V/64 Eighth Orbital Elements of Spectroscopic Binaries (Batten+ 1989)
Eighth catalogue of the orbital elements of spectroscopic binary systems.
Batten A.H., Fletcher J.M., MacCarthy D.G.
<Publ. Dominion Astrophys. Obs. 17 (1989)>
=1989PDAO...17....1B 1989PDAO...17....1B
ADC_Keywords: Binaries, orbits ; Binaries, spectroscopic
Description:
The complete description of the catalogue, as well as the notes, is to
be found in the Publ. Dominion Astrophys. Obs. 17 (1989). The present
machine-readable version was transformed from the file provided by
A.H. Batten for easier computer readability. Compared to the printed
version, please note the following:
1) The four columns No. f(m) m.sin^3(i) a.sin(i)
are NOT included in the computer version.
No. (running number) is the line number of the main file
(from 1 to 1469)
f(m) (expressed in Solar Masses)
can be computed from the Fortran formula
1.0385E-7 * (1-e*e)**1.5 * K(1)**3 * P
a(*)sin i (expressed in km)
can be computed from the Fortran formula
13751 * sqrt(1-e*e) * K(*) * P
m(*)sin3i (expressed in Solar Masses)
can be computed from the Fortran formula
1.0385E-7 * (1-e*e)**1.5 * K(*) * (K(1)+K(2))**2 * P
The parameters are
K(*) = velocity amplitude of the components, expressed in km/s;
P = Period, expressed in days, sometimes in years;
e = eccentricity
2) The notes, which make the bulk of the printed catalogue
(pages 129-304), are NOT included.
File Summary:
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FileName Lrecl Records Explanations
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ReadMe 80 . This file
catalog.dat 251 1469 The 8th catalogue of orbital elements of SBs
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See also:
V/41 : Physical parameters of SBs (Kraicheva+ 1980)
Byte-by-byte Description of file: catalog.dat
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Bytes Format Units Label Explanations
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1- 2 I2 h RAh RA 1900 (hours)
3- 5 I3 dmin RAdm RA 1900 (deci-minutes)
6 A1 --- DE- DEC1900 (sign)
7- 8 I2 deg DEd DEC1900 (degrees)
9- 10 I2 arcmin DEm DEC1900 (arcminutes)
11 A1 --- --- [|] Separation character
12- 24 A13 --- Name First name. Just a number means HD number (1)
25 A1 --- --- [|] Separation character
26- 42 A17 --- Alias Other Name (1)
43 A1 --- Eclipse [*] The '*' indicates an eclipsing binary
44 A1 --- --- [|] Separation character
45- 49 F5.2 mag maxMag ? Magnitude at Maximum
50 A1 --- n_maxMag [VBRP] Type of maxMag magnitude (2)
51 A1 --- f_maxMag [*] Remark or Note flag
52 A1 --- --- [|] Separation character
53- 57 F5.2 mag minMag ? Magnitude at Minimum
58 A1 --- n_minMag [VBRP] Type of minMag magnitude (2)
59 A1 --- f_minMag [*] Remark or Note flag
60 A1 --- --- [|] Separation character
61- 76 A16 --- Sp1 Spectral type of Primary
77 A1 --- --- [|] Separation character
78- 86 A9 --- Sp2 Spectral type of Secondary (if known)
87 A1 --- --- [|] Separation character
88- 98 F11.5 --- Period ? Period, generally in days (see x_Period)
99 A1 --- x_Period [y] 'y' if Period expressed in years
100 A1 --- f_Period [*] Remark or Note flag
101 A1 --- --- [|] Separation character
102-112 F11.4 --- T ? Periastron date, generally in JD-2400000
(see x_T indicator)
113 A1 --- x_T [y] 'y' if periastron T expressed as year.
114 A1 --- f_T [*] Remark or Note flag
115 A1 --- --- [|] Separation character
116-119 F4.2 --- e1 [0/1[? Eccentricity of Primary
120 A1 --- f_e1 [*] Remark or Note flag
121 A1 --- --- [|] Separation character
122-125 F4.2 --- e2 [0/1[? Eccentricity of Secondary, if different
126 A1 --- --- [|] Separation character
127-131 F5.1 deg omega1 [0/360[? Angle of periastron of Primary
132 A1 --- u_omega1 Uncertainty flag (:)
133 A1 --- f_omega1 [*] Remark or Note flag
134 A1 --- --- [|] Separation character
135-139 F5.1 deg omega2 [0/360[? Angle of periastron of Secondary
140 A1 --- u_omega2 Uncertainty flag (:)
141 A1 --- f_omega2 [*] Remark or Note flag
142 A1 --- --- [|] Separation character
143-148 F6.1 km/s K(1) ? Orbital semi-amplitude of Primary
149 A1 --- u_K(1) Uncertainty flag (:)
150 A1 --- f_K(1) [*] Remark or Note flag
151 A1 --- --- [|] Separation character
152-157 F6.1 km/s K(2) ? Orbital semi-amplitude of Secondary
158 A1 --- u_K(2) Uncertainty flag (:)
159 A1 --- f_K(2) Remark or Note flag
160 A1 --- --- [|] Separation character
161-166 F6.1 km/s V(1) ? Systemic Velocity of Primary
167 A1 --- u_V(1) Uncertainty flag (:)
168 A1 --- f_V(1) [*] Remark or Note flag
169 A1 --- --- [|] Separation character
170-175 F6.1 km/s V(2) ? Systemic Velocity of Secondary
176 A1 --- u_V(2) Uncertainty flag (:)
177 A1 --- f_V(2) Remark or Note flag
178 A1 --- --- [|] Separation character
179 A1 --- f_Quality [*] Remark or Note flag
180 A1 --- Quality [abcdei] Quality letter (3)
181 A1 --- --- [|] Separation character
182-251 A70 --- Ref Reference (makes use of TeX conventions)
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Note (1): note that greek letters and other symbols use TeX conventions
Note (2): B, V or R indicate a photoelectric magnitudes;
P indicates a Photographic magnitude
Note (3): the Quality letter has the following meaning:
a = Definitive orbit
b = Good orbit, but not definitive
c = Average orbit
d = Poor orbit
e = Very poor and unreliable orbit
i = insufficient information
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Historical Notes:
* June 1991: the catalogue was copied from ftp anonymous at dao.nrc.ca
* January 1992: catalogue transformation and first documentation
made by Francois Ochsenbein, Centre de Donnees Astronomiques,
Strasbourg (France),
* 16-Apr-1996: Documentation standardized at CDS.
The position of entry #874 (2S1553-42) was corrected .
The declination of entry #1057 (HD 170000) was corrected.
* 20-Oct-1997: Thanks to a remark by Steve Drake
, the spectral types of secondary (Sp2)
which were missing have been added.
References:
Batten A.H., Flechter J.M., Mann P.J., 1978, "7th Catalogue of
the orbital elements of spectroscopic binaries",
Publ. Dom. Astrophys. Obs. 15, 121 (catalogue V/40)
(End) Francois Ochsenbein [CDS] 20-Oct-1997