I/261 The FON Astrographic Catalogue (FONAC) (Kislyuk+ 1999)
The FON Astrographic Catalogue, Version 1.0
Kislyuk V., Yatsenko A., Ivanov G., Pakuliak L., Sergeeva T.
<Main Astronomical Observatory of National Academy of Science
of Ukraine (1999) >
ADC_Keywords: Astrographic zones ; Positional data ; Proper motions ;
Surveys ; Photometry
Description:
The FONAC is a catalogue of positions, proper motions and photometric
data for 2,008,383 of Astrographic Catalogue (AC) stars covering the
sky between declinations +90 and -2 degrees. The average epoch of
positions is 1988.19. The catalogue is based on the measurements of
more then 1700 plates which were taken with the wide-angle astrograph
of the Main Astronomical Observatory (MAO) in Kiev within the FON
(Photographic Survey of the Northern Sky) project. The AC data were
used both as the input catalogue for measuring machine PARSEC
(Programming Automatic Radial-Scanning Coordinatometer) and as the
first epochs for determination of proper motions of stars. The ACT
Reference Catalogue was applied for the reductions of positions and B
magnitudes of stars, the GSC1.1 was used for determination of (B-V)
values, and the USNO R-magnitudes were used for determination of (B-R)
values.
The estimated precision is 0.2 arcseconds for the positions,
3 mas/yr for the proper motions, and 0.18mag for the photometry.
File Summary:
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FileName Lrecl Records Explanations
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ReadMe 80 . This file
s02.dat 67 2307 Star data file (zone -2 degrees)
s01.dat 67 22230 Star data file (zone -1 degree)
s00.dat 67 23089 Star data file (zone -0 degrees)
n00.dat 67 21388 Star data file (zone +0 degrees)
n01.dat 67 22742 Star data file (zone +1 degree)
n02.dat 67 27411 Star data file (zone +2 degrees)
n03.dat 67 28715 Star data file (zone +3 degrees)
n04.dat 67 28491 Star data file (zone +4 degrees)
n05.dat 67 28818 Star data file (zone +5 degrees)
n06.dat 67 30330 Star data file (zone +6 degrees)
n07.dat 67 32307 Star data file (zone +7 degrees)
n08.dat 67 35336 Star data file (zone +8 degrees)
n09.dat 67 35925 Star data file (zone +9 degrees)
n10.dat 67 41513 Star data file (zone +10 degrees)
n11.dat 67 40836 Star data file (zone +11 degrees)
n12.dat 67 31304 Star data file (zone +12 degrees)
n13.dat 67 31072 Star data file (zone +13 degrees)
n14.dat 67 25143 Star data file (zone +14 degrees)
n15.dat 67 20821 Star data file (zone +15 degrees)
n16.dat 67 22977 Star data file (zone +16 degrees)
n17.dat 67 26099 Star data file (zone +17 degrees)
n18.dat 67 26961 Star data file (zone +18 degrees)
n19.dat 67 28793 Star data file (zone +19 degrees)
n20.dat 67 32353 Star data file (zone +20 degrees)
n21.dat 67 34258 Star data file (zone +21 degrees)
n22.dat 67 34948 Star data file (zone +22 degrees)
n23.dat 67 34646 Star data file (zone +23 degrees)
n24.dat 67 34366 Star data file (zone +24 degrees)
n25.dat 67 35558 Star data file (zone +25 degrees)
n26.dat 67 34669 Star data file (zone +26 degrees)
n27.dat 67 33558 Star data file (zone +27 degrees)
n28.dat 67 34301 Star data file (zone +28 degrees)
n29.dat 67 33917 Star data file (zone +29 degrees)
n30.dat 67 33612 Star data file (zone +30 degrees)
n31.dat 67 35266 Star data file (zone +31 degrees)
n32.dat 67 41490 Star data file (zone +32 degrees)
n33.dat 67 41164 Star data file (zone +33 degrees)
n34.dat 67 38347 Star data file (zone +34 degrees)
n35.dat 67 36029 Star data file (zone +35 degrees)
n36.dat 67 28419 Star data file (zone +36 degrees)
n37.dat 67 28358 Star data file (zone +37 degrees)
n38.dat 67 31508 Star data file (zone +38 degrees)
n39.dat 67 28523 Star data file (zone +39 degrees)
n40.dat 67 21710 Star data file (zone +40 degrees)
n41.dat 67 19814 Star data file (zone +41 degrees)
n42.dat 67 20349 Star data file (zone +42 degrees)
n43.dat 67 20797 Star data file (zone +43 degrees)
n44.dat 67 20192 Star data file (zone +44 degrees)
n45.dat 67 19952 Star data file (zone +45 degrees)
n46.dat 67 20277 Star data file (zone +46 degrees)
n47.dat 67 19353 Star data file (zone +47 degrees)
n48.dat 67 17862 Star data file (zone +48 degrees)
n49.dat 67 17894 Star data file (zone +49 degrees)
n50.dat 67 17691 Star data file (zone +50 degrees)
n51.dat 67 18089 Star data file (zone +51 degrees)
n52.dat 67 17561 Star data file (zone +52 degrees)
n53.dat 67 17657 Star data file (zone +53 degrees)
n54.dat 67 25922 Star data file (zone +54 degrees)
n55.dat 67 31833 Star data file (zone +55 degrees)
n56.dat 67 32252 Star data file (zone +56 degrees)
n57.dat 67 29638 Star data file (zone +57 degrees)
n58.dat 67 24733 Star data file (zone +58 degrees)
n59.dat 67 22418 Star data file (zone +59 degrees)
n60.dat 67 20638 Star data file (zone +60 degrees)
n61.dat 67 18798 Star data file (zone +61 degrees)
n62.dat 67 17424 Star data file (zone +62 degrees)
n63.dat 67 14993 Star data file (zone +63 degrees)
n64.dat 67 12557 Star data file (zone +64 degrees)
n65.dat 67 10187 Star data file (zone +65 degrees)
n66.dat 67 9337 Star data file (zone +66 degrees)
n67.dat 67 9372 Star data file (zone +67 degrees)
n68.dat 67 10037 Star data file (zone +68 degrees)
n69.dat 67 10601 Star data file (zone +69 degrees)
n70.dat 67 10575 Star data file (zone +70 degrees)
n71.dat 67 10756 Star data file (zone +71 degrees)
n72.dat 67 10340 Star data file (zone +72 degrees)
n73.dat 67 9118 Star data file (zone +73 degrees)
n74.dat 67 8471 Star data file (zone +74 degrees)
n75.dat 67 8885 Star data file (zone +75 degrees)
n76.dat 67 8730 Star data file (zone +76 degrees)
n77.dat 67 8381 Star data file (zone +77 degrees)
n78.dat 67 7520 Star data file (zone +78 degrees)
n79.dat 67 7282 Star data file (zone +79 degrees)
n80.dat 67 5869 Star data file (zone +80 degrees)
n81.dat 67 4769 Star data file (zone +81 degrees)
n82.dat 67 4311 Star data file (zone +82 degrees)
n83.dat 67 3761 Star data file (zone +83 degrees)
n84.dat 67 3144 Star data file (zone +84 degrees)
n85.dat 67 2596 Star data file (zone +85 degrees)
n86.dat 67 1764 Star data file (zone +86 degrees)
n87.dat 67 1260 Star data file (zone +87 degrees)
n88.dat 67 822 Star data file (zone +88 degrees)
n89.dat 67 193 Star data file (zone +89 degrees)
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See also:
I/246 : The ACT Reference Catalog (Urban+ 1997)
I/247 : The AC2000 Catalogue (Urban+ 1997)
I/220 : The HST Guide Star Catalog, Version 1.1 (Lasker+ 1992)
I/243 : The PMM USNO-A1.0 Catalogue (Monet 1997)
I/252 : The USNO-A2.0 Catalogue (Monet+ 1998)
Byte-by-byte Description of files: n*.dat s*.dat
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Bytes Format Units Label Explanations
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2- 3 I2 h RAh Right Ascension J2000.0, epoch 2000
4- 5 I2 min RAm Right Ascension J2000.0
6-10 I5 ms RAms Right Ascension J2000.0
12 A1 --- DE- Sign of declination
13-14 I2 deg DEd Declination J2000.0, epoch 2000
15-16 I2 arcmin DEm Declination J2000.0
17-20 I4 10mas DEcs Declination J2000.0
21-27 I7 0.1mas/yr pmRA Proper Motion in RA*cos(Dec)
28-34 I7 0.1mas/yr pmDE Proper Motion in Dec
36 I1 --- Qflag *[2,3]? Astrometric Quality flag
38-41 I4 0.01mag Bmag Johnson Blue magnitude
43-46 I4 0.01mag B-V *?=9999 Johnson B-V
48-51 I4 0.01mag B-R *?=9999 B-R
53 I1 --- q_Bmag *[1,5]? Photometry Quality flag
55-58 I4 0.01yr Ep-1900 Epoch of observation
60-66 I7 --- AC2000 AC2000 (Cat. I/247) Number
67 I1 --- ACT *[1]? ACT catalogue flag
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Note on Qflag: the flag is defined as follows:
blank: a recommended astrometric reference star
2: a dubious astrometric reference star
3: a star has dubious astrometric position and proper motion,
substituted with ACT data
Note on B-V:
substituted with 9999 if no data
Note on B-R:
substituted with 9999 if no data
Note on q_Bmag: the flag is defined as follows:
blank: a recommended B - photometry
1: no GSC V data for B-V determination
2: GSC V was not used for B-V determination, because of poor
definition of GSC V in this region (close to B band)
3: a star has dubious photometry , substituted with ACT data
4: no GSC V data for B-V determination , B-V substituted with ACT data
5: a dubious B - photometry
Note on ACT: the ACT catalogue flag is:
blank: a star is absent in ACT
1: ACT contains data for the star
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Acknowledgements:
Measurements of the FON plates were made possible in part
by Grant N U4I000 from the International Science Foundation.
References:
Kislyuk V., Yatsenko A., Ivanov G., Pakuliak L., Sergeeva T., 2000, in
Proceedings of JOURNEES 1999 & IX. LOHRMANN-KOLLOQUIUM
"Motion of Celestial Bodies, Astrometry and Astronomical Reference Frames",
September 13-15, 1999, Lohrmann Observatory, Dresden Germany
Yatsenko A.I., 2000, "The reduction of plates measurements of the
FON Program with USNO ACT data", Kinematics and Physics of
Celestial Bodies, 16, N.1 (in press)
Yatsenko A.I., 2000, "The comparison of coordinates and proper motion of
FONAC stars with Hipparcos and CMC11 data", Kinematics and Physics of
Celestial Bodies, 16, N.2 (in press)
Author's Address:
Vitaly Kislyuk
Main Astronomical Observatory NAS of Ukraine
Golosiiv
Kyiv-127
03680 Ukraine
e-mail:
(End) Vitaly Kislyuk [Ukraine] 17-Apr-2000