J/PASP/121/634      FUSE observations in Magellanic Clouds    (Blair+, 2009)

The Far Ultraviolet Spectroscopic Explorer legacy in the Magellanic Clouds: an online stellar sight line atlas. Blair W.P., Oliveira C., Lamassa S., Gutman S., Danforth C.W., Fullerton A.W., Sankrit R., Gruendl R. <Publ. Astron. Soc. Pac., 121, 634-654 (2009)> =2009PASP..121..634B 2009PASP..121..634B
ADC_Keywords: Magellanic Clouds ; Ultraviolet ; Magnitudes ; MK spectral classification Abstract: We present an atlas of stellar sight line data from the Far Ultraviolet Spectroscopic Explorer (FUSE) satellite for 287 stars in the Magellanic Clouds, obtained from eight years of satellite operations. The intent of our project is to make this rich ensemble data set accessible to a broad community of researchers in a standardized format that will enable easy identification of subsets of these data that are appropriate for pursuing specific science programs. We present the data in a standardized manner, showing key interstellar lines on a velocity scale, optical (MCELS) and infrared (Spitzer) sight line context images, and overview plots of the spectral region containing the OVI λλ1032, 1038 doublet, and the entire 905-1187Å spectral range observed with FUSE. Objects with multiple observations have had their data summed to directly provide the highest signal-to-noise ratio available. These data are accessible online as a High Level Science Product through the Multimission Archive at Space Telescope (MAST). In this article, we describe the data sets and processing, the atlas materials, and the MAST interface in detail, and also provide examples of how to use these materials. File Summary: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FileName Lrecl Records Explanations -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ReadMe 80 . This file table1.dat 110 187 FUSE LMC objects and information table2.dat 110 100 FUSE SMC objects and information refs.dat 77 45 References -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See also: VI/129 : The FUSE Observation Log (FUSE, 1999-2007) J/ApJS/146/1 : OVI absorption in FUSE survey (Wakker+, 2003) J/ApJ/647/312 : FUSE survey of OVI in the Milky Way (Otte+, 2006) J/ApJ/647/328 : FUSE survey of OVI in ISM (Dixon+, 2006) J/ApJS/176/59 : FUSE survey of OVI in the disk of the Milky Way (Bowen+, 2008) Byte-by-byte Description of file: table*.dat -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Bytes Format Units Label Explanations -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1- 6 A6 --- FUSE FUSE ID (1) 8- 30 A23 --- Name Object Name 32- 33 I2 h RAh Right ascension (J2000) 35- 36 I2 min RAm Right ascension (J2000) 38- 41 F4.1 s RAs Right ascension (J2000) 43 A1 --- DE- Declination sign (J2000) 44- 45 I2 deg DEd Declination (J2000) 47- 48 I2 arcmin DEm Declination (J2000) 50- 53 F4.1 arcsec DEs Declination (J2000) 55- 69 A15 --- SpType MK spectral type 71- 74 A4 --- r_SpType Reference for spectral type, in refs.dat file 76- 80 F5.2 mag Vmag V magnitude 82- 86 F5.2 mag B-V ?=- B-V colour index 88- 91 A4 --- r_Vmag Photometry reference, in refs.dat file 93- 96 F4.2 mag E(B-V) ?=- Reddening (color excess) 98-101 A4 --- Aper Aperture (2) 103-104 I2 --- NumDS NumDS, as in FUSE data (1) 106-110 F5.1 ks texp Exposure time (1) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Note (1): FUSE ID indicates the FUSE program and target identifier used in the online atlas. Column headed NumDS indicates those objects for which multiple data sets have been combined. In these cases, the FUSE ID shows the dominant or longest individual observation. Total exposure time summed is in the ExpTime column. In the online atlas, the NumDS column links to a listing showing the individual data sets that were combined. Note (2): The aperture characteristics are defined in the text. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Byte-by-byte Description of file:refs.dat -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Bytes Format Units Label Explanations -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1- 4 A4 --- Ref Reference code 6- 24 A19 --- BibCode BibCode 26- 55 A30 --- Aut Author's name 57- 77 A21 --- Com Comments -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- History: From electronic version of the journal
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