V/110 Catalog of Cataclysmic Variables (Downes+ 2001)
A catalog and atlas of cataclysmic variables: the living edition.
Downes R.A., Webbink R.F., Shara M.M., Ritter H., Kolb U., Duerbeck H.W.
<Publ. Astron. Soc. Pac. 113, 764 (2001)>
=2001PASP..113..764D 2001PASP..113..764D
ADC_Keywords: Atlases ; Stars, variable ; Binaries, cataclysmic
Abstract:
The Catalog and Atlas of Cataclysmic Variables (Edition 1: Downes &
Shara; Edition 2: Downes, Webbink, & Shara) has been a valuable source
of information for the cataclysmic variable community. However, the
goal of having a central location for all objects is slowly being lost
as each new edition is generated. There can also be a long time delay
between new information becoming available on an object and its
publication in the catalog. To eliminate these concerns, as well as to
make the catalog more accessible, we have created a Web site which
will contain a "living" edition of the catalog. We have also added
orbital period information, as well as finding charts for novae, to
the catalog.
This catalogue supersedes the previous versions of 1997
(Cat. V/94) and 1993 (Cat. V/79)
File Summary:
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FileName Lrecl Records Explanations
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ReadMe 80 . This file
catalog.dat 144 1314 A catalog of cataclysmic variables
refs.dat 394 1254 References
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See also:
http://icarus.stsci.edu/~downes/cvcat : A catalog and atlas
of cataclysmic variables home page
Byte-by-byte Description of file: catalog.dat
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Bytes Format Units Label Explanations
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1- 9 A9 --- GCVS GCVS-Name
11- 12 I2 h RAh Right ascension (J2000)
13 A1 --- --- [:]
14- 15 I2 min RAm Right ascension (J2000)
16 A1 --- --- [:]
17- 21 F5.2 s RAs ? Right ascension (J2000)
23 A1 --- DE- Declination sign (J2000)
24- 25 I2 deg DEd Declination (J2000)
26 A1 --- --- [:]
27- 28 I2 arcmin DEm Declination (J2000)
29 A1 --- --- [:]
30- 33 F4.1 arcsec DEs ? Declination (J2000)
35- 37 I3 deg GLAT ? Galactic latitude
39- 45 A7 --- VarType Type of variability of the object (1)
47- 53 F7.2 --- OutDate ? Year of outburst (for novae)
55 A1 --- l_Maxmag Limit flag on Maxmag
56- 59 F4.1 mag Maxmag ? Maximum value of magnitude range
60 A1 --- f_Maxmag Band of Maxmag (2)
61 A1 --- --- [-]
62 A1 --- l_Minmag Limit flag on Minmag
63- 66 F4.1 mag Minmag ? Minimum value of magnitude range
67 A1 --- u_Minmag Uncertainty flag on Minmag
68 A1 --- f_Minmag Band of Minmag (2)
70- 74 A5 --- refCoo Chart number of Coordinate reference (3)
75- 82 A8 --- ref(Coo) Coordinate reference code
83 A1 --- f_ref(Coo) [*] Comment, see note (G1)
85- 92 A8 --- ref(CV) Reference code to the CV classification
93 A1 --- f_ref(CV) [*V/] *: Comment, see note (G1)
/: two references
94-100 A7 --- ref(CV)2 Second Reference code to the CV classification
101 A1 --- f_ref(CV)2 [*] Comment, see note (G1)
102-109 A8 --- ref(Cha) Chart reference code (5)
110 A1 --- u_ref(Cha) Uncertainty flag on ChR
111 A1 --- f_ref(Cha) [*] Comment, see note (G1)
113-120 A8 --- ref(Spe) Spectrum reference code (6)
121 A1 --- n_ref(Spe) [SX] Note on ref(Spe) (6)
122 A1 --- u_ref(Spe) Uncertainty flag on SpR (6)
123 A1 --- f_ref(Spe) [*] Comment, see note (G1)
125-145 A21 --- Names Discovery or common alternative (non-GCVS)
designation for the object
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Note (1): Variability type definitions:
UG U Gem variable (dwarf nova)
UGZ U Gem variable (Z Cam subtype)
UGSS U Gem variable (SS Cyg subtype)
UGSU U Gem variable (SU UMa subtype)
UGWZ U Gem variable (WZ Sge subtype)
N nova
NA fast nova
NB slow nova
NC very slow nova
NR recurrent nova
NRA recurrent nova - giant donor
(Webbink et al., 1987ApJ...314..653W 1987ApJ...314..653W)
NRB recurrent nova - non-giant donor
(Webbink et al., 1987ApJ...314..653W 1987ApJ...314..653W)
SN possible supernova with no galaxy visible
NL novalike variable
NLV novalike variable (V Sge subtype;
Steiner and Diaz, 1998PASP..110..276S 1998PASP..110..276S)
UX novalike variable (UX UMa subtype)
VY novalike variable (VY Scl subtype - systems which undergo low
states)
AM AM Herculis variable (synchronous rotators)
DQ DQ Herculis variable (non-synchronous rotators)
CV cataclysmic variable (no type classification)
CBSS close binary supersoft x-ray source
IBWD interacting binary white dwarf
M Mira variable
I Irregular variable
UV UV Ceti-type star
Z AND symbiotic variable (Z And subtype)
NON-CV not a cataclysmic variable (although once classified as such)
NON-EX non-existent object
PEC peculiar
: uncertain
:: very uncertain
Note (2): Magnitude range:
For novae, the primary sources are Duerbeck (1987SSRv...45....1D 1987SSRv...45....1D)
Duerbeck (2001, private communication), while for the non-novae, the
catalog of Ritter and Kolb (1998, Cat. V/99) is the prime source.
When no other references to brightness were available, the GCVS values
are used. The magnitude definitions are:
U: Johnson U
B: Johnson B
V: Johnson V
R: Johnson R
I: Johnson I
c: unfiltered CCD
f: m(2200)
g: Gunn g
h: Hipparcos magnitude system
i: Gunn i
j: SRC j (unfiltered IIIa-J)
p: photographic
r: red
s: Sloan g*
u: m(1400)
v: visual
Note (3): Reference to the coordinates code, RefCoo:
Entries of consisting of the letter C followed by a four-character
code correspond to plate-IDs from the HST Guide Star survey
Note (5): Chart reference code:
Note that the identifications of the CVs are based on the published
charts (or in some cases coordinates only), and have not been
independently verified by the authors.
Note (6): Spectrum reference code:
A suffix of S indicates a spectrum in quiescence, while a suffix
of X indicates a spectrum in outburst.
Whenever available, the quiescent spectrum was chosen for the catalog
over an outburst spectrum.
A colon (:) following the reference indicates that:
(i) the spectrum is only described,
(ii) the spectrum is a glass plate tracing, or
(iii) the reference is unconfirmed (only for a few novae in Duerbeck's atlas)
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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- 8 A8 --- Ref Reference code
10- 28 A19 --- BibCode BibCode
30- 58 A29 --- Aut Author's name
60-394 A335 --- Com Comments
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Global notes:
Note (G1): *: There is a comment in the on-line version of the catalog,
at http://icarus.stsci.edu/~downes/cvcat/ , when using search mode
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History:
* 10-Apr-2002: Copied at http://icarus.stsci.edu/~downes/cvcat
* 23-Jun-2005: RA of SDSS J023322.61+005059.5 (was 02 32 22.63)
and Dec of RX J0507.1-6743 (was -65 43 11) corrected.
(End) Patricia Bauer [CDS] 10-Apr-2002