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	<title>The HEAO A-1 X-Ray Source Catalog</title>
	<altname type="ADC">7080</altname>
		<altname type="CDS">VII/80</altname>
		<altname type="brief">The HEAO A-1 X-Ray Source Catalog</altname>
	<reference>
		<source>
<journal>
	<title>The HEAO A-1 X-Ray Source Catalog</title>
	<author>
			<initial>K</initial>
			<initial>S</initial>
			<lastName>Wood</lastName></author>
	<author>
			<initial>J</initial>
			<initial>F</initial>
			<lastName>Meekins</lastName></author>
	<author>
			<initial>D</initial>
			<initial>J</initial>
			<lastName>Yentis</lastName></author>
	<author>
			<initial>H</initial>
			<initial>W</initial>
			<lastName>Smathers</lastName></author>
	<author>
			<initial>D</initial>
			<initial>P</initial>
			<lastName>McNutt</lastName></author>
	<author>
			<initial>R</initial>
			<initial>D</initial>
			<lastName>Bleach</lastName></author>
	<author>
			<initial>E</initial>
			<initial>T</initial>
			<lastName>Byram</lastName></author>
	<author>
			<initial>T</initial>
			<initial>A</initial>
			<lastName>Chubb</lastName></author>
	<author>
			<initial>H</initial>
			<lastName>Friedman</lastName></author>
	<author>
			<initial>M</initial>
			<lastName>Meidav</lastName></author>
	<name>Astroph. Jour. Suppl.</name>
	<volume>56</volume>
	<pageno>507-649</pageno>
		<date>
			<year>1984</year></date>
	<bibcode>1984ApJS...56..507W</bibcode></journal></source></reference>
	<keywords parentListURL="http://messier.gsfc.nasa.gov/xml/keywordlists/adc_keywords.html">
			<keyword xlink:href="X-ray_sources.html">X-ray sources</keyword></keywords>
	<descriptions>
				<abstract>
					<para>
   The HEAO A-1 X-Ray Source Catalog is a compilation of data for 842
   sources detected with the U. S. Naval Research Laboratory Large Area Sky
   Survey Experiment flown aboard the HEAO 1 satellite. The data include
   source identifications, positions, error boxes, mean X-ray intensities,
   and cross identifications to other source designations.</para></abstract>
			<details>
			<para>
   The primary objective of the Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) Large Area
   Sky Survey Experiment (LASS) flown aboard the HEAO 1 satellite was to
   conduct an all-sky survey for the brightest X-ray sources in the energy
   range 0.25 to 25 keV. The instrumentation consisted of an array of large
   proportional counter modules with collimators of varying fields of view
   and with sufficient sensitivity to detect sources as faint as 0.25 mu.Jy
   at 5 keV, assuming a Crab-like spectrum (1.1 muJy at 5 keV = 1 UFU for a
   Crab-like spectrum). Full sky coverage was achieved in the first 6
   months of the mission by continuously scanning great circles
   perpendicular to the Earth-Sun line. The HEAO A-1 catalog results from
   the 6-month survey and, thus, covers the whole sky. For additional
   information concerning the NRL LASS instrument, the data analysis
   procedures, characteristics and limitations of the source data, and a
   discussion of X-ray source classes, the source publication should be
   consulted.</para></details></descriptions>
	<tableHead>
		<tableLinks>
				<tableLink xlink:href="sources.dat">
	<title>The data</title></tableLink></tableLinks>
	<fields>
		<field>
			<name>name</name>
			<definition>Source designation (1H)
	<footnote>
			<para>
   The first seven fields (bytes 150-239) contain alternate designations of
   each source in other X-ray catalogs, while the last four fields are for
   non-X-ray cross identifications. Catalog identifications and references
   are given in Table 5 of the source paper. Cross identifications were
   selected according to certain criteria. For X-ray catalogs (4U, 2A, 1M,
   etc.), where error boxes of up to several degrees are sometimes
   reported, the cross reference is given whenever the other error box
   intersects the HEAO A-1 error box. Identifiers are also given in certain
   cases where boxes do not strictly intersect but are sufficiently close
   to suggest a possible relationship. The criterion used is that the
   separation between box centers must be less than the sum of the two
   largest dimensions. The designation XRS (not included in Table 5, but
   described in text) is from Amnuel, Guseinov, and Rakhamimov (1979),
   4hich summarizes much of the older X-ray literature.

   Non-X-ray cross identifications were made on several bases. Whenever an
   identification has been firmly established, for example, by a precise
   position from a modulation collimator or from the Einstein Observatory,
   it is always shown, but so are many additional tentative
   identifications. Some of these have been suggested by earlier work (in
   which case the earlier literature appears either in Table 5 or Table 6
   of the source reference) and the remainder have been found by searching
   the non-X-ray catalogs listed by the authors in their Table 5.
   Additional information on selection criteria will be found on page 647
   of the source reference.

   Whenever an (R) appears in the last field, additional references and
   comments will be found in Table 6 of the source reference. Those entries
   are intended primarily to provide a sketch of the basic background and
   current state of knowledge concerning the sources, to direct users to
   further literature, and to clarify ambiguities. They are not intended to
   be a comprehensive bibliography and many references are omitted. A
   special effort has been made to provide cross references to other HEAO 1
   literature wherever possible, since other HEAO 1 observations are
   simultaneous with and complementary to those in the catalog.
</para></footnote></definition>
			<units>---</units></field>
		<field>
			<name>RA</name>
			<definition>Right ascension (RA) in degrees</definition>
			<units>deg</units></field>
		<field>
			<name>RAh</name>
			<definition>RA (B1950.0) hours</definition>
			<units>h</units></field>
		<field>
			<name>RAm</name>
			<definition>RA (B1950.0) minutes</definition>
			<units>min</units></field>
		<field>
			<name>RAs</name>
			<definition>RA (B1950.0) seconds</definition>
			<units>s</units></field>
		<field>
			<name>DE</name>
			<definition>Declination (Dec) in degrees</definition>
			<units>deg</units></field>
		<field>
			<name>DE-</name>
			<definition>Declination sign</definition>
			<units>---</units></field>
		<field>
			<name>DEd</name>
			<definition>Dec (1950.0) degrees</definition>
			<units>deg</units></field>
		<field>
			<name>DEm</name>
			<definition>Dec (1950.0) minutes</definition>
			<units>arcmin</units></field>
		<field>
			<name>DEs</name>
			<definition>Dec (1950.0) seconds</definition>
			<units>arcsec</units></field>
		<field>
			<name>glon</name>
			<definition>Galactic longitude</definition>
			<units>deg</units></field>
		<field>
			<name>glat</name>
			<definition>Galactic latitude</definition>
			<units>deg</units></field>
		<field>
			<name>long</name>
			<definition>Ecliptic longitude</definition>
			<units>deg</units></field>
		<field>
			<name>lat</name>
			<definition>Ecliptic latitude</definition>
			<units>deg</units></field>
		<field>
			<name>RA1</name>
			<definition>Right ascension_1
	<footnote>
			<para>
   The source coordinates (center of error box) are given in degrees and in
   sexagesimal form. The subscripted right ascensions and declinations
   (right ascension_1-4, declination_1-4) give the positions of the 95
   percent confidence error box surrounding each source. All positions are
   for equinox B1950.0.</para></footnote></definition>
			<units>deg</units></field>
		<field>
			<name>DE1</name>
			<definition>Declination_1.</definition>
			<units>deg</units></field>
		<field>
			<name>RA2</name>
			<definition>Right ascension_2</definition>
			<units>deg</units></field>
		<field>
			<name>DE2</name>
			<definition>Declination_2</definition>
			<units>deg</units></field>
		<field>
			<name>RA3</name>
			<definition>Right ascension_3</definition>
			<units>deg</units></field>
		<field>
			<name>DE3</name>
			<definition>Declination_3</definition>
			<units>deg</units></field>
		<field>
			<name>RA4</name>
			<definition>Right ascension_4</definition>
			<units>deg</units></field>
		<field>
			<name>DE4</name>
			<definition>Declination_4</definition>
			<units>deg</units></field>
		<field>
			<name>area</name>
			<definition>Area of error box</definition>
			<units>deg2</units></field>
		<field>
			<name>flux</name>
			<definition>Flux
	<footnote>
			<para>
   The apparent intensity of the source in counts/sq.cm/s for 0.5 - 25 keV.
   The determination of the errors is described in Section III of the
   source reference (Wood et al. 1984). As explained in that paper, an
   intensity of 10**-3. counts/sq.cm/s, which is the limiting flux in the
   catalog, corresponds to 3.3*10**-12 ergs/sq.cm/s in 2-10 keV, both for a
   Crab-like spectrum, meaning that 10**-3 counts/sq.cm/s in HEAO A-1 is
   equivalent to 0.20 UFU or to 0.22 muJy at 5.2 keV, again for a Crab-like
   spectrum.</para></footnote></definition>
			<units>cm2/s</units></field>
		<field>
			<name>e_flux</name>
			<definition>Flux error</definition>
			<units>cm2/s</units></field>
		<field>
			<name>name2</name>
			<definition>Alternate designation (X-ray)
	<footnote>
			<para>
   The first seven fields (bytes 150-239) contain alternate designations of
   each source in other X-ray catalogs, while the last four fields are for
   non-X-ray cross identifications. Catalog identifications and references
   are given in Table 5 of the source paper. Cross identifications were
   selected according to certain criteria. For X-ray catalogs (4U, 2A, 1M,
   etc.), where error boxes of up to several degrees are sometimes
   reported, the cross reference is given whenever the other error box
   intersects the HEAO A-1 error box. Identifiers are also given in certain
   cases where boxes do not strictly intersect but are sufficiently close
   to suggest a possible relationship. The criterion used is that the
   separation between box centers must be less than the sum of the two
   largest dimensions. The designation XRS (not included in Table 5, but
   described in text) is from Amnuel, Guseinov, and Rakhamimov (1979),
   4hich summarizes much of the older X-ray literature.

   Non-X-ray cross identifications were made on several bases. Whenever an
   identification has been firmly established, for example, by a precise
   position from a modulation collimator or from the Einstein Observatory,
   it is always shown, but so are many additional tentative
   identifications. Some of these have been suggested by earlier work (in
   which case the earlier literature appears either in Table 5 or Table 6
   of the source reference) and the remainder have been found by searching
   the non-X-ray catalogs listed by the authors in their Table 5.
   Additional information on selection criteria will be found on page 647
   of the source reference.

   Whenever an (R) appears in the last field, additional references and
   comments will be found in Table 6 of the source reference. Those entries
   are intended primarily to provide a sketch of the basic background and
   current state of knowledge concerning the sources, to direct users to
   further literature, and to clarify ambiguities. They are not intended to
   be a comprehensive bibliography and many references are omitted. A
   special effort has been made to provide cross references to other HEAO 1
   literature wherever possible, since other HEAO 1 observations are
   simultaneous with and complementary to those in the catalog.
</para></footnote></definition>
			<units>---</units></field>
		<field>
			<name>name3</name>
			<definition>Alternate designation (X-ray)
	<footnote>
			<para>
   The first seven fields (bytes 150-239) contain alternate designations of
   each source in other X-ray catalogs, while the last four fields are for
   non-X-ray cross identifications. Catalog identifications and references
   are given in Table 5 of the source paper. Cross identifications were
   selected according to certain criteria. For X-ray catalogs (4U, 2A, 1M,
   etc.), where error boxes of up to several degrees are sometimes
   reported, the cross reference is given whenever the other error box
   intersects the HEAO A-1 error box. Identifiers are also given in certain
   cases where boxes do not strictly intersect but are sufficiently close
   to suggest a possible relationship. The criterion used is that the
   separation between box centers must be less than the sum of the two
   largest dimensions. The designation XRS (not included in Table 5, but
   described in text) is from Amnuel, Guseinov, and Rakhamimov (1979),
   4hich summarizes much of the older X-ray literature.

   Non-X-ray cross identifications were made on several bases. Whenever an
   identification has been firmly established, for example, by a precise
   position from a modulation collimator or from the Einstein Observatory,
   it is always shown, but so are many additional tentative
   identifications. Some of these have been suggested by earlier work (in
   which case the earlier literature appears either in Table 5 or Table 6
   of the source reference) and the remainder have been found by searching
   the non-X-ray catalogs listed by the authors in their Table 5.
   Additional information on selection criteria will be found on page 647
   of the source reference.

   Whenever an (R) appears in the last field, additional references and
   comments will be found in Table 6 of the source reference. Those entries
   are intended primarily to provide a sketch of the basic background and
   current state of knowledge concerning the sources, to direct users to
   further literature, and to clarify ambiguities. They are not intended to
   be a comprehensive bibliography and many references are omitted. A
   special effort has been made to provide cross references to other HEAO 1
   literature wherever possible, since other HEAO 1 observations are
   simultaneous with and complementary to those in the catalog.
</para></footnote></definition>
			<units>---</units></field>
		<field>
			<name>name4</name>
			<definition>Alternate designation (X-ray)
	<footnote>
			<para>
   The first seven fields (bytes 150-239) contain alternate designations of
   each source in other X-ray catalogs, while the last four fields are for
   non-X-ray cross identifications. Catalog identifications and references
   are given in Table 5 of the source paper. Cross identifications were
   selected according to certain criteria. For X-ray catalogs (4U, 2A, 1M,
   etc.), where error boxes of up to several degrees are sometimes
   reported, the cross reference is given whenever the other error box
   intersects the HEAO A-1 error box. Identifiers are also given in certain
   cases where boxes do not strictly intersect but are sufficiently close
   to suggest a possible relationship. The criterion used is that the
   separation between box centers must be less than the sum of the two
   largest dimensions. The designation XRS (not included in Table 5, but
   described in text) is from Amnuel, Guseinov, and Rakhamimov (1979),
   4hich summarizes much of the older X-ray literature.

   Non-X-ray cross identifications were made on several bases. Whenever an
   identification has been firmly established, for example, by a precise
   position from a modulation collimator or from the Einstein Observatory,
   it is always shown, but so are many additional tentative
   identifications. Some of these have been suggested by earlier work (in
   which case the earlier literature appears either in Table 5 or Table 6
   of the source reference) and the remainder have been found by searching
   the non-X-ray catalogs listed by the authors in their Table 5.
   Additional information on selection criteria will be found on page 647
   of the source reference.

   Whenever an (R) appears in the last field, additional references and
   comments will be found in Table 6 of the source reference. Those entries
   are intended primarily to provide a sketch of the basic background and
   current state of knowledge concerning the sources, to direct users to
   further literature, and to clarify ambiguities. They are not intended to
   be a comprehensive bibliography and many references are omitted. A
   special effort has been made to provide cross references to other HEAO 1
   literature wherever possible, since other HEAO 1 observations are
   simultaneous with and complementary to those in the catalog.
</para></footnote></definition>
			<units>---</units></field>
		<field>
			<name>name5</name>
			<definition>Alternate designation (X-ray)
	<footnote>
			<para>
   The first seven fields (bytes 150-239) contain alternate designations of
   each source in other X-ray catalogs, while the last four fields are for
   non-X-ray cross identifications. Catalog identifications and references
   are given in Table 5 of the source paper. Cross identifications were
   selected according to certain criteria. For X-ray catalogs (4U, 2A, 1M,
   etc.), where error boxes of up to several degrees are sometimes
   reported, the cross reference is given whenever the other error box
   intersects the HEAO A-1 error box. Identifiers are also given in certain
   cases where boxes do not strictly intersect but are sufficiently close
   to suggest a possible relationship. The criterion used is that the
   separation between box centers must be less than the sum of the two
   largest dimensions. The designation XRS (not included in Table 5, but
   described in text) is from Amnuel, Guseinov, and Rakhamimov (1979),
   4hich summarizes much of the older X-ray literature.

   Non-X-ray cross identifications were made on several bases. Whenever an
   identification has been firmly established, for example, by a precise
   position from a modulation collimator or from the Einstein Observatory,
   it is always shown, but so are many additional tentative
   identifications. Some of these have been suggested by earlier work (in
   which case the earlier literature appears either in Table 5 or Table 6
   of the source reference) and the remainder have been found by searching
   the non-X-ray catalogs listed by the authors in their Table 5.
   Additional information on selection criteria will be found on page 647
   of the source reference.

   Whenever an (R) appears in the last field, additional references and
   comments will be found in Table 6 of the source reference. Those entries
   are intended primarily to provide a sketch of the basic background and
   current state of knowledge concerning the sources, to direct users to
   further literature, and to clarify ambiguities. They are not intended to
   be a comprehensive bibliography and many references are omitted. A
   special effort has been made to provide cross references to other HEAO 1
   literature wherever possible, since other HEAO 1 observations are
   simultaneous with and complementary to those in the catalog.
</para></footnote></definition>
			<units>---</units></field>
		<field>
			<name>name6</name>
			<definition>Alternate designation (X-ray)
	<footnote>
			<para>
   The first seven fields (bytes 150-239) contain alternate designations of
   each source in other X-ray catalogs, while the last four fields are for
   non-X-ray cross identifications. Catalog identifications and references
   are given in Table 5 of the source paper. Cross identifications were
   selected according to certain criteria. For X-ray catalogs (4U, 2A, 1M,
   etc.), where error boxes of up to several degrees are sometimes
   reported, the cross reference is given whenever the other error box
   intersects the HEAO A-1 error box. Identifiers are also given in certain
   cases where boxes do not strictly intersect but are sufficiently close
   to suggest a possible relationship. The criterion used is that the
   separation between box centers must be less than the sum of the two
   largest dimensions. The designation XRS (not included in Table 5, but
   described in text) is from Amnuel, Guseinov, and Rakhamimov (1979),
   4hich summarizes much of the older X-ray literature.

   Non-X-ray cross identifications were made on several bases. Whenever an
   identification has been firmly established, for example, by a precise
   position from a modulation collimator or from the Einstein Observatory,
   it is always shown, but so are many additional tentative
   identifications. Some of these have been suggested by earlier work (in
   which case the earlier literature appears either in Table 5 or Table 6
   of the source reference) and the remainder have been found by searching
   the non-X-ray catalogs listed by the authors in their Table 5.
   Additional information on selection criteria will be found on page 647
   of the source reference.

   Whenever an (R) appears in the last field, additional references and
   comments will be found in Table 6 of the source reference. Those entries
   are intended primarily to provide a sketch of the basic background and
   current state of knowledge concerning the sources, to direct users to
   further literature, and to clarify ambiguities. They are not intended to
   be a comprehensive bibliography and many references are omitted. A
   special effort has been made to provide cross references to other HEAO 1
   literature wherever possible, since other HEAO 1 observations are
   simultaneous with and complementary to those in the catalog.
</para></footnote></definition>
			<units>---</units></field>
		<field>
			<name>name7</name>
			<definition>Alternate designation (X-ray)
	<footnote>
			<para>
   The first seven fields (bytes 150-239) contain alternate designations of
   each source in other X-ray catalogs, while the last four fields are for
   non-X-ray cross identifications. Catalog identifications and references
   are given in Table 5 of the source paper. Cross identifications were
   selected according to certain criteria. For X-ray catalogs (4U, 2A, 1M,
   etc.), where error boxes of up to several degrees are sometimes
   reported, the cross reference is given whenever the other error box
   intersects the HEAO A-1 error box. Identifiers are also given in certain
   cases where boxes do not strictly intersect but are sufficiently close
   to suggest a possible relationship. The criterion used is that the
   separation between box centers must be less than the sum of the two
   largest dimensions. The designation XRS (not included in Table 5, but
   described in text) is from Amnuel, Guseinov, and Rakhamimov (1979),
   4hich summarizes much of the older X-ray literature.

   Non-X-ray cross identifications were made on several bases. Whenever an
   identification has been firmly established, for example, by a precise
   position from a modulation collimator or from the Einstein Observatory,
   it is always shown, but so are many additional tentative
   identifications. Some of these have been suggested by earlier work (in
   which case the earlier literature appears either in Table 5 or Table 6
   of the source reference) and the remainder have been found by searching
   the non-X-ray catalogs listed by the authors in their Table 5.
   Additional information on selection criteria will be found on page 647
   of the source reference.

   Whenever an (R) appears in the last field, additional references and
   comments will be found in Table 6 of the source reference. Those entries
   are intended primarily to provide a sketch of the basic background and
   current state of knowledge concerning the sources, to direct users to
   further literature, and to clarify ambiguities. They are not intended to
   be a comprehensive bibliography and many references are omitted. A
   special effort has been made to provide cross references to other HEAO 1
   literature wherever possible, since other HEAO 1 observations are
   simultaneous with and complementary to those in the catalog.
</para></footnote></definition>
			<units>---</units></field>
		<field>
			<name>name8</name>
			<definition>Alternate designation (X-ray)
	<footnote>
			<para>
   The first seven fields (bytes 150-239) contain alternate designations of
   each source in other X-ray catalogs, while the last four fields are for
   non-X-ray cross identifications. Catalog identifications and references
   are given in Table 5 of the source paper. Cross identifications were
   selected according to certain criteria. For X-ray catalogs (4U, 2A, 1M,
   etc.), where error boxes of up to several degrees are sometimes
   reported, the cross reference is given whenever the other error box
   intersects the HEAO A-1 error box. Identifiers are also given in certain
   cases where boxes do not strictly intersect but are sufficiently close
   to suggest a possible relationship. The criterion used is that the
   separation between box centers must be less than the sum of the two
   largest dimensions. The designation XRS (not included in Table 5, but
   described in text) is from Amnuel, Guseinov, and Rakhamimov (1979),
   4hich summarizes much of the older X-ray literature.

   Non-X-ray cross identifications were made on several bases. Whenever an
   identification has been firmly established, for example, by a precise
   position from a modulation collimator or from the Einstein Observatory,
   it is always shown, but so are many additional tentative
   identifications. Some of these have been suggested by earlier work (in
   which case the earlier literature appears either in Table 5 or Table 6
   of the source reference) and the remainder have been found by searching
   the non-X-ray catalogs listed by the authors in their Table 5.
   Additional information on selection criteria will be found on page 647
   of the source reference.

   Whenever an (R) appears in the last field, additional references and
   comments will be found in Table 6 of the source reference. Those entries
   are intended primarily to provide a sketch of the basic background and
   current state of knowledge concerning the sources, to direct users to
   further literature, and to clarify ambiguities. They are not intended to
   be a comprehensive bibliography and many references are omitted. A
   special effort has been made to provide cross references to other HEAO 1
   literature wherever possible, since other HEAO 1 observations are
   simultaneous with and complementary to those in the catalog.
</para></footnote></definition>
			<units>---</units></field>
		<field>
			<name>name9</name>
			<definition>Alternate designation (non-X-ray)
	<footnote>
			<para>
   The first seven fields (bytes 150-239) contain alternate designations of
   each source in other X-ray catalogs, while the last four fields are for
   non-X-ray cross identifications. Catalog identifications and references
   are given in Table 5 of the source paper. Cross identifications were
   selected according to certain criteria. For X-ray catalogs (4U, 2A, 1M,
   etc.), where error boxes of up to several degrees are sometimes
   reported, the cross reference is given whenever the other error box
   intersects the HEAO A-1 error box. Identifiers are also given in certain
   cases where boxes do not strictly intersect but are sufficiently close
   to suggest a possible relationship. The criterion used is that the
   separation between box centers must be less than the sum of the two
   largest dimensions. The designation XRS (not included in Table 5, but
   described in text) is from Amnuel, Guseinov, and Rakhamimov (1979),
   4hich summarizes much of the older X-ray literature.

   Non-X-ray cross identifications were made on several bases. Whenever an
   identification has been firmly established, for example, by a precise
   position from a modulation collimator or from the Einstein Observatory,
   it is always shown, but so are many additional tentative
   identifications. Some of these have been suggested by earlier work (in
   which case the earlier literature appears either in Table 5 or Table 6
   of the source reference) and the remainder have been found by searching
   the non-X-ray catalogs listed by the authors in their Table 5.
   Additional information on selection criteria will be found on page 647
   of the source reference.

   Whenever an (R) appears in the last field, additional references and
   comments will be found in Table 6 of the source reference. Those entries
   are intended primarily to provide a sketch of the basic background and
   current state of knowledge concerning the sources, to direct users to
   further literature, and to clarify ambiguities. They are not intended to
   be a comprehensive bibliography and many references are omitted. A
   special effort has been made to provide cross references to other HEAO 1
   literature wherever possible, since other HEAO 1 observations are
   simultaneous with and complementary to those in the catalog.
</para></footnote></definition>
			<units>---</units></field>
		<field>
			<name>name10</name>
			<definition>Alternate designation (non-X-ray)
	<footnote>
			<para>
   The first seven fields (bytes 150-239) contain alternate designations of
   each source in other X-ray catalogs, while the last four fields are for
   non-X-ray cross identifications. Catalog identifications and references
   are given in Table 5 of the source paper. Cross identifications were
   selected according to certain criteria. For X-ray catalogs (4U, 2A, 1M,
   etc.), where error boxes of up to several degrees are sometimes
   reported, the cross reference is given whenever the other error box
   intersects the HEAO A-1 error box. Identifiers are also given in certain
   cases where boxes do not strictly intersect but are sufficiently close
   to suggest a possible relationship. The criterion used is that the
   separation between box centers must be less than the sum of the two
   largest dimensions. The designation XRS (not included in Table 5, but
   described in text) is from Amnuel, Guseinov, and Rakhamimov (1979),
   4hich summarizes much of the older X-ray literature.

   Non-X-ray cross identifications were made on several bases. Whenever an
   identification has been firmly established, for example, by a precise
   position from a modulation collimator or from the Einstein Observatory,
   it is always shown, but so are many additional tentative
   identifications. Some of these have been suggested by earlier work (in
   which case the earlier literature appears either in Table 5 or Table 6
   of the source reference) and the remainder have been found by searching
   the non-X-ray catalogs listed by the authors in their Table 5.
   Additional information on selection criteria will be found on page 647
   of the source reference.

   Whenever an (R) appears in the last field, additional references and
   comments will be found in Table 6 of the source reference. Those entries
   are intended primarily to provide a sketch of the basic background and
   current state of knowledge concerning the sources, to direct users to
   further literature, and to clarify ambiguities. They are not intended to
   be a comprehensive bibliography and many references are omitted. A
   special effort has been made to provide cross references to other HEAO 1
   literature wherever possible, since other HEAO 1 observations are
   simultaneous with and complementary to those in the catalog.
</para></footnote></definition>
			<units>---</units></field>
		<field>
			<name>name11</name>
			<definition>Alternate designation (non-X-ray)
	<footnote>
			<para>
   The first seven fields (bytes 150-239) contain alternate designations of
   each source in other X-ray catalogs, while the last four fields are for
   non-X-ray cross identifications. Catalog identifications and references
   are given in Table 5 of the source paper. Cross identifications were
   selected according to certain criteria. For X-ray catalogs (4U, 2A, 1M,
   etc.), where error boxes of up to several degrees are sometimes
   reported, the cross reference is given whenever the other error box
   intersects the HEAO A-1 error box. Identifiers are also given in certain
   cases where boxes do not strictly intersect but are sufficiently close
   to suggest a possible relationship. The criterion used is that the
   separation between box centers must be less than the sum of the two
   largest dimensions. The designation XRS (not included in Table 5, but
   described in text) is from Amnuel, Guseinov, and Rakhamimov (1979),
   4hich summarizes much of the older X-ray literature.

   Non-X-ray cross identifications were made on several bases. Whenever an
   identification has been firmly established, for example, by a precise
   position from a modulation collimator or from the Einstein Observatory,
   it is always shown, but so are many additional tentative
   identifications. Some of these have been suggested by earlier work (in
   which case the earlier literature appears either in Table 5 or Table 6
   of the source reference) and the remainder have been found by searching
   the non-X-ray catalogs listed by the authors in their Table 5.
   Additional information on selection criteria will be found on page 647
   of the source reference.

   Whenever an (R) appears in the last field, additional references and
   comments will be found in Table 6 of the source reference. Those entries
   are intended primarily to provide a sketch of the basic background and
   current state of knowledge concerning the sources, to direct users to
   further literature, and to clarify ambiguities. They are not intended to
   be a comprehensive bibliography and many references are omitted. A
   special effort has been made to provide cross references to other HEAO 1
   literature wherever possible, since other HEAO 1 observations are
   simultaneous with and complementary to those in the catalog.
</para></footnote></definition>
			<units>---</units></field>
		<field>
			<name>name12</name>
			<definition>Alternate designation (non-X-ray)
	<footnote>
			<para>
   The first seven fields (bytes 150-239) contain alternate designations of
   each source in other X-ray catalogs, while the last four fields are for
   non-X-ray cross identifications. Catalog identifications and references
   are given in Table 5 of the source paper. Cross identifications were
   selected according to certain criteria. For X-ray catalogs (4U, 2A, 1M,
   etc.), where error boxes of up to several degrees are sometimes
   reported, the cross reference is given whenever the other error box
   intersects the HEAO A-1 error box. Identifiers are also given in certain
   cases where boxes do not strictly intersect but are sufficiently close
   to suggest a possible relationship. The criterion used is that the
   separation between box centers must be less than the sum of the two
   largest dimensions. The designation XRS (not included in Table 5, but
   described in text) is from Amnuel, Guseinov, and Rakhamimov (1979),
   4hich summarizes much of the older X-ray literature.

   Non-X-ray cross identifications were made on several bases. Whenever an
   identification has been firmly established, for example, by a precise
   position from a modulation collimator or from the Einstein Observatory,
   it is always shown, but so are many additional tentative
   identifications. Some of these have been suggested by earlier work (in
   which case the earlier literature appears either in Table 5 or Table 6
   of the source reference) and the remainder have been found by searching
   the non-X-ray catalogs listed by the authors in their Table 5.
   Additional information on selection criteria will be found on page 647
   of the source reference.

   Whenever an (R) appears in the last field, additional references and
   comments will be found in Table 6 of the source reference. Those entries
   are intended primarily to provide a sketch of the basic background and
   current state of knowledge concerning the sources, to direct users to
   further literature, and to clarify ambiguities. They are not intended to
   be a comprehensive bibliography and many references are omitted. A
   special effort has been made to provide cross references to other HEAO 1
   literature wherever possible, since other HEAO 1 observations are
   simultaneous with and complementary to those in the catalog.
</para></footnote></definition>
			<units>---</units></field></fields></tableHead>
	
	<history>
		<ingest>
	
			<creator>
				<lastName>Nancy G. Roman</lastName>
				<affiliation>ADC/SSDOO</affiliation></creator>
	<date>
		<year>1995</year><month>May</month><day>08</day></date><acknowledgement>Appreciation is expressed to Kent Wood for communicating about the
   catalog in 1986 and for supplying multiple copies of the source paper.
   Dr. Warren also thanks Dr. Wood for reviewing and commenting on a draft
   version of this document.

   The help of Jonathan McDowell of the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for
   Astrophysics is also gratefully acknowledged. Dr. McDowell requested a
   machine-readable copy of the catalog and made suggestions about the
   proposed format, including the elimination of the redundant error box
   positions in sexagesimal form.

   The catalog was edited and the documentation prepared by Dr. Wayne
   Warren. It was translated from Script to ASCII and put in the current
   standard form by the undersigned.</acknowledgement></ingest>
		
		<revisions>
	<revision>
		<creator>
			<lastName>UNKNOWN</lastName></creator>
		<date><year>UNKNOWN</year></date>
		<para>   The HEAO A-1 X-Ray Source Catalog was received on magnetic tape by the
   National Space Science Data Center on 20 July 1984 from Dr. Kent S. Wood
   of the Naval Research Laboratory. The tape was in VAX VMS BACKUP format
   with variable length logical and physical records, plus special control
   words (logical record length of each record in the first four bytes.) A
   program was written to convert the records to fixed length and the tape
   file was processed to disk storage on the IBM 3081 computer of the NASA
   Space and Earth Sciences Computing Center at GSFC. The format of the
   file was identical to Table 4 of the published catalog, meaning that
   there were 10 sources per group (page in the published catalog),
   separated by column headings and blank records, etc. All blank, text,
   and separator records were removed with an editor, leaving just four
   records per source. A format was designed that rearranged the data in
   logical order for a single record per source structure, and a program
   was written and executed to reformat the data. The advantages of the
   single record per source structure are that all records are entirely
   uniform and the catalog can be sorted and searched easily.

   The original catalog contained the error box positions in both decimal
   and sexagesimal form. The latter data were omitted during the
   conversion in order to decrease the final record length, since the
   sexagesimal data can be reconstructed easily from the decimal positions
   given.</para></revision></revisions></history>
	<identifier>VII_80.xml</identifier></dataset>
