III/162A General Catalogue of Ap and Am stars (Renson+ 1991)
General catalogue of Ap and Am stars
Renson P., Gerbaldi M., Catalano F.A.
<Astron. Astrophys. Suppl. 89, 429 (1991)>
=1991A&AS...89..429R 1991A&AS...89..429R
ADC_Keywords: Stars, A-type ; Stars, Am ; Stars, Ap
Description:
A catalogue of all Ap and Am stars ever discovered is presented. It
contains 6684 objects, including those which have been wrongly
considered as Ap or Am stars, and those which are probable Ap or Am
stars.
File Summary:
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FileName Lrecl Records Explanations
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ReadMe 80 . This file
catalog 132 6684 The catalogue of Ap and Am stars
notes 80 6539 Notes and addenda about the catalogued stars
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See also:
III/199 : Observed Periods of Ap and Bp stars (Catalano+ 1998)
J/A+AS/121/57 : 4th supp. to the III/199 catalog (Catalano+ 1997)
J/A+A/378/113 : 5th supp. to the III/199 catalog (Catalano+ 2001)
J/A+AS/133/1 : New variable chemically peculiar stars (Paunzen+ 1998)
Byte-by-byte Description of file: catalog
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Bytes Format Units Label Explanations
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1 A1 --- CPprob [/?* ] Peculiarity probability note (1)
2- 6 I5 --- Seq [1/61790] Running number in the catalog (2)
7- 9 I3 --- Bertaud [1/813]? Number from Bertaud (3)
10- 15 I6 --- HD [1/359083]? HD(E) identification.
16 A1 --- m_HD Multiplicity indicator (4)
17- 20 I4 --- HR [1/9110]? HR V/50 identification
21 A1 --- m_HR Multiplicity indicator (4)
22- 32 A11 --- DM Durchmusterung (BD, CD, CPD) designation
33- 37 I5 --- GC [1/33342]? General Catalog I/113 designation
38 A1 --- m_GC Multiplicity indicator (4)
39- 49 A11 --- Name Bayer / Flamsteed name. (5)
50- 51 I2 h RA1900h Right Ascension 1900 (hours)
52- 55 F4.1 min RA1900m Right Ascension 1900 (minutes)
56 A1 --- DE1900- Declination 1900 (sign)
57- 58 I2 deg DE1900d Declination 1900 (degrees)
59- 60 I2 arcmin DE1900m Declination 1900 (minutes)
61- 62 I2 h RAh Right Ascension 1950 (hours)
63- 66 F4.1 min RAm Right Ascension 1950 (minutes)
67 A1 --- DE- Declination 1950 (sign)
68- 69 I2 deg DEd Declination 1950 (degrees)
70- 71 I2 arcmin DEm Declination 1950 (minutes)
72- 75 F4.1 mag Vmag []? Magnitude, generally V (6)
76- 80 F5.2 mag B-V ? B-V colour (7)
81- 85 F5.2 mag U-B ? U-B colour (7)
86- 91 F6.3 mag b-y ? b-y from Stroemgren photometry GCPD/04
92- 97 F6.3 mag m1 ? m1 = (v-b)-(b-y) from Stroemgren
98-103 F6.3 mag c1 ? c1 = (u-v)-(v-b) from Stroemgren
104-109 F6.3 mag Hbeta ? H-beta index from Stroemgren
110-121 A12 --- SpType Spectral classification (8)
122-132 A11 --- NoteCode [ABCDHNPRSV* ] Notes detailed in file notes (9)
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Note (1): Indication of the probability that the star belongs to the
considered category:
'/' denotes a star improperly considered Ap or Am
'?' doubtful nature
'*' well-known Ap or Am star
' ' other cases
Note (2): Running number (initially in tens), ordered by HD number
(extension excluded) when such a number exists;
stars without HD number (including HDE stars) were merged
according to 1900 right ascension truncated to 0.1min.
Note (3): Bertaud's catalogue published in "Journal des Observateurs"
(1959JO.....42...45B 1959JO.....42...45B, 1960JO.....43..129B 1960JO.....43..129B, 1965JO.....48..211B 1965JO.....48..211B)
Note (4): the multiplicity letter identifies the component in the
case of double or multiple system where components have not a
distinct number, except when the luminosity of the other
components is negligible.
Note (5): the following conventions are used:
Greek letters are coded as *AA, an asterisk followed by two letters:
*AL=alpha *IO=iota *RH=rho
*BE=beta *KA=kappa *SI=sigma
*GA=gamma *LA=lambda *TA=tau
*DE=delta *MU=mu *UP=upsilon
*EP=epsilon *NU=nu *PH=phi
*DZ=dzeta *XI=xi *KH=chi
*ET=eta *OI=omicron *PS=psi
*TH=theta *PI=pi *OE=omega
Latin letters should be considered as lowercase letters.
Note (6): for close double stars, this magnitude was corrected
from the companion's luminosity.
Note (7): for close double stars, the colour index refers to the
combined light.
Note (8):
A dash in column 112 indicates an Am star; this dash separates the
spectral type deduced from the K line and the spectral type deduced
from the metallic lines; delta Del-type stars are classified as Am,
and marked with DD. Another character in column 112 means an Ap star,
and the spectrum is followed by the symbols of the elements with
abnormal abundances. "HE FBL." means "He-weak" See also the "*" note
(column 122)
Note (9): the symbols used in columns 122-132 have the following meaning:
'*' = Note or remark of various nature, e.g. about the spectrum.
'N' = Other designations (see also notes A, D, V)
B for number in B. Boss's "Preliminary General Catalogue";
W for number in Wilson's General Cat. of Stellar Radial
Velocities III/21;
Second DM number
'D' = Note concerning duplicity:
ADS (Aitken's catalogue) designation, magnitude and
angular distance of the companion
'A' = Note concerning clustering:
cluster, group or association to which the star belongs, at
least optically; star identification number(s) in the
cluster or association
'V' = Note about variability: variable name; nature of the
variability, if known, when it is not of the alpha CVn type.
'P' = Note about the known or proposed period observed for the
variations of:
- the luminosity and/or colours (L)
- the magnetic field (M)
- the intensity of spectral lines (S)
- the radial velocity computed from peculiar element lines. (V)
'B' = Note about binarity:
V.R.V. stands for Variable Radial Velocity
P provides the period of Spectrocopic Binaries, and
E the eccentricity
'H' = Note about magnetic field:
extreme values measured for the effective magnetic field
(defined in Babcock, =1957ApJS....3..141B 1957ApJS....3..141B) followed by
the number of measurements within brackets
'R' = Note concerning the rotational velocity;
value of the projected equatorial velocity (v sin i)
'S' = Remarks concerning Stroemgren's Photometry uvbyH-beta
'C' = Note about detection criteria, when the p or m feature is
not confirmed with classical spectroscopy. Used abbreviations:
UV = ultraviolet spectrophotometry (satellite obs.)
GEN = Geneva 7-colour photometry
MTZ = H.M. Maintzen's photometry GCPD/75 (1976A&A....51..223M 1976A&A....51..223M)
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Byte-by-byte Description of file: notes
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Bytes Format Units Label Explanations
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1- 5 I5 --- Seq [1/61790] Running number as in catalog
8 A1 --- NoteCode [ABCDHNPRSV*] The same code as in
columns 122-132 of catalog file.
(blank for continuation)
9 A1 --- Cont [:] Colon (:), or (blank for continuation)
10- 80 A71 --- Text *Text of the note (in French) (1)
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Note on Text: each line of notes terminates with the following punctuation:
; indicates the end of the current note
. indicates the end of all notes related to a specific star
other means that a continuation will be found as the next record
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Glossary to help to understand the French comments:
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A at
A (after a number) y (=years)
AMAS cluster
ANNEAU D'ORI Ori ring
AUSSI also
CI-DESSOUS below
CI-DESSUS or CI-AVANT above
COMPOSANTE PRINCIPALE principal component
COMPOSANTE SECONDAIRE secondary component
COUR.DE LA GR.OURSE UMa stream
D'APRES according to
DEUX COMPOSANTES EGALES two equal components
DOUT. doubtful
ENV. about
ET and
ETOILE star
FAIBLE weak
FAIBLEMENT weakly
GR.DES HYADES Hyades group
GRANDE AMPLITUDE large amplitude
IDENTIFICATION INCERTAINE uncertain identification
IL Y A DOUTE QUANT A LA ... there is some doubt concerning the ...
J (after a number) d (=days)
LA MAGNITUDE INDIQUEE the quoted magnitude
EST LA MAGNITUDE TOTALE is the total one
LES DEUX COMPOSANTES ETANT the two components being
TRES PROCHES very close
MEME LUMINOSITE same magnitude
ON NE PEUT PAS ETRE CERTAIN one cannot be certain
OU or
PAR by
PAS MEMBRE not member
PLUSIEURS several
POUR CHAQUE COMPOSANTE for each component
POUR L'AUTRE for the other one
POUR L'ENSEMBLE DES DEUX for the total system
COMPOSANTES
POUR UNE COMPOSANTE for one component
PRESQ.EG. or PRESQUE EGAL nearly equal
PROBABLEMENT probably
RAIES FINES sharp lines
RAIES LARGES broad lines
RAIES METALLIQUES metallic lines
SELON UN AUTRE AUTEUR according to another author
SELON UNE SOURCE PLUS RECENTE according to a more recent paper
SEMBLABLE A similar to
SP.COMPOSITE composite spectrum
TOUS DEUX both
TRES LONGUE very long
TROISIEME COMPOSANTE third component
or 3EME COMPOSANTE
UN PEU somewhat
VARIATIONS DE LUMINOSITE luminosity variations
V. or VOIR see
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Historical Notes:
* March 1991: Catalogue received on magnetic tape at CDS from P. Renson
* November 1991: First description of the catalogue added at CDS,
as interchanges between CDS (F. Ochsenbein) and P. Renson
* 10-Mar-1992: about 20 corrections in the catalog, following
exchanges between S. Ansari
and the author P. Renson
* 01-Apr-1996: Standard documentation added at CDS
(End) Francois Ochsenbein [CDS] 01-Apr-1996