5092A V/92A Photometric and Spectroscopic Databases for LSS Stars B C Reed K M Kuhna Astron. Journ. 113 823 1997 1997AJ....113..823R B C Reed Astron. and Astrophys. 117 313 1996 1996A&AS..117..313R B C Reed A E Beatty Astrophys. Journ. Suppl. 97 189 1995 1995ApJS...97..189R B C Reed Astrophys. Journ. Suppl. 87 367 1993 1993ApJS...87..367R III/43 : Luminous Stars in the Southern Milky Way (LSS) (Stephenson+ 1971) Photometry, UBV Photometry, uvby, beta Radial velocities MK spectral classification Stars, luminous Milky Way This catalog contains databases of published photoelectric UBVbeta data, MK-system spectral classifications, and Stroemgren four-color uvby photometry for objects in the Stephenson-Sanduleak "Luminous Stars in the Southern Milky Way" catalog (LSS catalog). The catalog contains mostly OB stars and A and F supergiants. These databases have been compiled from the literature.

LSS LSS number --- Flag indicates a remark detailed in notes.dat --- Vmag V band magnitude mag B-V B-V color index mag U-B U-B color index mag o_Vmag Number of UBV observations (measurements) --- beta H-beta mag o_beta Number of H-beta obs. in original reference --- Ncode Note code 1 Emission 2 Double or Spectroscopic Binary or multiple system 3 Variable or suspected variable 4 Subdwarf 5 P Cygni star 6 Wolf-Rayet star 7 See comments in reference cited 8 b uncertain 9 Identification uncertain 10 b quoted to two decimal places only 11 Of star 12 UBV or uvby uncertain 13 Combined result taken from reference cited 14 Crowded field or faint companion(s) 15 Brighter star of a pair with same LSS number quoted in reference cited 16 Radial velocity variable 17 Double-line spectroscopic binary 18 Combined photoelectric/photographic observation 19 Data deriving from CCD observations 20 Carbon star 21 b Cep variable 22 uvby reported to two decimal places only --- r_Vmag Reference on ubvbeta data (file refs.dat) --- LSS LSS number --- Tclass MK temperature classification --- Lclass MK luminosity class --- Sp Spectral-type qualifiers --- r_Sp Spectroscopic reference code --- DispCode Dispersion code --- N-code Note code, detailed in file codes.dat TG = Transmission grating RG = Reflection grating IT = Image Tube For other codes see codes.dat --- LSS LSS number --- Flag indicates a remark detailed in notes.dat --- b-y b-y color mag m1 m1 is the metallicity index The metallicity index m1 is defined to be (v-b) - (b-y) --- c1 c1 is the Balmer discontinuity index The Balmer discontinuity index c1 is defined to be (u-v) - (v-y) --- o_b-y Number of uvby obs. in original reference --- N-code Note code See the "Note on N-code" section for ubvbeta.dat --- r_b-y Reference code for uvby data (file refs.dat) --- LSS LSS Number --- note indicates a remark detailed in notes.dat --- HD HD number --- CD CD (Cat. <I/114> designation --- RV Radial velocity km/s e_RV Standard deviation for RV km/s o_RV Number of observations of RV --- Disp Dispersion The format of the majority of the dispersions is: type of instrument used, dispersion in A/mm and the wavelength at which the dispersion applies. These records incorporate a number of abbreviations, as follows: A Angstrom d Hydrogen delta g Hydrogen gamma m/A microns per Angstrom Cass Cassegrain spectrum 1P 1-prism 2P 2-prism 3P 3-prism C Coude spectrum G Grating spectrum (reflection or transmission not specified) IT Image tube spectrum OP Objective-prism P Prism RG Reflection grating S Slit TG Transmission grating TP Thin prism --- Notes Variable type or other note --- Pmag LSS photographic magnitude mag publ Year of publication yr auth First author --- ref Reference --- GLON Galactic longitude deg GLAT Galactic latitude deg name Alternate name of star --- LSS LSS (Cat. <III/43>) number --- HD HD (Cat. <III/135>) number --- CPD CPD (Cat. <I/108>) number --- CD CD (Cat. <I/114>) number --- Hbg Heidelberg Objective Prism survey number Catalog by Klare G. and Szeidl B., Veroeff. Heidelberg 18, 9-50 (1966VeHei..18....9K) --- Name Name of object --- GLON Galactic longitude deg GLAT Galactic latitude deg Chart Chart in LSS catalog on which the star appears --- Mag LSS Catalog photographic magnitude mag f_LSS / indicates note also refers to this star --- LSS LSS Number --- note Text of note, eventually on several lines --- N-code Numerical code --- note Dispersion and comment --- code Numerical code --- --- Period --- note Dispersion and comment --- intro.txtAuthor's discussion of project and files N.G. Roman ADC/SSDOO 1997Mar21B. Cameron Reed <reed@alma.edu> V_92A.xml