5090 V/90 Catalogue of X-Ray Binaries J van Paradijs in 'X-ray Binaries', Lewin W.H.G., van Paradijs J., van den Heuvel E.P.J., Eds., Cambridge University Press, Chapter 14, p. 536-577, ISBN 0 521 41684 1 ??? ??? 1995 1995xrb..book.....L V/82 : Cataclysmic Variables (Ritter) Binaries, X-ray X-ray sources The objects described in this catalog are X-Ray binaries, i.e., semi-detached binary stars in which matter is transferred from a usually more or less normal star to a neutron star or black hole. Thus, cataclysmic variables are not included. The tables provide basic information of the systems as well as selected references. The tables contain 124 low-mass and 69 high mass X-ray binaries.

Ariel-5, CGRO, EXOSAT, GINGA, GRANAT, HEAO-1, HEAO-2, Hakucho, OSO-7, OAO, ROSAT, SAS-3, TENMA, Uhuru, VELA-5, VELA-6

ID source name (as hhmm+/-ddd) The source name gives rough information on its B1950 position using the convention hhmm+ddd where hh and mm are the hours and minutes of right ascention, ddd the declanation in units of 0.1 degree. In some cases more or less accurate positions were given. A prefix J indicated that the name was based on J2000 coordinates. --- alt alternate source name --- opt_src1 Opt. counterpart name or location in finding chart Names of optical counterpart, or an asterisk followed by a star number which refers to the star numbers used in the finding chart; the word 'star' refers to a star in the finding chart that has not been given a number or letter. The r_chart column contains the reference to the finding chart. Many optical counterparts have been indicated with a variable-star name, as given in the 'General Catalogue of Variable Stars' (ADC ID's: 2139B, 2172B, 2195) and in recent name lists of variable stars as published in the 'IAU Information Bulletin on Variable Stars', or a number in a well-known catalogue (e.g., HD, SAO). For X-ray sources in globular clusters, the cluster name is given, in addition to the name of a stellar counterpart. --- opt_src2 Opt. counterpart name or location in finding chart --- RAh Right Ascension -hours (B1950) h RAm Right Ascension -minutes min RAs Right Ascension - seconds (accurate to 0.1s) s DE- Declination sign (B1950) --- DEd Declination degrees deg DEm Declination arc minutes arcmin DEs Declination arc seconds (accurate to 1arcsec) arcsec GLON Galactic Longitude (accurate to 0.1 deg) deg GLAT Galactic Latitude deg src_info combination of src_pos and acc_pos, where src_pos = spectral region for positional data acc_pos = positional accuracy indication src_pos: Spectral region that observations were taken for position determination: o: optical x: X-ray r: radio IR: infrared A reference on the source position is given in tab1ref.dat after the key 'pos'. Also included is an indication of the accuracy of that position, in the form of an equivalent (90% confidence level) error radius which can only be considered and approximation (e.g. when the error box is not circular). When no accuracy is quoted it is about one arcsec or better. --- type source type code Codes for source type: A: atoll source (11 LMXBs) [437] B: X-ray burst source (42 LMXBs) D: 'dipping' LMXBs (9) G: globular cluster X-ray source (12 LMXBs) P: X-ray pulsar (3 LMXBs, 29 HMXBs) T: transient X-ray source (41 LMXBs, 30 HMXBs) U: ultrasoft X-ray spectrum (17 LMXBs, 3 HMXBs). These sources include black-hole candidates; some extreme ultra-soft (EUS) source may be white dwarfs on whose surface steady nuclear burning takes place [1184] Z: Z-type (6 LMXBs) --- origin catalogs/experiments listing/detecting source The following codes were used [with reference codes]: A: Ariel V sky survey [795,1255] C: Compton gamma-ray Observatory E: Einstein Observatory Exo: Exosat G: Ginga Gr: Granat H: HEAO 1 A-1 sky survey [1305] Ha: Hakucho K: Kvant M: MIT OSO-7 sky survey [754] OAO: Orbiting Astronomical Observatory R: Rosat S: SAS-3 SL: Space Lab T: Tenma U: Uhuru sky survey [333] V: Vela-5 and -6 satellites. --- LMX_HMXB L = LMXB ; H = HMXB --- r_chart reference code to finding chart --- Vmag visual magnitude optical counterpart mag B-V (B-V) color index optical counterpart mag U-B (U-B) color index optical counterpart mag Other_mag Other magnitude value mag ID_Othr_mag identification of the Other_mag --- Sp Spectral type optical counterpart (HMXB only) --- E(B-V) Estimate for interstellar reddening mag F(X) X-ray flux The flux is given in units of 1 micro Jansky , which is 10**(-29) erg cm**(-2) s**(-1) Hz**(-1) = 2.4 x 10**(-12) erg cm-**(2) s-**(1) keV**(-1) uJy F(X)lo X-ray flux lower limit range uJy F(X)hi X-ray flux upper limit range uJy P Orbital period (unit in unit_P field) --- Ppulse Pulse period for pulsars s unit_P unit of Orbital period --- r_photomtry reference codes for the photometry --- r_F(X) reference codes for the X-ray fluxes --- r_P reference codes for Orbital and Pulse periods --- ID Source identification --- note notes to the table for the source --- alt Variable star, GX number, Globular Cluster or constellation --- ID Source identification --- table table number --- refcode code number for reference --- reftext text of reference --- N. Paul Kuin NASA/ADC 1997Jan09 UNKNOWN UNKNOWN The catalog was received by the ADC in the form of the original tables. All formatting characters were removed, the notes were placed in a separate file and the data fields were reorganized. The RA and DEC in the tables were reformatted to conform to the same format by expanding decimals where necessary into minutes or seconds. In this process some indication of the positional accuracy has been lost. The tables were checked for consistency with the data format tables. Please report any data that differ from the published tables in any other respects. V_90.xml