III/55              Radial Velocities in Open Clusters (Mermilliod 1979)
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Radial Velocities in Open Clusters
     Mermilliod J.C.
    <Bull. Inform. CDS 16, 2 (1979)>
    =1979BICDS..16....2M
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ADC_Keywords: Clusters, open ; Radial velocities

Description:
    This compilation contains more than 5700 individual radial velocities
    for 370 stars in 4 open clusters.

File Summary:
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 FileName    Lrecl    Records    Explanations
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ReadMe          80          .    This file
catalog.dat     80       6177    The compilation
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Byte-by-byte Description of file: catalog.dat
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   Bytes Format  Units   Label   Explanations
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   1- 11  A11    ---     LID     Designation in Lausanne/Geneva system (1)
      12  A1     ---   m_LID     Multiplicity index (for spectroscopic binaries)
  14- 25  F12.4  d       JD      Date of observation
  28- 34  F7.2   km/s    RV      Radial Velocity
  37- 41  F5.2   km/s  e_RV      ? Probable error on RV
  43- 45  I3     ---     Nl      ? Number of lines measured
  48- 52  F5.1   10-7    Disp    ? Dispersion used (Angstroem/mm)
  54- 55  A2     ---     Meth    [PEO] Technique used:
                                   PE=photoelectric, OP=Objective prism
  61- 80  A20    ---     Ref     Reference (2)
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Note (1): the system is described by Mermilliod (1978). The first 6 digits
    designate the cluster as:
    +2.2632 = Praesepe (M44); numbering by
        Klein-Wassink W.J. 1927, Publ.Kapteyn Astr.Lab. 41
        Vanderlinden H.L. 1933, Etude de l'amas de Praesepe.
    +5.2020 = Alpha Persei cluster; numbering by
        Heckmann O., et al. 1956, Mitt. Hamburger Sternw. Bergedorf no 101
    +5.2022 = Pleiades
        Hertzsprung E. 1947, Ann. Sterrew. Leiden 19,3
    +5.2025 = Hyades; numbering by
        van Bueren H.G. 1952, Bull. Astr. Inst. Netherl. 11,385
        van Altena W.F. 1966, Astron. J. 1966, 71,482  (no Va+1000)
    +5.2111 = Coma Berenices; numbering by
        Trumpler R.J. 1938, Lick Obs.Bull. 18,167
Note (2): the five first letters indicate the journal:
     AA   = Astronomy and Astrophysics
     AJ   = Astronomical Journal
     AN   = Astronomische Nachrichten
     APJ  = Astrophysical Journal
     APJS = Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series
     CAPE = Annals of Cape Observatory
     DAO  = Publications of the Dominion Astrophysical Observatory
     DDO  = Publications of the David Dunlap Observatory
     GOTT = Astronomische Mitteilungen Koenigliche Sternwarte Goettingen
     LOB  = Lick Observatory Bulletin
     MEM  = Memoirs of the Royal Astronomical Society
     MEMRA= Memoirs of the Royal Astronomical Society
     MN   = Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
     MNRAS= Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
     PAO  = Publications of the Allegheny Observatory
     PASP = Publications of the Astronomical Society of Pacific
     PDAO = Publications of the Dominion Astrophysical Observatory
     PDO  = Publication of the Dominion Observatory
     PLO  = Publications of the Lick Observatory
     POCP = Publications Observatoire Central Pulkovo Serie II
     POHP = Publications de l'Observatoire de Haute-Provence
     PULK = Mitteilungen Nikolai-Hauptsternwarte Pulkowo
     PUM  = Publications of the Observatory of the University of Michigan
     PYO  = Publications of the Yale Observatory
     RASC = Journal of the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada
     ROB  = Royal Observatory Bulletin
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History:
  * The catalogue was prepared by Jean-Claude Mermilliod (Observatoire de
    Geneve), and mailed on magnetic tape to CDS in December 1978.
  * The standard description was added at CDS on 19-Jan-1995
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(End)                                    Francois Ochsenbein [CDS]   19-Jan-1995
