J/A+A/372/276 Polarization catalogue for NGP area (Berdyugin+, 2001)
Interstellar polarization at high galactic latitudes from distant stars.
IV. A catalog of polarization data for the North Galactic Pole Area
Berdyugin A.V., Teerikorpi P., Haikala L., Hanski M.O., Knude J.,
Markkanen T.
<Astron. Astrophys. 372, 276 (2001)>
=2001A&A...372..276B 2001A&A...372..276B
ADC_Keywords: Galactic pole, north ; Polarization
Keywords: polarization - dust, extinction - solar neighbourhood
Abstract:
We present a catalog of interstellar polarization measurements for the
North Galactic Pole area (b>70°). Our list contains 336 stars of
spectral classes from A to K for which the linear polarization has
been measured by us and other researchers. The data are useful for
investigation of the distribution of dust, to estimate the amount of
interstellar extinction and to map Galactic magnetic field at high
galactic latitudes. We discuss also the data selection, sampling and
completeness of the catalog.
File Summary:
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ReadMe 80 . This file
table1.dat 95 336 Catalog of polarization data for the
North Galactic Pole Area
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See also:
II/206 : Stellar Polarization Bibliography (Belous, 1996)
J/A+A/384/1050 : Interstellar polarization. VI. (Berdyugin+, 2002)
Byte-by-byte Description of file: table1.dat
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Bytes Format Units Label Explanations
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1- 11 A11 --- Star Star name (1)
13- 16 F4.2 % Pol Polarization percentage
18 I1 --- r_Pol [1,6] Reference for polarization (2)
20- 24 F5.3 % e_Pol rms uncertainty on Pol
26- 28 I3 deg theta ? Position vector of polarization measured in
the equatorial coordinate frame
30- 31 I2 deg e_theta ? rms uncertainty on theta
33- 36 I4 pc Dist ? Distance d(pc)
38 I1 --- r_Dist [1,3]? Reference for distance (3)
40- 45 F6.2 deg GLON Galactic longitude
47- 52 F6.2 deg GLAT Galactic latitude
56- 61 A6 --- SpType Spectral type
63- 64 A2 --- --- [HD]
65- 70 I6 --- HD ? HD number
72- 74 A3 --- --- [SAO]
75- 80 I6 --- SAO ? SAO number
82- 95 A14 --- Notes Notes
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Note (1): Whenever possible we give the BD number.
Some stars have
'Kn' number, - e. g. Knude (1996A&A...306..108K 1996A&A...306..108K, unpublished data) or
'ss2' number,- e. g. Sletterback & Stock (1959AAHam...5..105S 1959AAHam...5..105S,
[SS59] II NNN)
Note (2): Polarization references:
1: from the Crimea-Tuorla-NOT programme
2: Appenzeller, 1968ApJ...151..907A 1968ApJ...151..907A
3: Markkanen, 1979A&A....74..201M 1979A&A....74..201M
4: Haikala, 1979, unpublished pro-graduate study, University of Helsinki
5: Korhonen & Reiz, 1986A&AS...64..487K 1986A&AS...64..487K
6: Mathewson & Ford, 1970MmRAS..74..139M 1970MmRAS..74..139M
Note (3): Distance references:
1: from Hill et al. (1982PDAO...16..111H 1982PDAO...16..111H)
2: from HIPPARCOS (1997, Cat. I/239)
3: Knude (1996A&A...306..108K 1996A&A...306..108K)
Wherever possible we are giving the distance available from HIPPARCOS
referring to other sources only if the is no accurate estimation of
the parallax.
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Acknowledgements: Andrei Berdyugin
References:
Berdyugin et al., Paper I 1995A&A...294..568B 1995A&A...294..568B
Berdyugin & Teerikorpi, Paper II 1997A&A...318...37B 1997A&A...318...37B
Berdyugin et al., Paper III 2000A&A...358..717B 2000A&A...358..717B
Berdyugin & Teerikorpi, Paper V 2001A&A...368..635B 2001A&A...368..635B
Berdyugin et al., Paper VI 2002A&A...384.1050B 2002A&A...384.1050B, Cat. J/A+A/384/1050
(End) Patricia Bauer [CDS] 21-May-2001