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in Astronomy, Ed. C. Jaschek and W. Heintz (Dordrecht: D. Reidel
Publishing Company), p. 257. (see catalog <I/237>)Combined dataStars, bright
The catalog is an extension of the BSC4 (Hoffleit 1982; see catalog
<V/50>) and contains compiled data on stars for which photoelectric
determinations are given as 7.10V or brighter and that are not already
included in the latter catalog. The data included in the supplement
are basically the same as those in the BSC4 itself, and the format of
the machine version is very similar. Notable differences are that the
NAME column has been omitted, since very few supplement stars have
Bayer or Flamsteed designations, and has been replaced with the SAO
number. Also, the parallax field includes only data determined from
trigonometric methods; all dynamical parallax data have been relegated
to the REMARKS. Position-angle data are given in the main table for
double stars, whereas they were contained, if reported, only in the
REMARKS file of the BSC4. Remarks for supplement stars are given in a
separate file of the machine version and are present for 49% of the
stars.
The introductory file "intro.doc" contains the text given in the
introduction to the published catalog except that the figures are, of
course, not included.
Data included in the catalog "bsc4s.dat" are HD number; DM number; SAO
number; double-star code or identification; variable-star
identification; right ascension (B1900) declination, right ascension
(B2000) declination; galactic coordinates; V magnitude; B-V, U-B, R-I
colors; spectral type; annual proper motions; parallax; radial
velocity (km/s): and projected rotational velocity v sin i (km/s).
Data included for multiple stars are magnitude difference, separation
(arcsec), position angle (PA) of components, component identifications
(A, B, ...), and number of components (N). A remarks flag is included
as a pointer to a remarks file.
The third file "remarks.dat" contains the actual remarks for stars
flagged in the data file.The Supplement to the Bright Star CatalogueHDNumber in the
Henry Draper Catalogue <III/135>---m_HDHD suffix. May be component identifications
used for multiple systems, or /X when more than a single
HD star is included, e.g. HD 17245/6.
NOTE: m_HD is "S" for the 3 stars not in HD catalogue, for which
the SAO number is listed in column HD; those stars are
SAO 250043 (CP-60 980), SAO 179278 (BD-20 3283) and
SAO 252421 (CP-61 3926)---DMDurchmusterung (BD, CD, CPD) designation---SAOCatalog number in SAO <I/131>---Iflag"I" if the star occurs in the
NASA Merged Infrared Catalogue <II/71>---ADSDouble or multiple star identifications
spectroscopic and eclipsing binaries are not considered here.
The field is uniform with the catalog codes in byte 28,
ADS numbers in bytes 29-33, and multiple-star letter designations
for components of a system which the HD number represents
in bytes 34-35. Other designations include:
W Worley (1978; see Worley 1982) update of the IDS (Jeffers et al. 1963)
(see catalog <I/237>)
C Couteau 1978 (see catalog <I/209>)
D Duplicity discovered by occultation---VnameVariable-star designations
these designations include:
(a) constellation designations from the General Catalogue of Variable
Stars (see 4th Edition as Catalog <II/139>)
(b) numbers (alone) from the New Catalogue of Suspected Variable
(see latest version in Catalog <II/140>)
(c) Var and Var? for unnamed variables and suspected unconfirmed
variables not included in the General and Suspected catalogs.
Can apply to the HD number and/or a close companion.
Note: HD 139216 = Tau4 Ser is recorded as "@t|4 Ser" where the character
following the t is a vertical bar.---RAhRight Ascension 1900 (hours)hRAmRight Ascension 1900 (minutes)minRAsRight Ascension 1900 (seconds)sDE-Declination 1900 (sign)---DEdDeclination 1900 (degrees)degDEmDeclination 1900 (minutes)arcminDEsDeclination 1900 (seconds)arcsecRAh2000Right Ascension 2000 (hours)hRAm2000Right Ascension 2000 (minutes)minRAs2000Right Ascension 2000 (seconds)sDE-2000Declination 2000 (sign)---DEd2000Declination 2000 (degrees)degDEm2000Declination 2000 (minutes)arcminDEs2000Declination 2000 (seconds)arcsecGLONGalactic longitude.degGLATGalactic latitude. Sign always indegVmagV magnitude on UBV system.
Magnitudes of variables and/or binaries may be reported to
0.1 mag only.magu_VmagUncertainty flag (:) on Vmag---B-VB-V colour indexmagU-BU-B colour indexmagR-Icolour on system indicated by n_R-Imagn_R-ICode for R-I system
this code may be a colon indicating a larger uncertainty, or
(blank) - on Johnson system;
E - mainly from Eggen, on Kron system;
C - from Cousins, close to Kron system
(the Johnson and Kron filters have different passbands and
may not be used interchangeably).---SpTypeSpectral type.
If the complete modern (MK) classification is too long for the data
field, it is given in the remarks file and an asterisk (*) occurs in
this data field.
Mt. Wilson luminosity classes are given as lower case letters in bytes
128-129.
The "W" in Wolf-Rayet types is in byte 129 with the C or N in the
following byte (130).
In general, the temperature class (O, B, A, ..., S, C) occurs in byte
130 and the temperature subclass in byte 131 (intermediate sub-classes
extend to 132-133 and other characters can be in bytes 131, ...).
Characters normally appearing as lower case in standard notation, e.g.
p, e, Si, Mn, Hg, Iab, are coded in lower case.
A greek delta appearing for HD 189337 is coded as "@d".---pmRAAnnual proper motion in right ascension.arcsec/yrpmDEAnnual proper motion in declination.arcsec/yrPlxTrigonometric parallax. Dynamical
parallaxes are given in the remarks file.arcsecRVelRadial velocity (see codes in n_RVel)
field).km/sn_RVelRadial-velocity code
the peculiarities are:
V, V? - variable or suspected variable velocity;
SB, SB1, SB2 - spectroscopic binaries, single or double lined spectra;
O - orbital data available.
One star (HD 2268) has a velocity with one decimal (0.5) stored there.---l_vsiniLimit indicators for vsini---vsiniProjected rotational velocity v.sin i.km/su_vsiniColon (:) for uncertain v sin i (no
occurrences at present).---DmagDifferential magnitude difference
magnitude difference between two components of a double,
or between the two brightest components of a multiple system.magu_DmagDifferential magnitude code.
this code takes the values
V indicates variable magnitude difference,
: uncertainty indicator (:); no occurrences at present.---SepSeparation of the components "Comp"arcsecn_SepSeparation code
"a" occurs if the separation refers to the semimajor axis .
The colon (:) indicates, as usual, a large uncertainty.---PAcompPosition angle for the components "Comp"
this field may contain
"ORB" to indicate an available orbit; hence, no PA.
"SP" to indicate south preceding,
"SF" to indicate south following, and
"S" to indicate south.degu_PAcompPA code (: for uncertainty).---CompIdentification of components.
Identification of components represented in
bytes 185-188 and 191-195.
The character "O" indicates an occultation binary.
---NcompNumber of components assigned to
multiple systems.---RemarkAn asterisk indicates that further
information can be found in the remarks
file.---*Remarks to stars in the catalogueHDHD (SAO in 3 cases) number,
as in file bcs4s.dat---m_HDHD suffix (or "S" for SAO),
as in file bcs4s.dat---CategoryRemark category abbreviation
the categories are:
C: magnitudes, colors, color excesses;
D: double and multiple stars, including astrometric and those discovered
by occultations and speckle interferometry. Orbital data given,
including magnitudes and spectral types of major components,
orbital periods, semimajor axes, etc.;
Dyn: dynamical parallaxes;
G: membership in clusters, associations, groups and apparent association
N: star names and identifications;
R: stellar radii or diameters;
with nebulosity (R associations). No attempt made to resolve
conflicting assignments in different sources: various alternatives
are included;
RV: radial and rotational velocities;
S: spectra;
SB: spectroscopic binaries, mostly orbital data:
period of revolution,
K = half amplitude of radial velocity,
K$1, k$2 = semi-amplitude in RV for each of the components
of SB2 system,
V$0 = mean radial velocity of the system,
msin3i = mass function in Solar masses,
asini = projected semimajor axis in Gm (10^6^km) ;
Var: variability, magnitude ranges, spectrum or magnetic field
variability or other characteristics;
M: miscellaneous notes.
------Left parenthesis---ContContinuation letter------Right parenthesis---TextRemarks in free text form.---intro.docIntroduction to the catalogueFrancois OchsenbeinCDS1997Apr08Appreciation is expressed to Dr. E. Dorrit Hoffleit and her colleagues
for preparing and sending the magnetic tape of the catalog. Dr.
Hoffleit kindly communicated additional corrections to the catalog and
reviewed this document in preprint form before final printing.
A large part of this ReadMe file was generated from the "Documentation
for the machine-readable version of 'A Supplement to the Bright Star
Catalogue'" by Wayne H. Warren Jr. made in February 1984
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