%++++++++ %.IDENTIFICATION iau-spec.tex %.PURPOSE SPECIFICATIONS concerning NAMES, etc %.AUTHOR H.R. Dickel %.VERSION 1.0 10-Oct-1994 %.VERSION 1.1 01-Nov-1994 (H.R. 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Therefore, all contributors to databases, and authors of papers, catalogs and surveys, are urged to adhere to the following set of specifications (developed and endorsed by the International Astronomical Union); otherwise, significant data may be irretrievably lost. \end{quote} \label{S1}\section*{1. General recommendations} {\bf All source listings should always contain positional information and/or a second designation next to a principal designation} in order to avoid ambiguities that can arise with a single designation. \label{S2}\section*{2. Case of existing designations} \begin{itemize} \item When existing designations are used in listings, they {\bf should never be altered} (e.g., neither truncated, nor rounded, nor shortened). \item In a publication, the bibliographical reference for the designation should be given. \end{itemize} \label{S3}\section*{3. Creation of new designations} The {\em designation} of an astronomical source should consist of the following parts : \medskip \centerline{\fbox{{\Large { } Acronym$^{ }$ {\blank} Sequence {\blank} (Specifier)} }} Note that the {\blank} is used here to denote a blank. It is used for emphasis in showing where spaces occur in a designation. (Users are expected to use an actual blank and not this character.) Parentheses are required if a specifier is included. Acronym and sequence are essential, specifier is optional; the number of blanks may be larger in machine-readable files to right justify numerical or tabular data. The following examples illustrate the recommended form of astronomical designations : \begin{quote}\begin{raggedright} NGC{\blank}205 \\ PKS{\blank}1817--43 \\ CO{\blank}J0326.0+3041.0 \\ H2O{\blank}G123.4+57.6{\blank}(VLSR=--185)\\ 3C{\blank}196 \end{raggedright}\end{quote} \label{S3.1}\subsection*{3.1 Acronym} The {\em acronym} (earlier called {\em origin}) is a code (i.e., alphanumerical string of characters) that specifies the catalog or collection of sources. It may be constructed from catalog names (e.g., NGC, BD), the names of authors (RCW), instruments or observatories used {for large surveys }(VLA, IRAS, 3C, 51W), etc{ -- see helpful hints on \A{creating.htx}{creating acronyms.}} The following rules apply to the construction of {\bf new} acronyms: \begin{itemize} \item an acronym shall consist of {\bf at least three characters}. \item an acronym shall consist of letters and/or numerals only; {\bf special characters}, including superscripts, subscripts, and blanks should be {\bf avoided}. \item an acronym shall be {\bf unique}; i.e., the appropriate reference literature (especially the {\em Second Dictionary of Nomenclature} --- see below) should be checked to avoid duplication with existing catalog designations, constellation names, abbreviations of source types, etc. \item The title of a catalog shall {\bf include the acronym by which it is to be known}, [e.g., Fifth Fundamental Catalogue (FK5)]. \item {\bf Avoid excessively long} acronyms. Conversely, users shall never abbreviate an acronym. \end{itemize} \label{S3.2}\subsection*{3.2 Sequence} The {\em sequence} (or {\em numbering}) is an alphanumeric string of characters, normally only numerical, that uniquely determines the source within a catalog or collection. It may be a sequence number within a catalog (e. g., HD{\blank}224801), a combination of fields, or it may be based on coordinates. The way the sequence is constructed is called the {\em format} of the sequence; the symbols used are summarized in the \A{formats.htx}{Inventory of the Formats}, a document which also includes examples of use and misuse. \label{S3.2.1}\subsubsection*{3.2.1 {Use of coordinates}} Coordinate-based designations are {\em just ``names''} and should have enough significant figures to unambiguously identify the sources. It is expected that {\em precise coordinates will be provided} in the paper (e.g., in a table), accompanied by any needed explanations and other relevant information. If {\em coordinates} in any form are used to encode a source of radiation, a set of rules applies, which we will illustrate with a source, namely the QSO with coordinates: \hspace{2cm}\begin{tabular}{lll@{$\alpha$ = }l @{\hspace{1em} $\delta$ = } l} (J2000.0) &&& 00\hr 51\min 09.38\sec& --42\deg\ 26\arcmin\ 33.8\arcsec \\ (B1950.0) &&& 00\hr 48\min 48.97\sec& --42\deg\ 42\arcmin\ 52.1\arcsec \end{tabular} \begin{itemize} \item A designation involving {\bf only the coordinates}, often improperly referred to in the literature as an ``IAU designation'', is {\bf not sufficient} to identify a source unambiguously. An {\em acronym} should also be given. \item {\em Equatorial Coordinates shall {\bf always} be preceded by \J\ if they are for the } {\bf standard equinox of J2000.0} (i.e., {IRCS position or} FK5-based, Julian equinox 2000.0 system). They should be preceded by \B\ if they are for the old standard equinox of B1950.0 (i.e., Bessel-Newcomb FK4-based, Besselian equinox 1950.0 system). Galactic coordinates shall be preceded by a \G. The absence of a code at the beginning of recognizable equatorial coordinates will be interpreted, by default, as a missing \B. \Example QSO{\blank}004848--4242.8 = QSO{\blank}B004848--4242.8 = QSO{\blank}J005109--4226.5 A galactic-based designation is inappropriate for extragalactic sources such as a QSO. Examples of galactic-based designations for sources within the Milky Way Galaxy may be found in section~\ref{S3} (Ex. H2O) and section~\ref{S3.5.1} (Ex. PN). \item The {\bf ``flag'' letters} \J, \B, and \G{} have a special role: the flag letter should immediately precede the coordinates and should be separated from the acronym by a {\em space} (\blank). This space is particularly important, as there are acronyms ending with J, B, and G. The usage of other ``flag'' letters is discouraged. \item Coordinates shall contain {\bf leading zeroes} (in \RA\ and \DEC) and the {\bf plus or minus sign} : {\em+BB.bb} or {\em--BB.bb}, {\em+DDMMSS.s} or {\em--DDMMSS.s} \item {\bf Coordinates} shall be specified as {\em LLL.$\ell\ell$+BB.bb} or {\em LLL.$\ell\ell$--BB.bb} for galactic coordinates, and as {\em HHMMSS.ss+DDMMSS.s} or {\em HHMMSS.ss--DDMMSS.s} for equatorial coordinates ({\em without spaces\/}); more or fewer fractional digits may be used as appropriate{, but one should not omit the leading {\em HH} or $\pm DD$.} \Example QSO{\blank}004848--4242.8 could have been designated by QSO{\blank}0048--427 or QSO{\blank}0048--42 \item Coordinates using an {\em even number of digits} (in either \RA\ or \DEC), fewer than seven, are expressed in the sexagesimal system. The sequences {\em HHMM.mm} or {\em DD.dd} where {\em mm} and {\em dd} are {\bf decimal parts of a minute or degree}, respectively, {\bf should be avoided}. If the number of digits is odd and fewer than six, the {\bf right-most digit} represents a decimal part of hours, degrees or minutes (as, e.g., in the PKS--style {\em HHMM+DDd} or in IRAS source designation {\em HHMMm+DDMM}) and {\em not} tens of minutes or seconds (e.g.. the formats {\em HHMMS} or {\em +DDM} should be avoided). If the number of digits is more than six, the digits in excess of six are decimal parts of seconds of time for \RA\ or of angle for \DEC\ ; explicit use of the decimal points is encouraged (e.g., {\em HHMMSS.ss} or {\em DDMMSS.s}). \item Coordinates shall be {\bf truncated} (not rounded), thus defining a unique (small) field on the sky in which the source is located. The truncation should also operate when the right-most digit represents a decimal part. The right-most digit of the field {\em HHMMm} should be computed as $m=int(SS/6)$. The same should be done when transforming from {\em +DDMM} to {\em DDd} (as in the PKS-style) with $d=int(MM/6)$. \Example QSO{\blank}004848--4242.8 could be named QSO{\blank}00488--4242 but not QSO{\blank}00484--4242 (wrong truncation of \RA) nor QSO{\blank}00488--4243 (rounded \DEC). \item Designations that include coordinates shall be treated like proper names; therefore, they shall {\bf not be changed} even if the positions change or become more accurately known. \Example BD{\blank}+25{\blank}9 stays, even though its declination has now changed to +26 degrees due to precession from its original position (at the 1855 equinox). \end{itemize} \label{S3.3}\subsection*{3.3 Specifier} The {\em specifier} is optional and allows one to indicate other source parameters. However, they are not required syntax and are enclosed in parentheses. \label{S3.4}\subsection*{3.4 Punctuation and special characters} If the designation requires the use of punctuation or special characters, the recommendations are the following : \begin{itemize} \Item{\blank} (blank character) should be used as separator rather than a ``.'', or ``/''. \Item{\_} (underscore) may be used in place of a blank, if necessary, such as within an electronic catalog where blanks would be problematic. \Item{--} should be reserved for the minus sign as much as possible. However, if there is no ambiguity with the minus sign, it may be used as a separator although such usage is discouraged. \Item{.} should be reserved for a decimal point. \Item{/} (slash) should be used for concatenation of the sources quoted. \Example DR{\blank}21/23 refers to DR{\blank}21 and DR{\blank}23, not (DR{\blank}21, DR{\blank}22, DR{\blank}23) \Item{:} should be reserved to indicate subdivision (subcomponent). \end{itemize} If, at some stage, subcomponents or multiplicity of sources is recognized, the current practice is to name the subcomponents with letters or numerals such as W 51 A. Alternatively the subcomponent receives a standard designation which may be added to the sequence of the parent source with a colon; e.g., ABELL{\blank}1644:[D80]{\blank}053 \quad where D80 refers to Dressler's {\em catalog of morphological types in 55 rich clusters of galaxies} (1980ApJS...42..565D). For further elaboration on designating subcomponents and also on finding the reference to a subcomponent refer to \A{subcomponents.htx}{current practices regarding subcomponents}. \label{S3.5}\subsection*{3.5 Examples} \label{S3.5.1}\subsubsection*{3.5.1 Examples of complete designations} \begin{center}\begin{tabular}{ lll } \hline \multicolumn{1}{c}{Designation} & \multicolumn{2}{c}{ Position } \\ Acronym{\blank}Sequence{\blank}(Specifier) & \RA(J2000.0) & \DEC(J2000.0)\\ & \makebox[1em]{$h$} \makebox[1em]{$m$} \makebox[1.5em]{$s$} & \makebox[1.5em]{\deg} \makebox[1em]{\arcmin} \makebox[1em]{\arcsec} \\ \hline RX{\blank}J1426.8+6950 & 14 26 49.3 & +69 50 21 \\ PSR{\blank}J1302--6350 & 13 02 47.72 & $-$63 50 08.5 \\ PN{\blank}G001.2--00.3 & 17 49 36.9 & $-$28 03 59 \\ TYC{\blank}1234--545--1 & 03 32 53.6417 & +15 32 59.314 \\ AC{\blank}211{\blank}(=1E{\blank}2127+119; M{\blank}15) & 21 30 15.54 & $+$11 43 39.0 \\ R{\blank}136:a3{\blank}(30{\blank}Dor) & 05 38 42.4 & $-$69 06 03 \\ BD{\blank}--03{\blank}5750 & 00 02 02.4 & $-$02 45 59 \\ \hline \end{tabular}\end{center} The examples in the table above are from pre-existing designations. A look at the {\em Second Dictionary of Nomenclature} reveals that unique 2-letter combinations for acronyms are nearly exhausted. That is the reason for the change in the rule for {\bf new acronyms} where at least {\bf three characters} are now required. Note that ``R{\blank}136'' is a {\bf pre-existing designation}, and thus it {\bf is not altered} when creating the designation for a subcomponent even though ``R{\blank}136'' does not conform to the rules for creating a new acronym. \label{S3.5.2}\subsubsection*{3.5.2 Examples of improper designations} \begin{center}\begin{tabular}{lp{5in}} \hline BD{\blank}4\deg 14 & use of ``deg symbol'', declination sign missing \\ N221 & no space, unclear source : NGC or N in LMC ? \\ GRO{\blank}J317-85 & leading zero missing \\ P{\blank}43578 & one letter acronym is ambiguous \\ RC{\blank}0401+0456 & missing flag letter \J\ for Julian 2000 equatorial coordinates, corrected to $^{ }$RC{\blank}J0401+0456$^{ }$ in an erratum \\ \hline\end{tabular}\end{center} \label{S3.6}\subsection*{3.6 Helpful Hints} There are further documents which provide help on: \begin{itemize} \item \A{creating.htx}{creating acronyms} \item \A{formats.htx}{use of formats} \item \A{subcomponents.htx}{current practices regarding subcomponents} \end{itemize} %\clearpage \label{S4}\section*{4. Advice on designations} Advice on specific problems may be obtained from the following IAU Working Group Designations representatives: %\begin{trivlist}{}{\leftmargin=3em\labelwidth=1em\labelsep=-4em\itemsep=0.2ex} \begnames %\begin{list}{}{\leftmargin=0em\labelwidth=0em\labelsep=0em\itemsep=1ex} \name{Marion Schmitz - Chair} \addr{ IPAC - Caltech \\ MS 100-22 \\ PASADENA, CA 91125, USA } \phone {+1 626 395 1873 } {.} {.} \email {mschmitz@ipac.caltech.edu}{.} \iffalse % Removed 14-Dec-2017 (MB) \name{H\'el\`ene R. Dickel (Lanie)} \addr{ Dept. of Physics \& Astronomy \\ Univ. of New Mexico \\ 800 Yale Blvd., NE \\ Albuquerque, NM 87131, USA } \phone{+1 505 277-0433} {+1 505 277-1520} {.} \email{h-dickel@phys.unm.edu}{.} \fi \name{Pascal Dubois} \addr{Observatoire de Strasbourg \\ 11, rue de l'Universit\'e \\ F-67000 Strasbourg, France } \phone{+33 390 242 412} {+33 390 242 420} {890506 Code Starobs} \email {dubois@simbad.u-strasbg.fr} {SIMBAD::DUBOIS} \name{Wayne H. Warren Jr} \addr{Department of Physics, Astronomy \& Geosciences \\ Towson University \\ Towson, MD 21252-0001 } \phone{+1 410 704 3020} {.} {.} \email{wwarren@towson.edu} {.} \iffalse \name{Georges Paturel} \addr{Observatoire de Lyon \\ 9 avenue Charles Andr\'e\\ 69561 Saint Genis-Laval CEDEX, France } \phone{+33 478 868 542 } {+33 478 868 386 } {.} \email{paturel@obs.univ-lyon1.fr} {.} \fi \iffalse \name{M.-C. Lortet } \addr{ Observatoire de Paris \\ 25, place Janssen \\ F-92195 Meudon Cedex, FRANCE } \phone {+33 1 4507 7414} {+33 1 4507 7469} {.} \email{Marie-Claire.Lortet@obspm.fr} {MESIOB::LORTET} \fi \iffalse % Removed 14-Dec-2017 (MB) \name{ Suzanne Borde} \addr{ Observatoire de Paris \\ 61, avenue de l'Observatoire \\ F-75014 Paris, France} \phone {+33 1 4051 2238 } {+33 1 4354 1804} {.} \email {Suzanne.Borde@obspm.fr }{.} \fi \name{John M. Dickey} \addr{ Univ. of Minnesota\\ Dept. of Astron. \\ 116 Church Street SE \\ Minneapolis, MN 55455 USA} \phone {+1 612 624 2895} {+1 612 624 2029} {.} \email {john@ast1.spa.umn.edu}{.} \name{Heinz J. Andernach} \addr{ Depto. de Astronomia, Univ. Guanajuato \\ Apdo. Postal 144 \\ Guanajuato, C.P. 36000, Mexico } \phone {+52 473 732 9548 \\ \hspace*{3em} or 473 732 9607} {+52 473 732 0253 }{.} \email {heinz@astro.ugto.mx}{.} \name{Fran\c cois Ochsenbein} \addr{ Observatoire Astronomique \\ 11, rue de l'Universit\'e \\ 67000 Strasbourg, France } \phone {+33 390-242 429} {+33 390-242 420} {.} \email {francois@astro.u-strasbg.fr}{.} \iffalse \name{Fran\c cois Spite} \addr{ DASGAL - B\^atiment Hiparque (n\deg11) \\ Observatoire de Paris-Meudon \\ 5, place Jules Janssen \\ 92195 MEUDON CEDEX, France } \phone {+33 145 077 840} {+33 145 077 878} {.} \email {Francois.Spite@obspm.fr}{.} \fi \name{Kirk Borne} \addr{George Mason University\\ Computational and Data Sciences Department, MS 6A2 \\ Fairfax, VA 22030, USA} \phone{+1 703.993.8402 } {+1 703.993.9300 } {.} \email{kborne@gmu.edu} {.} \name{Oleg Malkov} \addr{Centre for Astronomical Data\\ Institute of Astronomy of the Russian Academy of Sciences\\ 48 Pyatnitskaya St. \\ 109017 Moscow, Russia } \phone{ ---- } { ---- } {.} \email{malkov@inasan.rssi.ru} {.} \name{ Marianne Brouty} % Added 14-Dec-2017 (MB) \addr{ Observatoire astronomique de Strasbourg \\ 11, rue de l'Université \\ F-67000 Strasbourg, France} \phone {+33 368 852 2403} { ---- } {.} \email {marianne.brouty@astro.unistra.fr }{.} \endnames %\clearpage \label{S5}\section*{5. Further information} For general information, in particular about existing designations, consult the following references : \begin{list}{}{\leftmargin=4em\labelwidth=1em\labelsep=-4em\itemsep=0.2ex} \leftitem Lortet, M.-C., Borde, S., Ochsenbein, F. 1994, {\em The Second Reference Dictionary of the Nomenclature of Celestial Objects}, A\&AS, 107, 193 \bibcode{1994A&AS..107..193L} and related publications: \begin{list}{$\bullet$}{ \leftmargin=1em\labelwidth=0.5em\labelsep=0.2em \topsep=0pt\partopsep=0pt\itemsep=0.2ex} \item The complete paper edition appeared as {\em Publication Sp\'eciale du CDS}, {\bf 24}, Volumes I and II. Observatoire Astronomique de Strasbourg; a postscript version is available from CDS at URL ftp://cdsarc.u-strasbg.fr/pub/dic2 \ifobsolete\item The On-line Dictionary is updated regularly and is available on the free {\tt info} account installed on the Internet node {\tt simbad.u-strasbg.fr} (130.79.128.4) or NSI/DECnet node {\tt SIMBAD} (18099=17.691). Login as "info"; no password is required.\fi \item The ``On-line'' version of the Dictionary is updated regularly and is available on the World-Wide-Web at {\bf http://vizier.u-strasbg.fr/viz-bin/Dic}; mirror copies can be accessed at \quad {\bf http://vizier.nao.ac.jp/viz-bin/Dic} %\quad http://www.inasan.rssi.ru/viz-bin/Dic or \quad {\bf http://vizier.cfa.harvard.edu/viz-bin/Dic} \end{list} \leftitem Fernandez, A., Lortet, M.-C., Spite, F. 1983, The first Dictionary of the Nomenclature of Celestial Objects, A\&AS, 52, No 4 \leftitem Lortet, M.-C., Spite, F. 1986, First Supplement to the First Dictionary of the Nomenclature of Celestial Objects, A\&AS, 64, 329 %\bibcode{1986A&AS...64..329L} \leftitem Dickel, H. R., Lortet M.-C., de Boer, K. S. 1987, Designation and Nomenclature for Diffuse Radiating Sources , A\&AS, 68, 75 \bibcode{1987A&AS...68...75D} \leftitem Jaschek C. 1989, Data in Astronomy, Cambridge University Press \end{list} \end{document}