VI/68 Bibliography of Variable Stars (BCVS), Update 1994 (Roessiger+ 1994)
Bibliographic Catalogue of Variable Stars (BCVS), Part II Update 1994
Roessiger S., Braeuer H.-J.
<Bull. Inf. CDS (unpublished)>
ADC_Keywords: Bibliography; Stars, variable
Introduction:
This catalogue is a supplement of the Bibliographic Catalogue of
Variable Stars (BCVS), which was described by W. Wenzel in
Information Bulletin of the CDS, no.20, p.105 (1981). It comprises
the bibliography of the named variable stars at our disposal that
have been published from 1982 up to the beginning of 1994 (as far
as this has been possible). A diminutive part of the data refers
to the time prior to 1982 concerning literature which had not been
at our disposal before closing the main part of the BCVS. The
present file also includes the references for all variable stars
that have been newly named since 1982 (name-lists no. 67, 68, 69,
70, 71 of the IAU) with references collected in Sonneberg
(possibly from literature published before 1982).
The shape of the entries differs slightly from that in the main
part of the BCVS. The innovation consists in the addition of
keywords giving a concise characterization of the contents of the
individual publication. The application of keywords has been
traditional practice at Sonneberg Observatory and is particularly
adapted to observation and study on variable stars in the optical
range. The entries have the following structure:
- name of the variable star
- year of publication
- name of author(s)
- name of publication (mostly abbreviated)
- volume (or fascicule) and page numbers
- keyword(s) (not in all entries)
The abbreviations used for the names of the publications are
listed in the file "abbr.lis"
File Summary:
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FileName Lrecl Records Explanations
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ReadMe 80 . This file
main 137 184064 The Catalogue
abbr.lis 79 779 Journal abbreviations
keys 80 83 List of keywords
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See also:
VI/67 : Bibliographic Catalogue of Variable Stars (BCVS) Part 1
Byte-by-byte Description of file: main
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Bytes Format Units Label Explanations
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1- 3 A3 --- Const Constellation Name
5- 8 A4 --- Name in constellation
10- 13 I4 yr Year []? of publication
14 A1 --- Sep [/?] Indicator of several years (/)
or doubtful year (?)
15-137 A123 --- Ref Text of reference and keywords.
The carret (^) separates the authors
and journal from keyword parts;
each keyword consists in a single character
which explanation is found in file "keys"
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Historical Notes:
* 13-Jun-1994: first archived
* 03-Oct-1995: blanked unspecified years which were e.g. 19?? in records
#28674 #44100 #91741 #94239 #94837
(End) Francois Ochsenbein [CDS] 03-Oct-1995