VII/2A              Master list of radio sources, updated 1978  (Dixon, 1970)

A Master List of Radio Sources Dixon R.S. <Astrophys. J. Suppl. Ser. 20, 1 (1970)> =1970ApJS...20....1D 1970ApJS...20....1D (Simbad/NED BibCode)
ADC_Keywords: Radio sources Description: The Master List of Radio Sources (MSL) has been prepared by combining about thirty catalogues in a common format. Approcimately 25000 listings are included for some 12000 separate sources. File Summary: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FileName Lrecl Records Explanations -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ReadMe 80 . This file index 80 674 Acronyms used in names master 90 79493 The Master List -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Byte-by-byte Description of file: master -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Bytes Format Units Label Explanations -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1- 13 A13 --- Name Name of the object as assigned by the original author (1) 15- 16 I2 h RAh Right Ascension 1950 (hours) 18- 19 I2 min RAm Right Ascension 1950 (minutes) 21- 26 F6.3 s RAs [0/60[? Right Ascension 1950 (seconds) 31 A1 --- DE- Declination 1950 (sign) 33- 34 I2 deg DEd Declination 1950 (degrees) 36- 37 I2 arcmin DEm [0/60[? Declination 1950 (minutes) 39- 44 F6.3 arcsec DEs [0/60[? Declination 1950 (seconds) 46- 51 F6.1 yr Epoch [1950.0]? 53- 57 I5 MHz Freq ? Frequency (2) 60 A1 --- l_S [LG] Limit flag on S: L = less than (<), G = greater than (>) 62- 71 F10.4 Jy S ? Flux density 81- 82 A2 --- RAorder [RA] "RA" for RA order list (always present) 83- 84 I2 --- Version [42] Version number (always 42) 86- 90 I5 --- Seq Sequential order number -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Note (1): the used prefixes are detailed in file index. Note (2): the frequency is unknown for the two records #26475.58 and #40580.58 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Historical Notes: * The tape was received at CDS from Dr Robert S. Dixon (Ohio State University Radio Observatory) in 1978; an explicit request of not distributing tape copies of the MSL existed until 1995. * 16-Sep-1995 (version 'A'): a few modifications was performed at CDS: => removed last (dummy) record => corrected shifted columns in records #36489, 49515, 52808, 78129 => Two unspecified values of the frequency exist in records #26475.58 and #40580.58 Author's address: Bob Dixon, Ohio State University Radio Observatory
(End) Francois Ochsenbein [CDS] 16-Sep-1995
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