J/A+AS/108/485                  PN distance scale         (Van de Steene+, 1994)

On an alternative statistical distance scale for planetary nebulae. Catalog with statistical distances to planetary nebulae. VAN DE STEENE G.C., ZIJLSTRA A.A. <Astron. Astrophys. Suppl. Ser. 108, 485 (1994)> =1994A&AS..108..485V 1994A&AS..108..485V (SIMBAD/NED Reference)
ADC_Keywords: Planetary nebulae Keywords: planetary nebulae - catalogs File Summary: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- File Name Lrecl Records Explanations -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ReadMe 80 . This file table1 91 433 Catalog of distances to planetary nebulae -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Byte-by-byte Description of file: table1 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Bytes Format Units Label Explanations -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2- 11 A10 --- Name Nebula name 13- 21 A9 --- PK PK number 22- 28 F7.1 mJy F5GHz Radio flux at 5 GHz 30- 34 F5.1 arcsec D Angular diameter 37 I1 --- Ref References (1) 39- 45 F7.2 K Tb Brightness temperature 46- 49 F4.2 pc R Radius calculated using the proposed method 51 A1 --- l_Dist Limit flag on distance 52- 56 F5.2 kpc Dist Distance calculated using the proposed method 58- 62 F5.2 --- tau(CKS) Optical thickness parameter 68- 72 F5.2 --- log(mu) Ionised mass 74- 78 F5.3 pc Rad(CKS) Radius as obtained with the Cahn et al. (CKS) calibration (2) 80- 84 F5.2 kpc Dist(CKS) Distance as obtained with the Cahn et al. (CKS) calibration (2) 85- 90 F6.2 kpc Diff Difference between the distance determinations -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Note (1): (1) Pottasch S.R. 1984, "Planetary Nebulae" (Reidel, Dordrecht) (2) Aaquist A. & Kwok S. 1990, A&AS 84, 229 (3) Zijlstra A.A. et al. 1989, A&AS 79, 329 (4) Milne D.K. & Aller L.H. 1975, A&A, 38, 183 (5) Milne D.K. 1979, A&AS 36, 227 (6) Roelfsema P.R. et al. 1991, A&AS 79, 329 Note (2): (CKS) Cahn J.H., Kaler J.B., Stanghellini L. 1992, A&AS 94, 399 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
(End) Patricia Bauer [CDS] 26-Jul-1994
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