B/ocl     Optically visible open clusters and Candidates (Dias+ 2002-2010)
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New catalog of optically visible open clusters and candidates (V3.0)
    Dias W.S., Alessi B.S., Moitinho A., Lepine J.R.D.
   <Astron. Astrophys. 389, 871 (2002)>
   =2002A&A...389..871D
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ADC_Keywords: Clusters, open ; Proper motions ; Radial velocities ;
              Abundances, [Fe/H]
Keywords: galaxy: open clusters and associations: general - catalogs

Description:
    We have compiled a new catalogue of open clusters in the Galaxy which
    updates the previous catalogues of Lynga (1987, Cat. <VII/92>) and of
    Mermilliod (1995, in Information and On-Line Data in Astronomy, ed. D.
    Egret & M. A. Albrecht (Dordrecht: Kluwer), 127) (included in the
    WEBDA database, http://obswww.unige.ch/webda). New objects and new
    data, in particular, data on kinematics (proper motions) that were not
    present in the old catalogues, have been included. Virtually all the
    clusters (1629) presently known were included, which represents an
    increment of about 476 objects relative to the Lynga (1987, Cat.
    <VII/92>) catalogue. The catalogue is presented in a single table
    containing all the important data, which makes it easy to use.

    In total, 99% of the objects have estimates of their apparent
    diameters, and 38% have distance, E(B-V) and age determinations.
    Concerning the data on kinematics, 22% have their mean proper motions
    listed, 14% their mean radial velocities, and 11% have both
    information simultaneously.


File Summary:
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 FileName   Lrecl  Records  Explanations
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ReadMe         80        .  This file
clusters.dat  149     2095  The Catalogue Data File (V3.0)
refs.dat      130       76  References for proper motions and radial velocities
removed.dat   174      136  Removed clusters (V3.0)
sources.dat   182     1201  References (V3.0)
phot.dat       44      569  Available photometric data (on Jan 23 2002)
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See also:
    VII/92 : Open Cluster Data 5th Edition (Lynga 1987)
   VII/101 : Star Clusters/Associations. III. Open Clusters (Ruprecht+ 1983)
   http://www.astro.iag.usp.br/~wilton  : Open clusters and Galactic structure
   http://obswww.unige.ch/webda : WEBDA database

Byte-by-byte Description of file: clusters.dat
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   Bytes Format Units    Label   Explanations
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   1- 17  A17   ---      Cluster Cluster name
  19- 20  I2    h        RAh     Right Ascension J2000 (hours)
  22- 23  I2    min      RAm     Right Ascension J2000 (minutes)
  25- 26  I2    s        RAs     Right Ascension J2000 (seconds)
      28  A1    ---      DE-     Declination J2000 (sign)
  29- 30  I2    deg      DEd     Declination J2000 (degrees)
  32- 33  I2    arcmin   DEm     Declination J2000 (minutes)
  35- 36  I2    arcsec   DEs     Declination J2000 (seconds)
  38- 40  A3    ---      Class   Flag for classification of the cluster (G1)
  42- 47  F6.1  arcmin   Diam    ? Angular apparent diameter
  49- 53  I5    pc       Dist    ? Distance from WEBDA
  55- 59  F5.3  mag      E(B-V)  ? Colour excess in BV
  61- 66  F6.3  [yr]     Age     ? Age (in log t)
  68- 74  F7.2  mas/yr   pmRA    ? Mean proper motion of the cluster in RA
  76- 79  F4.2  mas/yr e_pmRA    ? Standard deviation in pmRA
  81- 87  F7.2  mas/yr   pmDE    ? Mean proper motion of the cluster in Dec
  89- 92  F4.2  mas/yr e_pmDE    ? Standard deviation in pmDE
  94- 96  I3    ---      Nc      ? Estimated number of members in the cluster
  98-101  A4    ---    r_pmRA    Source of mean pm determination, in refs.dat
 103-109  F7.2  km/s     RV      ? Radial Velocity
 111-115  F5.2  km/s   e_RV      ? Error in Radial Velocity
 117-119  I3    ---    o_RV      ? Number of stars used to determine RV
 121-124  A4    ---    r_RV      Source of mean RV determination, in refs.dat
 126-131  F6.3  Sun      [Fe/H]  ? Metallicity
 133-137  F5.3  Sun    e_[Fe/H]  ? Error in [Fe/H]
 139-140  I2    ---    o_[Fe/H]  ? Number of stars used to determine [Fe/H]
 142-149  A8    ---      TrType  Trumpler type determined in the DSS inspection
                                 (concentration-brightness-richness-nebulosity)
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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-  4  A4    ---     Ref       Reference code
    8- 26  A19   ---     BibCode   Bibcode of the references
   28-130  A103  ---     Text      Author(s) names and comments
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Byte-by-byte Description of file: sources.dat
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   Bytes Format Units   Label     Explanations
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   1- 23  A23   ---     Object    Objects associated with the reference
  25-182  A158  ---     Com       Comments, including the bibcode
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Byte-by-byte Description of file: removed.dat
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   Bytes Format Units   Label     Explanations
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   1- 17  A17   ---     Cluster   Cluster name
  19- 20  I2    h       RAh       Right Ascension J2000 (hours)
  22- 23  I2    min     RAm       Right Ascension J2000 (minutes)
  25- 26  I2    s       RAs       Right Ascension J2000 (seconds)
      29  A1    ---     DE-       Declination J2000 (sign)
  30- 31  I2    deg     DEd       Declination J2000 (degrees)
  33- 34  I2    arcmin  DEm       Declination J2000 (minutes)
  36- 37  I2    arcsec  DEs       Declination J2000 (seconds)
  41- 46  F6.1  arcmin  Diam      ? Angular apparent diameter
  50- 78  A29   ---     Reason    Reason of removing the cluster
  80-174  A95   ---     Ref       Reference used for deletion
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Byte-by-byte Description of file: phot.dat
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   Bytes Format Units  Label    Explanations
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   1- 17  A17   ---    Cluster  Cluster name
  19- 23  A5    ---    CCD      [UBVRI ] Bands observed with CCD
  25- 29  A5    ---    Pe       [UBVRI ] Bands observed with photomultipliers
  31- 33  A3    ---    Pg       [UBV ] Bands observed with photographic plates
  35- 44  A10   ---    Alias    Other name
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Global notes:
Note (G1): The flag has the following meaning:
   a = possible asterism/dust hole/star cloud (no cluster)
  cr = Cluster Remnant
   d = dubious, objects considered doubtful by the DSS images inspection
   e = embedded open cluster (or cluster associated with nebulosity)
   g = possible globular cluster
   m = possible moving group
   n = "non-existent NGC" (RNGC, Sulentic, 1979, Cat. <VII/1>). Some of
       Bica's POCRs (Possible Open Cluster Remnant, 2001A&A...366..827B)
       are also "non-existent NGC" objects.
  nf = objects not found in the DSS images inspection (wrong coordinates?)
   o = possible OB association (or detached part of)
  oe = o + e
 oev = o + e + v
   p = POCR (Possible Open Cluster Remnant) - Bica et al., 2001A&A...366..827B
   r = recovered, i.e. "non-existent NGC" that are well visible
       in the DSS images inspection
   v = clusters with variable extinction (Ahumada et al., 2001A&A...377..845A)
  OC = likely cluster (Kronberger M, private communication)
 OC? = possible cluster (Kronberger M, private communication)
  IR = discovered in infra-red but are visible in the DSS images inspection
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History:
    Version of 08-Aug-2002 at http://www.astro.iag.usp.br/~wilton
    Version of 01-Jun-2003 at http://www.astro.iag.usp.br/~wilton (version 1.5)
    Version of 03-Jul-2003 at http://www.astro.iag.usp.br/~wilton (version 1.6)
    Version of 03-Sep-2003 at http://www.astro.iag.usp.br/~wilton (version 1.7)
    Version of 10-Sep-2003 at http://www.astro.iag.usp.br/~wilton (version 1.8)
    Version of 15-Feb-2004 at http://www.astro.iag.usp.br/~wilton (version 1.9)
    Version of 07-Jun-2004 at http://www.astro.iag.usp.br/~wilton (version 2.0)
    Version of 06-Jan-2005 at http://www.astro.iag.usp.br/~wilton (version 2.1)
    Version of 14-Jan-2006 at http://www.astro.iag.usp.br/~wilton (version 2.4)
    Version of 17-Sep-2007 at http://www.astro.iag.usp.br/~wilton (version 2.8)
    Version of 23-Apr-2008 at http://www.astro.iag.usp.br/~wilton (version 2.9)
    Version of 19-Feb-2009 at http://www.astro.iag.usp.br/~wilton (version 2.10)
    Version of 23-Apr-2010 at http://www.astro.iag.usp.br/~wilton (version 3.0)
  * 19-Sep-2002: Galactic coordinates and proper motions recomputed
       from the equatorial position. Stored as catalog VII/229
  * 12-Jan-2006: Installation of version 2.4 (VII/229)
  * 02-Oct-2007: Installation of version 2.8 (B/ocl).
       In file "phot.dat" a few names were changed to match the cluster
       names in the files "clusters.dat" and "removed.dat":
       Basel 19 = Hogg 16 ; Collinder 258 = Harvard 5;
       ESO 096-04 = BH 144; Stock 7 = Markarian 6
  * 27-Apr-2010: Installation of version 3.0, from
       http://www.astro.iag.usp.br/~wilton

Acknowledgements:
   Extensive use has been made of the Simbad and WEBDA databases.
   This project is supported by FAPESP (grant number 03/12813-4)
   and CAPES (CAPES-GRICES grant number 040/2008)
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(End)                  Francois Ochsenbein, Patricia Vannier [CDS]   27-Apr-2010
