J/PASP/101/360 Revised coordinates for SGC galaxies (Spellman+, 1989)
Revised coordinates for 373 selected objects in the southern galaxy catalogue.
Spellman K., Madore B.F., Helou G.
<Publ. Astron. Soc. Pac. 101, 360 (1989)>
=1989PASP..101..360S 1989PASP..101..360S
ADC_Keywords: Galaxy catalogs ; Positional data
Keywords: galaxy catalog - improved coordinates
Abstract:
We have determined improved positions for 373 galaxies listed in the
Southern Galaxy Catalogue of Corwin, de Vaucouleurs, and de
Vaucouleurs (1985, Cat. VII/116) as having poor coordinates. The
revised coordinates are expected to be good to 6 arcsec (rms) in each
coordinate.
File Summary:
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FileName Lrecl Records Explanations
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ReadMe 80 . This file
table1.dat 37 373 *Original and Revised (1950) SGC Positions
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Note on table1.dat: Objects are identified as SGC HHMMSS+DDMM.m
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See also:
VII/116 : Southern Galaxy Catalogue (SGC) (Corwin+ 1985)
Byte-by-byte Description of file: table1.dat
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Bytes Format Units Label Explanations
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1- 2 I2 h RAOh Original right ascension (B1950.0)
4- 7 F4.1 min RAOm Original right ascension (B1950.0)
9 A1 --- DEO- Original declination sign (B1950.0)
10- 11 I2 deg DEOd Original declination (B1950.0)
13- 14 I2 arcmin DEOm Original declination (B1950.0)
15- 16 A2 --- Mult [abc ] Multiplicity index for
multiple possible identifications
18- 19 I2 h RAh Revised right ascension (B1950.0)
21- 22 I2 min RAm [0/60] Revised right ascension (B1950.0)
24- 27 F4.1 s RAs Revised right ascension (B1950.0)
29 A1 --- DE- Revised declination sign (B1950.0)
30- 31 I2 deg DEd Revised declination (B1950.0)
33- 34 I2 arcmin DEm Revised declination (B1950.0)
36- 37 I2 arcsec DEs Revised declination (B1950.0)
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History:
Prepared via OCR at CDS.
(End) James Marcout, Patricia Bauer [CDS] 27-Jun-2003