VII/56 Redshifts for Abell Clusters (Sarazin+ 1982)
A Table of redshifts for Abell Clusters
Sarazin C.L., Rood H.J., Struble M.F.
<Astron. Astrophys. 108, L7 (1982)>
=1982A&A...108L...7S 1982A&A...108L...7S
ADC_Keywords: Redshifts ; Clusters, galaxy
Description:
The catalog gives redshifts for 329 Abell clusters, all those known to
the authors in published or preprint form at the time of the
compilation (through 1982). The data table has been compiled
critically, based partially on a number of photometric distance
estimators derived from the redshift data. These were used to evaluate
probable accuracies of the redshifts and to resolve discrepancies
among different values for the same clusters. The catalog includes
Abell (1958) cluster numbers, redshifts, and the number of redshifts
of different galaxies averaged to determine the cluster value. The
machine version was prepared at the Astronomical Data Center,
NASA/GSFC.
Note that Struble and Rood published further compilations in 1987
(1987ApJS...63..543S 1987ApJS...63..543S) and 1991 (1991ApJS...77..363S 1991ApJS...77..363S).
Other redshift compilations are also available in electronic form
(see "See also" section below).
File Summary:
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FileName Lrecl Records Explanations
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ReadMe 80 . This file
data.dat 20 329 Redshift values
notes.dat 80 74 Notes to individual clusters
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See also:
VII/110 : Abell et al. (1989ApJS...70....1A 1989ApJS...70....1A)
"Catalogue of rich clusters of galaxies"
VII/165 : Andernach H., 1991
"Compilation of published redshifts for ACO galaxy clusters"
VII/177 : Struble M.F. and Rood H.J. (1991ApJS...77..363S 1991ApJS...77..363S)
"Compilation of redshifts and velocity dispersions for
Abell clusters"
J/ApJ/365/66 : Huchra et al. (1990ApJ...365...66H 1990ApJ...365...66H)
"A deep Abell cluster redshift survey"
Byte-by-byte Description of file: data.dat
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Bytes Format Units Label Explanations
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1- 5 A5 --- Abell Abell cluster number (Catalog VII/110)
6 A1 --- n_Abell [*] * when a note exists in file "notes.dat"
7- 12 F6.4 --- z The redshift (1)
14- 16 I3 --- o_z ? Number of redshifts of different
galaxies averaged
18- 20 A3 --- r_z Reference code for the source of the
determination (see below)
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Note (1): the precision varies and is based on the estimated accuracy
of the determination. When values are given to fewer than four decimal
places, the remaining bytes are blank.
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Byte-by-byte Description of file: notes.dat
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Bytes Format Units Label Explanations
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1- 5 A5 --- Abell Abell cluster number.
8 I1 --- Seq Integer used to sequentially number
remarks for the same cluster.
9- 80 A72 --- Text Remarks in upper and lower case characters.
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References:
A - weighted average of HGT and HSM.
B - weighted average of HGT and N.
C - Corwin, H.G. Jr. 1974, Astron. J. 79, 1356.
Cea - Cooke, J.A., Emerson, D., Kelly, B.D., MacGillivray, H.T.,
and Dodd, R.J. 1981, Monthly Notices Roy. Astron. Soc. 196, 397.
D - Dressler A. 1980, Astrophys. J. Suppl. 42, 565.
E - weighted average of Hea and MQa.
F - average of HGT and N.
Gea - Gioia, I.M., Geller, M.J., Huchra, J.P., Maccacaro, T.,
Steiner, J.E., and Stocke, J. 1982, Astrophys. J. 255, L17.
HGT - Hoessel, J.G., Gunn, J.E., and Thuan, T.X. 1980, Astrophys. J. 241, 486.
Hea - Hill, J.M., Angel, J.R.P., Scott, J.S., Lindley, D., and
Hintzen, P. 1980, Astrophys. J. 242, L69.
HSM - Hintzen, P., Scott, J.S., and McKee, J.D. 1980, Astrophys. J. 242, 857.
KUC - Kowalski, M.P., Ulmer, M.P., and Cruddace, R.G. 1982, preprint.
Mea - Mason, K.O., Spinrad, H., Bowyer, S., Reichert, G., and
Stauffer, J. 1981, Astron. J. 86, 803.
MQa - Melnick, J., and Quintana, H. 1981a, Astron. Astrophys. Suppl. 44, 87.
MQb - Melnick, J., and Quintana, H. 1981b, Astron. J. 86, 1567.
N - Noonan, T.W. 1981, Astrophys. J. Suppl. 45, 613.
PL - Perrenod, S.C., and Lesser, M.P. 1980, Pub. Astron. Soc. Pac. 92, 764.
Rea - Reichert, G., Mason, K.O., Lea, S.M., Charles, P.A., Bowyer, S.,
and Pravdo, S. 1981, Astrophys. J. 247, 803.
SRa - Struble, M.F., and Rood, H.J. 1982a, Astron. J. 87, 7.
SRb - Struble, M.F., and Rood, H.J. 1982b, preprint.
Historical Notes:
* November 1983 (Wayne H. Warren Jr., NSSDC/WDC-A-R&S 83-18):
The data and notes files of A Table of Redshifts for Abell Clusters
were created at the Astronomical Data Center by keying the data
directly to a computer disk. The data were listed, checked against the
source reference, and transferred to magnetic tape.
* December 1995: Documentation standardized at CDS (Francois Ochsenbein)
Acknowledgements:
Appreciation is extended to the authors for permission to make these
data machine-readable and to distribute the catalog to the
astronomical community. They have also reviewed the document prior to
final printing.
(End) Gail L. Schneider [SSDOO/ADC], Francois Ochsenbein [CDS] 15-Dec-1995