J/A+AS/118/277      Proper motions in NGC 1647   (Geffer+ 1996)

The astrometric accuracy of ``Carte du Ciel'' plates and proper motions in the field of the open cluster NGC 1647 Geffert M., Bonnefond P., Maintz G., Guibert J. <Astron. Astrophys. Suppl. Ser. 118, 277 (1996)> =1996A&AS..118..277G 1996A&AS..118..277G (SIMBAD/NED BibCode)
ADC_Keywords: Clusters, open ; Proper motions Keywords: astrometry - stars: individual: SZ Tau - Galaxy: open clusters: individual: NGC 1647 Abstract: The astrometric accuracy of triple image Carte du Ciel plates has been analysed using plates of the open cluster NGC 1647. A new multithreshold technique was used for the treatment of the triple image plates. Accuracies ranging from 100mas to 200mas were found. We determined proper motions with a median accuracy of 1.6mas/a for 2220 stars in the field of NGC 1647. The membership probabilities of stars in the cluster region agree very well with the data of Francic (1989). Due to a significant difference of the proper motions of SZ Tau and the cluster members, SZ Tau seems not to be a member of NGC 1647. File Summary: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FileName Lrecl Records Explanations -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ReadMe 80 . This file table7 57 2220 Positions and proper motions of 2220 stars in the region of NGC 1647. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Byte-by-byte Description of file: table7 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Bytes Format Units Label Explanations -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 6- 9 I4 --- NR Internal star number 12- 13 I2 h RAh Right ascension (J2000) 15- 16 I2 min RAm Right ascension (J2000) 18- 23 F6.3 s RAs Right ascension (J2000) 26 A1 --- DE- Declination sign 27- 28 I2 deg DEd Declination (J2000) 30- 31 I2 arcmin DEm Declination (J2000) 33- 37 F5.2 arcsec DEs Declination (J2000) 40- 47 F8.1 mas/a pmRA Proper motion in right ascension 50- 57 F8.1 mas/a pmDE Proper motion in declination -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Courtesy: Michael Geffert
(End) Patricia Bauer [CDS] 16-Sep-1996
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