III/55 Radial Velocities in Open Clusters (Mermilliod 1979)
Radial Velocities in Open Clusters
Mermilliod J.C.
<Bull. Inform. CDS 16, 2 (1979)>
=1979BICDS..16....2M 1979BICDS..16....2M
ADC_Keywords: Clusters, open ; Radial velocities
Description:
This compilation contains more than 5700 individual radial velocities
for 370 stars in 4 open clusters.
File Summary:
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FileName Lrecl Records Explanations
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ReadMe 80 . This file
catalog.dat 80 6177 The compilation
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Byte-by-byte Description of file: catalog.dat
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Bytes Format Units Label Explanations
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1- 11 A11 --- LID Designation in Lausanne/Geneva system (1)
12 A1 --- m_LID Multiplicity index (for spectroscopic binaries)
14- 25 F12.4 d JD Date of observation
28- 34 F7.2 km/s RV Radial Velocity
37- 41 F5.2 km/s e_RV ? Probable error on RV
43- 45 I3 --- Nl ? Number of lines measured
48- 52 F5.1 10-7 Disp ? Dispersion used (Angstroem/mm)
54- 55 A2 --- Meth [PEO] Technique used:
PE=photoelectric, OP=Objective prism
61- 80 A20 --- Ref Reference (2)
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Note (1): the system is described by Mermilliod (1978). The first 6 digits
designate the cluster as:
+2.2632 = Praesepe (M44); numbering by
Klein-Wassink W.J. 1927, Publ.Kapteyn Astr.Lab. 41
Vanderlinden H.L. 1933, Etude de l'amas de Praesepe.
+5.2020 = Alpha Persei cluster; numbering by
Heckmann O., et al. 1956, Mitt. Hamburger Sternw. Bergedorf no 101
+5.2022 = Pleiades
Hertzsprung E. 1947, Ann. Sterrew. Leiden 19,3
+5.2025 = Hyades; numbering by
van Bueren H.G. 1952, Bull. Astr. Inst. Netherl. 11,385
van Altena W.F. 1966, Astron. J. 1966, 71,482 (no Va+1000)
+5.2111 = Coma Berenices; numbering by
Trumpler R.J. 1938, Lick Obs.Bull. 18,167
Note (2): the five first letters indicate the journal:
AA = Astronomy and Astrophysics
AJ = Astronomical Journal
AN = Astronomische Nachrichten
APJ = Astrophysical Journal
APJS = Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series
CAPE = Annals of Cape Observatory
DAO = Publications of the Dominion Astrophysical Observatory
DDO = Publications of the David Dunlap Observatory
GOTT = Astronomische Mitteilungen Koenigliche Sternwarte Goettingen
LOB = Lick Observatory Bulletin
MEM = Memoirs of the Royal Astronomical Society
MEMRA= Memoirs of the Royal Astronomical Society
MN = Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
MNRAS= Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
PAO = Publications of the Allegheny Observatory
PASP = Publications of the Astronomical Society of Pacific
PDAO = Publications of the Dominion Astrophysical Observatory
PDO = Publication of the Dominion Observatory
PLO = Publications of the Lick Observatory
POCP = Publications Observatoire Central Pulkovo Serie II
POHP = Publications de l'Observatoire de Haute-Provence
PULK = Mitteilungen Nikolai-Hauptsternwarte Pulkowo
PUM = Publications of the Observatory of the University of Michigan
PYO = Publications of the Yale Observatory
RASC = Journal of the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada
ROB = Royal Observatory Bulletin
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History:
* The catalogue was prepared by Jean-Claude Mermilliod (Observatoire de
Geneve), and mailed on magnetic tape to CDS in December 1978.
* The standard description was added at CDS on 19-Jan-1995
(End) Francois Ochsenbein [CDS] 19-Jan-1995