J/A+AS/91/371   Extragalactic Database IV. Errors and misprints  (Paturel+ 1991)

An Extragalactic Database. IV. Errors and misprints in catalogues of galaxies. Paturel G., Petit C., Kogoshvili N., Dubois P., Bottinelli L., Fouque P., Garnier R., Gouguenheim L. <Astron. Astrophys. Suppl. Ser. 91, 371 (1991)> =1991A&AS...91..371P 1991A&AS...91..371P
ADC_Keywords: Galaxy catalogs Keywords: galaxies File Summary: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FileName Lrecl Records Explanations -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ReadMe 80 . This file table1 83 357 NGC/IC with several names (Equinox=1950) table2 116 924 Errors in MCG etc... (Equinox=1950) table3 136 292 Errors in PGC (Equinox=2000) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See also: VII/119 Catalogue (Catalogue of Principal Galaxies, PGC) VII/136 Catalogue (An Extragalactic Database II. The HI data) Byte-by-byte Description of files: table1 table2 table3 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Bytes Format Units Label Explanations -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2- 21 A20 --- NAME Name of the galaxy as appearing in the original catalogue 23- 24 I2 h RAh Right Ascension 1950 (hours) 25- 26 I2 min RAm Right Ascension 1950 (minutes) 27- 30 F4.1 s RAs Right Ascension 1950 (seconds) 31 A1 --- DE- Declination 1950 (sign) 32- 33 I2 deg DEd Declination 1950 (degrees) 34- 35 I2 arcmin DEm Declination 1950 (minutes) 36- 37 I2 arcsec DEs Declination 1950 (seconds) 43 I1 --- code *[1,5] Code describing the kind of error: 47-136 A90 --- Comments Complete explanation of the error -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Note on code: it takes the following values: 1 error in coordinates 2 error in name 3 missing name 4 miscellaneous 5 not a galaxy, or merged with another galaxy --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
(End) Francois Ochsenbein [CDS] 04-Jan-1993
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