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WACKERLING - Wackerling Catalog of Early-Type Emission-line Stars |
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The version of the Wackerling Catalog on which the HEASARC database is based was obtained from the ADC and differs in some respects from the original published version, notice.
Wackerling
The Wackerling Sequence number based on the order in the published catalog,
i.e., in increasing RA (1900 equinox). Notice that this is seldom used in the
literature, and is not a recognized designation by the Dictionary of
Astronomical Nomenclature.
Name
A standard designation for the star, albeit in a somewhat condensed form in
some cases. If the listed name is a string of numbers, to determine the
actual full name, this has to be compared with the values of the other
catalog parameters: hd, dm, mwc, hpc, ton, ls, wray, and henize, in many
cases. For example, if name = '225095' and hd = 225095, then the full name
should be 'hd 225095'. In other cases, the listed name may be a
constellation-based designation such as the Bayer name (Greek letter +
3-letter abbreviation for constellation, e.g., OMI CAS for omicron
Cassiopeia), Flamsteed name (number + 3-letter abbreviation for
constellation, e.g., 10 CAS for 10 Cassiopeia), or variable star name (e.g.,
AX PER for AX Persei), or the name of the star in the HR or NGC Catalogs.
RA
The right ascension in the specified equinox. The positions in this
database were created using the B1950 equinox positions given in the original
ADC/CDS table. The precision of these latter positions given was to the nearest
0.01 minutes (0.6 seconds) in RA in the original table, notice.
Dec
The declination in the specified equinox. The positions in this
database were created using the B1950 equinox positions given in the original
ADC/CDS table. The precision of these latter positions given was to the nearest
0.1 arcminutes (6 arcseconds) in RA in the original table, notice.
LII
The galactic longitude of the star.
BII
The galactic latitude of the star.
Common_Name
The designation with which the source is normally referred. This name may be
a constellation-based designation such as the Bayer name (Greek letter +
3-letter abbreviation for constellation, e.g., OMI CAS for omicron
Cassiopeia), Flamsteed name (number + 3-letter abbreviation for
constellation, e.g., 10 CAS for 10 Cassiopeia), or variable star name (e.g.,
AX PER for AX Persei), or the name of the star in the HR or NGC Catalogs.
Common_Name_Flag
A flag for the common_name parameter which, if set to ':',
indicates an uncertainty exists in this designation.
HD
The Henry Draper catalog number.
HD_Component
A flag for the hd parameter, indicating for multiple systems
which component is being referred to ('A', 'B', etc), or, if set to ':',
indicates an uncertainty exists in this designation.
DM
The Durchmusterung (DM) Catalog name, where a 'BD' prefix refers to the
Bonner Durchmusterung (BD), a 'CD' prefix refers to the Cordoba Durchmusterung
(CD or CoD), and a 'CP' prefix refers to the Cape Photographic Durchmusterung
(CPD).
DM_Component
A flag for the dm parameter, indicating for multiple systems
which component is being referred to ('A', or 'P'), or, if set to ':',
indicates an uncertainty exists in this designation.
MWC_Or_AS
The Mount Wilson Catalog (MWC) or Additional Stars Catalog (AS) number.
Entries which contain just a number refer to the MWC, so that a value of '4'
implies a full name of 'MWC 4', while entries with a prefix of 'A' followed
by a number refer to the AS Catalog, so that a value of 'A 2' implies a full
name of 'AS 2'.
MWC_Or_AS_Flag
A flag for the mwc_or_as parameter set to ':'if the MWC
or AS identification is uncertain.
Hpc
The Hiltner Polarization Catalog (Hiltner, W.A. 1956, ApJS, 2, 389)
number.
HPC_Flag
A flag for the hpc parameter set to ':'if the HPC identification
is uncertain.
Ton
The Tonantzintla number, i.e., a reference to a star list published in
the Bol. Obs. Tonantzintla Tacubaya (except M1 from Bol. Mimeograf. Obs.
Tonantzintla Tacubaya); there are four codes - GG, IC, M and S - with the
authors as follows: GG = G. Gonzales and G. Gonzales, IC = B. Iriarte and
E. Chavira, M = L. Munch or L. Munch and W.W. Morgan (M3 only), and
S = E. Chavira. The individual codes refer to the following references:
Database Published Reference Value Code 1G GG1 1954, 1, No. 9, 3 and 1956, 2, No. 14, 19 2G GG2 1954, 2, No. 11, 25 3G GG3 1956, 3, No. 15, 16 1I IC1 1954, 2, No. 11, 27; Table I 2I IC2 1954, 2, No. 11, 27; Table II 3I IC3 1955, 2, No. 13, 12; Table I 4I IC4 1955, 2, No. 13, 12; Table II 5I IC5 1955, 2, No. 13, 19; Table I 6I IC6 1955, 2, No. 13, 19; Table II 7I IC7 1956, 2, No. 14, 31 1M M1 1952, 1, No. 2, 1 2M M2 1953, 1, No. 7, 23 3M M3 1953, 1, No. 8, 19 4M M4 1953, 1, No. 8, 27 5M M5 1954, 1, No. 9, 29 6M M6 1955, 2, No. 13, 28 7M M7 1956, 2, No. 14, 35 S S 1958, 2, No. 17, 31
LS
Luminous Stars (LS) number, from one of 6 possible papers where
LS i =Luminous Stars in the Northern Milky Way i, Hamburg-Bergedorf. Thus,
if ls = '1+59 38', the full correct name would be LS I +59 3. The references
corresponding to the 6 initial numerical (i) codes are as follows:
Full Code Designation Reference 1 LS I Hardorp, J. et al. 1959 and Voight, H.H., 1965 Supplement to LS I 2 LS II Stock, J., Nassau, J.J. and Stephenson, C.B. 1960 3 LS III Hardorp, J., Theile, I. and Voight, H.H. 1964 4 LS IV Nassau, J.J. and Stephenson, C.B. 1963 5 LS V Hardorp, J., Theile, I. and Voight, H.H. 1965 6 LS VI Nassau, J.J., Stephenson, C.B. and MacConnell, D.J. 1965
LS_Component
A flag for the ls parameter, indicating for multiple systems
which component is being referred to (e.g., 'A', 'B', etc.), or, if set to ':',
indicates an uncertainty exists in this designation.
Wray
The number from the J.D. Wray (1966, Ph.D., Northewestern Univ.)
List of Emission-line Stars.
Wray_Flag
A flag for the wray parameter set to ':' if an uncertainty exists
in this designation.
Henize
The number from either the Henize Emission-line Star List (Henize,
K.G. 1976, ApJS, 30, 491), if there is no prefix, or the Henize List of
Planetary Nebulae (Henize, K.G. 1967, ApJS, 14, 125), if prefixed with the
letter 'P'.
Henize_Flag
A flag for the henize parameter set to ':' if an uncertainty
exists in this designation.
Spect_Type_Code
A crude spectral classification ussing the following codes:
Type Code Category ----------------------------------------------------------- OB OB group O, B, A, F of unknown luminosity class O, B, A, F * of MK Class III, IV or V CO, CB, CA, CF * of MK Class I or II OF Of WR, WC, WN, WP Wolf-Rayet SB subluminous B UG U Gem or Z Cam Q old nova RQ recurrent nova X identified with an X-ray source Z symbiotic CQ super luminous nova-like variable BQ, AQ, FQ shell component present in spectra Y central star of a planetary nebulae + binary starThere are 1424 (26.7%) sources which have no spectral classification but are presumed to be of early type. There are 732 stars with MK luminosity classification, 420 binaries and 67 with forbidden lines in their spectra.
Vmag
The apparent visual magnitude in a band specified by the value of
the parameter vmag_flag.
Vmag_Flag
A flag regarding the visual magnitude value. If empty, the magnitude is
derived from photography (notice this is never stated explicitly in the paper
or the ADC/CDS documentation), if set to 'P' the magnitude is a phtomoetric
magnitude in either the Johnson-Morgan V band, or (if available) for
Wolf-Rayet stars, the Smith-Weterlund v band, and if set to 'V', the
magnitude is variable.
Bmag
The apparent blue magnitude in a band specified by the value of
the parameter bmag_flag.
Bmag_Flag
A flag regarding the blue magnitude value. If empty, the magnitude is derived
from photography (notice this is never stated explicitly in the paper or the
ADC/CDS documentation), if set to 'P' the magnitude is a phtomoetric
magnitude in either the Johnson-Morgan B band, or (if available) for
Wolf-Rayet stars, the Smith-Weterlund b band, and if set to 'V', the
magnitude is variable.
Class
Browse classification, derived from the spectral classification
parameter spect_type_code. Since this latter is a crude classification,
the class derived from it is equally crude.