VII/188 Quasars and Active Galactic Nuclei (7th Ed.) (Veron+ 1996)
Quasars and Active Galactic Nuclei (7th Ed.)
Veron-Cetty M.P., Veron P.
=1996ESOSR..17....1V 1996ESOSR..17....1V
ADC_Keywords: QSOs ; Active gal. nuclei ; BL Lac objects ;
Description:
This catalogue is an update of the the previous versions.
It contains 8609 (+172) quasars (defined as brighter than
absolute B magnitude -23), 2833 (+978) AGNs (defined as
fainter than absolute B magnitude -23), 220 (+49) BL Lac
objects from 1662 (+176) references.
Previous versions:
(1) Veron-Cetty M.P., Veron P., 1984, ESO Scientific Report 1
(2) Veron-Cetty M.P., Veron P., 1985, ESO Scientific Report 4
(3) Veron-Cetty M.P., Veron P., 1987, ESO Scientific Report 5
(Catalogue VII/93)
(4) Veron-Cetty M.P., Veron P., 1989, ESO Scientific Report 7
(Catalogue VII/126)
(5) Veron-Cetty M.P., Veron P., 1991, ESO Scientific Report 10
(Catalogue VII/146)
(6) Veron-Cetty M.P., Veron P., 1993, ESO Scientific Report 13
(Catalogue VII/166)
File Summary:
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FileName Lrecl Records Explanations
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ReadMe 80 . This file
table1 140 8609 Quasars (brighter than absolute magnitude -23)
table2 140 220 Confirmed, probable or possible BL Lac objects
table3 140 2833 Active galaxies (fainter than -23)
table4 130 52 Rejected quasars
refs 194 1662 References to tables 1 to 4
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Byte-by-byte Description of file: table1 table2 table3
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Bytes Format Units Label Explanations
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2 A1 --- notRadio [*] '*' if not detected in radio (1)
3- 19 A17 --- Name Most common name of the object
22- 23 I2 h RAh Right Ascension J2000 (hours) (see also n_RAh)
25- 26 I2 min RAm Right Ascension J2000 (minutes)
28- 31 F4.1 s RAs Right Ascension J2000 (seconds)
33 A1 --- DE- Declination J2000 (sign)
34- 35 I2 deg DEd Declination J2000 (degrees)
37- 38 I2 arcmin DEm Declination J2000 (minutes)
40- 41 I2 arcsec DEs Declination J2000 (seconds)
43 A1 --- n_RAh [AOR] Approximative/Optical/Radio position (2)
46- 51 F6.3 Jy F6cm ? 6cm (5GHz) flux
53- 56 I4 --- r_F6cm [1,1662]? Reference of 6cm Flux
59- 63 F5.2 Jy F11cm ? 11cm (2.7GHz) flux (Jy)
65- 68 I4 --- r_F11cm [1,1662]? Reference of 11cm flux
70 A1 --- l_z [>*] limit or method flag on z (4)
71- 75 F5.3 --- z ? redshift
77- 78 A2 --- Sp [S123?HPBL ] Classification of spectrum (3)
80 A1 --- n_Vmag [*R] '*' for photographic, 'R' for red Vmag
81- 85 F5.2 mag Vmag ? magnitude, V or other (see n_Vmag)
87- 91 F5.2 mag B-V ? colour index
93- 97 F5.2 mag U-B ? colour index
99-103 F5.1 mag Mabs ? Absolute magnitude
105-108 I4 --- FC [1,1662]? Reference of the Finding Chart
110-113 I4 --- r_Vmag [1,1662]? Reference of the Photometry
115-118 I4 --- r_z [1,1662]? Reference of the redshift
121-122 I2 h RA1950h Right Ascension B1950 (hours)
124-125 I2 min RA1950m Right Ascension B1950 (minutes)
127-130 F4.1 s RA1950s Right Ascension B1950 (seconds)
132 A1 --- DE1950- Declination B1950 (sign)
133-134 I2 deg DE1950d Declination B1950 (degrees)
136-137 I2 arcmin DE1950m Declination B1950 (minutes)
139-140 I2 arcsec DE1950s Declination B1950 (seconds)
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Note (1): this flag is blank if the object has been detected as a
radio source, and is '*' if not.
Note (2): this flag related to the position takes the values:
'O' for an Optical position with an accuracy better than 1arcsec
'R' for a Radio position with an accuracy better than 1arcsec
'A' for an approximative position
Note (3): the classification of the object is
S1: Seyfert 1 spectrum
S2: Seyfert 2 spectrum
S3: Seyfert 3 or liner
S?: possibly a Seyfert
H2: nuclear HII region
HP: high optical polarization (>3%)
BL: confirmed BL Lac object
Note (4): n_z may indicate a lower bound on z, or if
'*', it indicates a redshift measured by slitless spectroscopy.
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Byte-by-byte Description of file: table4
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Bytes Format Units Label Explanations
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2- 19 A18 --- Name Most common name of the object
24- 25 I2 h RAh Right Ascension J2000 (hours)
27- 28 I2 min RAm Right Ascension J2000 (minutes)
30- 33 F4.1 s RAs Right Ascension J2000 (seconds)
35 A1 --- DE- Declination J2000 (sign)
36- 37 I2 deg DEd Declination J2000 (degrees)
39- 40 I2 arcmin DEm Declination J2000 (minutes)
42- 43 I2 arcsec DEs Declination J2000 (seconds)
45 A1 --- n_RAh [OAR] Approximative/Optical/Radio position
50 A1 --- n_z [*] '*' for slitless spectroscopy z
51- 55 F5.3 --- z ? Original redshift
58- 59 A2 --- Sp [QG?BL ] Original classification
62 A1 --- n_Vmag [*R] if photographic magnitudes and colours
63- 67 F5.2 mag Vmag ? V (or photographic, see n_Vmag) magnitude
70- 74 F5.2 mag B-V ? colour index
77- 81 F5.2 mag U-B ? colour index
84- 87 I4 --- FC [1,1662]? Reference of Finding Chart
89- 92 I4 --- r_Vmag [1,1662]? Reference of the Photometry
94- 97 I4 --- r_Sp [1,1662]? Reference of Sp
101-102 A2 --- Sp2 [QG*? ] New classification
105-108 I4 --- r_Sp2 [1,1662]? Reference of New classification
111-112 I2 h RA1950h Right Ascension B1950 (hours)
114-115 I2 min RA1950m Right Ascension B1950 (minutes)
117-120 F4.1 s RA1950s Right Ascension B1950 (seconds)
122 A1 --- DE1950- Declination B1950 (sign)
123-124 I2 deg DE1950d Declination B1950 (degrees)
126-127 I2 arcmin DE1950m Declination B1950 (minutes)
129-130 I2 arcsec DE1950s Declination B1950 (seconds)
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Byte-by-byte Description of file: refs
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Bytes Format Units Label Explanations
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2- 5 I4 --- RefCode [1,1662]+ Reference Number
7-194 A188 --- Text Text of reference
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History:
* 17-Oct-1996: table3, line 724, the IRAS name of the AGN was changed
from IRAS 05595-5726
to IRAS 05595-5756
(communicated by H. Andernach )
Courtesy: Mira Veron
(End) Mira Veron [OHP], Francois Ochsenbein [CDS] 10-Oct-1995