J/AJ/108/2128 RC3 corrections and additions (Corwin+ 1994)
Corrections and additions to the Third Reference Catalogue of Bright Galaxies .
Corwin H.G.Jr, Buta R.J., de Vaucouleurs G.
<Astron. J. 108, 2128 (1994)>
=1994AJ....108.2128C 1994AJ....108.2128C (SIMBAD/NED BibCode)
ADC_Keywords: Galaxy catalogs
Abstract:
Lists of corrections and additions to the Third Reference Catalogue of
Bright Galaxies (RC3, Cat. VII/155) are given. The corrected version
of the catalogue (RC3.9b), dated April 1994, is currently available
through the national data centers.
File Summary:
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FileName Lrecl Records Explanations
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ReadMe 80 . This file
table2.dat 7 345 Miscellaneous errata in Volumes I and II
table3.dat 264 14 Unresolved redshift discrepancies.
table4.dat 79 41 Precise positions of double and multiple galaxies
table5.dat 79 306 Corrected or improved positions of miscellaneous
galaxies
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See also:
VII/155 : Third Reference Cat. of Bright Galaxies (RC3) (de Vaucouleurs+ 1991)
Byte-by-byte Description of file: table2.dat
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Bytes Format Units Label Explanations
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1- 5 I5 --- PGC PGC (Cat. VII/119) number
6- 7 A2 --- m_PGC Second PGC
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Byte-by-byte Description of file: table3.dat
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Bytes Format Units Label Explanations
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1- 5 I5 --- PGC PGC (Cat. VII/119) number
7- 17 A11 --- Name Name
19- 23 I5 km/s HRV21cm ? 21 cm RC3 heliocentric radial velocity
26- 30 I5 km/s HRVopt ? Optical RC3 heliocentric radial velocity
33- 37 I5 km/s HRVNED ? NED heliocentric radial velocity
40-264 A225 --- Com Comments
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Byte-by-byte Description of file: table4.dat table5.dat
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Bytes Format Units Label Explanations
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1- 5 I5 --- PGC ? PGC (Cat. VII/119) number
6 A1 --- m_PGC Multiplicity index on PGC
8- 20 A13 --- Name Name
22- 23 I2 h RAh Right ascension (J2000)
25- 26 I2 min RAm Right ascension (J2000)
28- 32 F5.2 s RAs Right ascension (J2000)
35 A1 --- DE- Declination sign
36- 37 I2 deg DEd Declination (J2000)
39- 40 I2 arcmin DEm Declination (J2000)
42- 45 F4.1 arcsec DEs Declination (J2000)
46 A1 --- u_DEs Uncertainty flag on DEs (1)
48- 49 I2 h RA1950h Right ascension (1950)
51- 52 I2 min RA1950m Right ascension (1950)
54- 58 F5.2 s RA1950s Right ascension (1950)
60 A1 --- DE1950- Declination sign
61- 62 I2 deg DE1950d Declination (1950)
64- 65 I2 arcmin DE1950m Declination (1950)
67- 70 F4.1 arcsec DE1950s Declination (1950)
71 A1 --- u_DE1950s Uncertainty flag on DE1950s (1)
73- 79 A7 --- Source Source (2)
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Note (1): For source with declination in degrees and decimal arcminutes, the
declination has been transformed in degrees, arcminutes, arcseconds,
followed by a colon.
Note (2): Sources for positions in Tables 4 and 5:
Big : Bigourdan (1919, observations de nebuleuses et d'amas stellaires -
Gauthier-Villars, Paris)
Bologna: Unpublished, but see Vettolani et al. (1986A&AS...64..247V 1986A&AS...64..247V)
BAS : Skiff (1993, priv. comm.) or ESGC (Corwin and Skiff, in prep.)
BO : Butcher and Oemler (1985ApJS...57..665B 1985ApJS...57..665B)
CE : Corwin and Emerson (1982MNRAS.200..621C 1982MNRAS.200..621C)
DC : Dressel and Condon (1976ApJS...31..187D 1976ApJS...31..187D)
EDC : Clements (1981MNRAS.197..829C 1981MNRAS.197..829C)
ESO : Lauberts (1982, Cat. VII/34)
ESO-LV : Lauberts and Valentijn (1989, Cat. VII/115)
FGH : Freudling, Giovanelli, and Haynes (1988AJ.....96.1791F 1988AJ.....96.1791F)
Gavazzi: Gavazzi (1987ApJ...320...96G 1987ApJ...320...96G)
GH : Gallouet and Heidmann (1971A&AS....3..325G 1971A&AS....3..325G)
GHD1 : Gallouet, Heidmann, and Dampierre (1973A&AS...12...89G 1973A&AS...12...89G)
GSC : Russell et al (1990, Cat. I/220)
HC : Corwin (1980MNRAS.191....1C 1980MNRAS.191....1C), or unpublished measurements on
PSS prints or SERC films w.r.t. SAO or GSC stars.
HKA : Hickson, Kindl, and Auman (1989ApJS...70..687H 1989ApJS...70..687H)
HKAm : ibid, mean value for entire group
IRAS : IRAS Point Source Catalog (1988, Cat. II/125)
KEBA : Kojoian, Elliott, Bicay, and Arakelian (1981AJ.....86..820K 1981AJ.....86..820K)
KEB1 : Kojoian, Elliott, and Bicay (1981AJ.....86..816K 1981AJ.....86..816K)
KEB2 : Kajoian, Elliott, and Bicay (1982AJ.....87.1364K 1982AJ.....87.1364K)
KET1 : Kojoian, Elliott, and Tovmassian (1978AJ.....83.1545K 1978AJ.....83.1545K)
KET2 : Kojoian, Elliott, and Tovmassian (1981AJ.....86..811K 1981AJ.....86..811K)
KOS : Kirshner, Oemler, and Schechter (1978, Cat. J/AJ/83/1549)
MFG : Marconi, Focardi, and Greggio (1990ApJ...360L..39M 1990ApJ...360L..39M)
MQ84 : Melnick and Quintana (1984AJ.....89.1288M 1984AJ.....89.1288M)
RC2 : de Vaucouleurs, de Vaucouleurs, and Corwin (1976, Cat. VII/112)
RGO : Royal Greenwich Observatory (1911MNRAS..71..509R 1911MNRAS..71..509R)
SDMA : Spinrad, Djorgovski, Marr, and Aguilar (1985, J/PASP/97/932)
SDP : Peterson (1973AJ.....78..811P 1973AJ.....78..811P)
SGC : Corwin, de Vaucouleurs, and de Vaucouleurs (1985, Cat. VII/116)
SMBBF : Slezak, Mars, Bijaoui, Balkowski & Fontanelli (1988, Cat. VII/159)
SMH : Spellman, Madore, and Helou (1989PASP..101..360S 1989PASP..101..360S)
STMW : Schneider, Thuan, Magri, and Wadiak (1990ApJS...72..245S 1990ApJS...72..245S)
TM1 : Takase and Miysuchi-Isobe (1984, Cat. VII/150)
TM2 : Takase and Miyauchi-Isobe (1985, Cat. VII/150)
TM3 : Takase and Miysuchi-Isobe (1985, Cat. VII/150)
TM5 : Takase and Miyauchi-Isobe (1986, Cat. VII/150)
TM6 : Takase and Miyauchi-Isobe (1987, Cat. VII/150)
TM9 : Takase and Miyauchi-Isobe (1989PNAOJ...1...11T 1989PNAOJ...1...11T)
TS : Thuan and Seitzer (1979ApJ...231..327T 1979ApJ...231..327T)
VCC : Bingelli, Sandage, and Tammann (1985AJ.....90.1681B 1985AJ.....90.1681B)
UGCo : UGC (Nilson, 1973, Cat. VII/26) Notes. Distance and position angle
from UGC (Nilson 1973, Cat. VII/26) galaxies with precise
positions, transformed to RA and Dec
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History: Prepared via OCR at CDS.
Some typos were corrected on 21-Nov-1997:
MCC-1-30-17 was remplaced by MCG-1-30-17
MCG 0 13-5 was remplaced by MCG+0-13-5
MCG-1-4 42 was remplaced by MCG-1-4-42
MCG-11-1349 was remplaced by MCG-1-13-49
MCG1-23-11 was remplaced by MCG-1-23-11
(End) James Marcout, Patricia Bauer [CDS] 19-Jun-1997