V/59 Cataclysmic Binaries, LMXBs and related objects, 5th Ed. (Ritter 1990)
Catalogue of cataclysmic binaries, low-mass X-ray binaries and
related objects (5th edition).
RITTER H.: 1990
<Astron. Astrophys. Suppl. Ser. 85, 1179 (1990)>
=1990A&AS...85.1179R 1990A&AS...85.1179R
ADC_Keywords: Binaries, cataclysmic
Abstract:
The catalogue lists coordinates, magnitudes, orbital parameters,
stellar parameters of the components and other characteristic
properties of 168 cataclysmic binaries, 36 low-mass X-ray binaries and
28 related objects with known or suspected orbital periods together
with a comprehensive selection of the relevant literature that
appeared after 1986. In addition the catalogue contains a list of
references to published finding charts for 222 of the 232 objects. A
cross-reference list of object designations concludes the catalogue.
File Summary:
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FileName Lrecl Records Explanations
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ReadMe 80 . This file
catalog 214 168 *Cataclysmic binaries in machine-readable format
print 129 4409 *Catalogue in print-out format
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Note on catalog: this table doesn't contain the low-mass X-ray binaries,
nor the related objects.
Note on print: The first character is for Fortran carriage control
('0' is linefeed, '1' is formfeed). In order to obtain a proper
printout the length of the forms should allow for up to 64 lines
per page and the width sufficient to print 128 columns.
Page numbers are given in columns 128-129. The errors listed in the
"note added in proof" of the original paper were corrected.
* The file can easily be transformed into a printable file on a Unix station
with the shell command:
awk 'BEGIN{c[0]="\n";c[1]="\f"}{print c[substr($0,1,1)] substr($0,2)}' print
Byte-by-byte Description of file: catalog
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Bytes Format Units Label Explanations
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1- 12 A12 --- Name Object name
14- 25 A12 --- Alias Alternative name
27- 28 I2 h RAh Right Ascension J2000 (hours)
30- 31 I2 min RAm Right Ascension J2000 (minutes)
33- 36 F4.1 s RAs ?Right Ascension J2000 (seconds)
38 A1 --- DE- Declination J2000 (sign)
39- 40 I2 deg DEd Declination J2000 (degrees)
42- 43 I2 arcmin DEm Declination J2000 (minutes)
45- 46 I2 arcsec DEs ? Declination J2000 (seconds)
48 A1 arcsec e_DEs [1-9A-F] Accuracy of the coordinates,
in hexadecimal number (A=10")
50- 51 A2 --- Type1 Type of the object (1)
52 A1 --- u_Type1 [?] Uncertainty flag on Type1
53- 54 A2 --- Type2 Second Type of the object (1)
55 A1 --- u_Type2 [?] Uncertainty flag on Type2
57- 58 A2 --- Type3 Third Type of the object (1)
60- 61 A2 --- Type4 Fourth Type of the object (1)
63 A1 --- l_mag1 Limit flag on mag1
64- 67 F4.1 mag mag1 ?=99.9 MAG1 (see "print" file page 13)
68 A1 --- x_mag1 [B] Indication on mag1 (2)
70 A1 --- l_mag2 [>] Limit flag on mag2
71- 74 F4.1 mag mag2 ?=99.9 MAG2 (see "print" file page 13)
75 A1 --- x_mag2 [B] Indication on mag2 (2)
77 A1 --- l_mag3 Limit flag on mag3
78- 81 F4.1 mag mag3 ?=99.9 MAG3 (see "print" file page 13)
82 A1 --- x_mag3 [B?:] Indication on mag3 (2)
84 A1 --- l_mag4 [>] Limit flag on mag4
85- 88 F4.1 mag mag4 ?=99.9 MAG4 (see "print" file page 13)
89 A1 --- x_mag4 [B:] Indication on mag4 (2)
91- 93 I3 d T1 ? typical time interval between outbursts
94 A1 --- n_T1 [-:] may be ":" or "-", when a maximum value
T1upper is available
95- 96 I2 d T1upper ? Maximum value of T1
98-102 I5 d T2 ? Time interval between superoutbursts
103 A1 --- u_T2 [?:] Uncertainty flag on T2
104-112 F9.6 d Per1 ? Orbital period, in days
113 A1 --- u_Per1 [*:] ":" means uncertain value, and a
"*" means spectroscopic period
114-122 F9.6 d Per2 ? Second period in days (see "print" file)
123 A1 --- u_Per2 Uncertainty flag (:) on Per2
125-133 F9.4 s Per3 ? Third Period (see "print" file) in seconds
134 A1 --- n_Per3 [:QT] Transient note (3)
136-146 F11.4 s Per4 ? Fourth Period (see "print" file) in seconds
148 A1 --- EBflag [12D] occurence of eclipses (see "print" file)
150 I1 --- SBflag [1/2]? Type of spectroscopic binary
152-159 A8 --- Sp2 Spectral type of the secondary (4)
162-165 A4 --- Sp1 Spectral type of the primary (4)
167-171 F5.2 --- M1/M2 ? Mass ratio M1/M2
172 A1 --- u_M1/M2 Uncertainty flag (:) on M1/M2
174-177 F4.2 --- e_M1/M2 ? error of M1/M2
179 A1 --- l_i [<] Limit flag on i
180-183 F4.1 deg i ? Orbital inclination
184 A1 --- u_i Uncertainty flag (:) on i
186-189 F4.1 deg e_i ? Mean error on i
191 A1 --- l_M1 Limit flag on M1
192-195 F4.2 solMass M1 ? Mass of the primary
196 A1 --- u_M1 Uncertainty flag (:) on M1
198-201 F4.2 solMass e_M1 ? Mean error on M1
203-207 F5.3 solMass M2 ? Mass of the secondary
208 A1 --- u_M2 Uncertainty flag (:) on M2
210-214 F5.3 solMass e_M2 ? Mean error on M2
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Note (1): see "print" file, pages 12-13
Note (2): a "B" means that the magnitude is blue (visual otherwise)
a "?" or ":" means that the value is uncertain
Note (3): "Q" means occurence of transient quasi-periodic oscillations
"T" means transient
":" means unaccurate
Note (4): the rightmost number indicates the luminosity class, i.e.
1=I 2=II 3=III 4=IV 5=V 6=VI
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See also:
V/82 : compilation of cataclysmic binaries with known or suspected
orbital periods (Ritter H., Kolb U., in "X-ray Binaries",
Cambridge Astrophys. Ser. No 26)
References:
Ritter H., 1984, A&AS 57, 385 (3rd edition) (Catalogue: V/37)
Ritter H., 1987, A&AS 70, 335 (4th edition)
(End) Francois Ochsenbein [CDS] 17-Aug-1995