the announcement was published (blank
for the 19th century). The next four digits give the number in the list
of references contained in the published catalog, which is generally the
first publication announcing the possible variability. The numbers are
followed by a letter code in most cases (byte 75) with the following
meanings:
K: the cited paper contains a chart or photograph of
the field with the suspected variable marked.
D: the cited paper does not contain a chart, but the
star is catalogued in one of the Durchmusterungen
(DM) (BD,CD,CPD).
Note on Desig: The identification of the suspected variable in the
paper referenced above. DM numbers are given without a prefix, the
standard naming convention of "The Henry Draper Catalogue" being used
(BD for zones +89 to -22; CD for -23 to -51; CP for -52 to -89).
Some identifications are given by coordinate designations, a 6-digit
number consisting of hours, minutes, and seconds (or tenths of a minute)
of time and degrees of declination with sign included. An asterisk (*)
signifies that a designation is given in the remarks to the published
catalog.
Stars are sometimes designated with numbers from the catalogs of Zinner
(ZI, 1929) and Prager (PR, 1934, 1937) because the original discovery
publications were not available to the NSV compilers. The catalogs of
Zinner and Prager give detailed references to early observations of such
stars.
Note on SpType: Spectral types and subtypes only are given.
Most luminosity classes are III to V, but if a star is a supergiant,
more detailed classification information is given in the remarks to the
published catalog. The following symbols are used:
AF A-F
AM Am
AP Ap
BE Be
E emission spectrum
EA e sub alpha
EV variable emission in spectrum
FG F-G
KM K-M
OF Of
PD Pd
T characteristics of T Tauri stars
Note on Ref2: The coding for the numbers is similar to that used
in the variability references described above, except that there are no
letter codes. These are references to papers containing identification
charts if no charts are given in the papers cited for the variability
references.
Note on VarName, NoteFlag2:
1) The alternative name of the variable. All necessary information on
the star is to be found under that alternative name, in the iii.zip and
nl.zip files.
2) The star's name in the GCVS Vol. V (see the file v.zip, where the
explanation of the designations is also given). In this case, the
symbol "*" in column 89 means the presence of remarks in Vol. V.
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History:
* 16-Jun-1999: in file nsv.dat, the star NSV 7334 = HV 10762 which was
erroneously cross-identified with QW Nor, was corrected at CDS (the
original data of the 1982 version of the NSV catalogue were inserted
for this star)
QW Nor is identical to NSV 7374.
References:
Kholopov, P. N., Samus, N. N., Frolov, M. S., Goranskij, V. P., Gorynya,
N. A., Karitskaya, E. A., Kazarovets, E. V., Kireeva, N. N., Kukarkina, N.
P., Kurochkin, N. E., Medvedeva, G. I., Perova, N. B., Rastorguev, A. S.,
and Shugarov, S. Yu. 1985-1988, "General Catalogue of Variable Stars", 4th
Edition, Volumes I-III, (Moscow: Nauka Publishing House).
Kukarkin, B. V., Kholopov, P. N., Artiukhina, N. M., Fedorovich, V. P.,
Frolov, M. S., Goranskij, V. P., Gorynya, N. A., Karitskaya, E. A.,
Kireeva, N. N., Kukarkina, N. P., Kurochkin, N. E., Medvedeva, G. I.,
Perova, N. B., Ponomareva, G. A., Samus, N. N., and Shugarov, S. Yu. 1982,
"New Catalogue of Suspected Variable Stars", (Moscow: Nauka Publishing
House).
Kholopov, P. N., Samus, N. N., Durlevich, O. V., Kazarovets, E. V.,
Kireeva, N. N., Tsvetkova, T. M. 1990, "General Catalogue of Variable
Stars", 4th Edition, Vol. IV, (Moscow: Nauka Publishing House).
Kholopov, P. N., Samus, N. N., Frolov, M. S., Goranskij, V. P.,
Kazarovets, E. V., Kireeva, N. N., Perova, N. B. 1985-1995, "Name-lists of
variable stars Nos. 67-72".
Artyukhina, N. M., Durlevich, O. V., Frolov, M. S., Goranskij, V. P.,
Gorynya, N. A., Karitskaya, E. A., Kazarovets, E. V., Kholopov, P. N.,
Kireeva, N. N., Kurochkin, N. E., Lipunova, N. A., Medvedeva, G. I.,
Pastukhova, E. N., Samus, N. N., Tsvetkova, T. M. 1995, "General Catalogue
of Variable Stars", 4th Edition, Vol. V: Extragalactic Variable Stars
(Moscow: "Kosmosinform").
(End) E.V. Kazarovets, O.V. Durlevich [Moscow & Sternberg] 10-May-1999