J/A+A/470/161  UBV photometry of HII regions exciting stars  (Russeil+, 2007)
Revised distances of Northern HII regions.
    Russeil D., Adami C., Georgelin Y.M.
   <Astron. Astrophys., 470, 161-171 (2007)>
   =2007A&A...470..161R 2007A&A...470..161R
ADC_Keywords: H II regions ; Photometry, UBV
Keywords: Galaxy: general - Galaxy: kinematics and dynamics -
          Galaxy: structure - ISM: HII regions
Abstract:
    Our aim is to determine the distance of outer Galaxy star-forming
    complexes in order to model the kinematic structure of our Galaxy.
    We searched for exciting star(s) of HII regions, with poor or unknown
    stellar distance, in the second and third galactic quadrants. 
    We carried out spectroscopic and photometric (when necessary)
    observations in order to establish their spectral type and their U, B
    and V magnitudes. From these data, complemented with literature data,
    we determine the spectro-photometric distance of their associated
    complexes.
Description:
    U, B and V images have been obtained in 2005 (1-5 Sep.) at the 1.20-m
    telescope at the Observatoire de Haute Provence (OHP, France).
    The observations were carried out with the CARELEC spectrograph,
    mounted at the Cassegrain focus of the 193-cm telescope of the OHP.
    The observations were carried out in three runs (16-21 Sep. 1998,
    26-28 Oct. 2005 and 31 Jan.-3 Feb. 2006) using two different gratings.
File Summary:
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 FileName   Lrecl  Records   Explanations
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ReadMe         80        .   This file
table2.dat     83       92   Coordinates and spectral type of exciting star
                              candidates
table3.dat     89       47   Photometry, distance and extinction of the
                              exciting stars
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See also:
   J/A+AS/131/319 : HII regions catalogue (Petit+ 1998)
   J/A+A/417/107  : CO velocities in southern HII regions (Russeil+, 2004)
Byte-by-byte Description of file: table2.dat
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   Bytes Format Units   Label     Explanations
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   1- 10  A10   ---     HII       HII region (G1)
      13  I1    ---     Star      Star number within the HII region (G1)
      14  A1    ---   n_Star      [*] Star observed with lower resolution (2)
  16- 17  I2    h       RAh       Right ascension (J2000)
  19- 20  I2    min     RAm       Right ascension (J2000)
  22- 25  F4.1  s       RAs       Right ascension (J2000)
      27  A1    ---     DE-       Declination sign (J2000)
  28- 29  I2    deg     DEd       Declination (J2000)
  31- 32  I2    arcmin  DEm       Declination (J2000)
  34- 37  F4.1  arcsec  DEs       Declination (J2000)
  39- 68  A30   ---     SpType    Spectral classification
  70- 83  A14   ---     OName     Other name (3)
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Note (2): star observed with the lower resolution spectroscopic configuration
Note (3): ALS is acronym for Alma Luminous Star (Reed, 1998, J/ApJS/115/271).
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Byte-by-byte Description of file: table3.dat
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   Bytes Format Units   Label     Explanations
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   1- 11  A11   ---     HII       HII region (G1)
      12  I1    ---     Star      Star number within the HII region (G1)
      13  A1    ---   n_Star      [*] photometry from literature (ref. in notes)
  15- 20  F6.3  mag     Vmag      V magnitude
  22- 27  F6.4  mag     B-V       B-V colour index
  29- 35  F7.4  mag     U-B       U-B colour index
  37- 40  F4.2  kpc     Dist      ?=- Distance
  42- 45  F4.2  kpc   e_Dist      ?=- rms uncertainty on Dist
  47- 50  F4.2  mag     AV        ?=- Absorption in V band
  52- 89  A38   ---     Notes     Notes
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Global notes:
Note (G1): Nomenclature note:
     In Simbad, stars are identified as:
     for BFSNN regions:     [RAG2007] BFS NN N
     for DA568 region:      [RAG2007] DA 568 N
     for G137.8-1.0 region: [RAG2007] G137.8-1.0 N
     for SNNN regions:      [RAG2007] Sh 2-NNN N
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History:
    From electronic version of the journal
(End)                                      Patricia Vannier [CDS]    30-Oct-2007