III/162A            General Catalogue of Ap and Am stars   (Renson+ 1991)
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General catalogue of Ap and Am stars
    Renson P., Gerbaldi M., Catalano F.A.
   <Astron. Astrophys. Suppl. 89, 429 (1991)>
   =1991A&AS...89..429R
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ADC_Keywords: Stars, A-type ; Stars, Am ; Stars, Ap

Description:
    A catalogue of all Ap and Am stars ever discovered is presented. It
    contains 6684 objects, including those which have been wrongly
    considered as Ap or Am stars, and those which are probable Ap or Am
    stars.

File Summary:
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 FileName    Lrecl    Records    Explanations
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ReadMe          80          .    This file
catalog        132       6684    The catalogue of Ap and Am stars
notes           80       6539    Notes and addenda about the catalogued stars
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See also:
        III/199  : Observed Periods of Ap and Bp stars (Catalano+ 1998)
   J/A+AS/121/57 : 4th supp. to the III/199 catalog (Catalano+ 1997)
   J/A+A/378/113 : 5th supp. to the III/199 catalog (Catalano+ 2001)
   J/A+AS/133/1  : New variable chemically peculiar stars (Paunzen+ 1998)

Byte-by-byte Description of file: catalog
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   Bytes Format Units   Label    Explanations
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       1  A1    ---     CPprob   [/?* ] Peculiarity probability note (1)
   2-  6  I5    ---     Seq      [1/61790] Running number in the catalog (2)
   7-  9  I3    ---     Bertaud  [1/813]? Number from Bertaud (3)
  10- 15  I6    ---     HD       [1/359083]? HD(E) identification.
      16  A1    ---     m_HD     Multiplicity indicator (4)
  17- 20  I4    ---     HR       [1/9110]? HR <V/50> identification
      21  A1    ---     m_HR     Multiplicity indicator (4)
  22- 32  A11   ---     DM       Durchmusterung (BD, CD, CPD) designation
  33- 37  I5    ---     GC       [1/33342]? General Catalog <I/113> designation
      38  A1    ---     m_GC     Multiplicity indicator (4)
  39- 49  A11   ---     Name     Bayer / Flamsteed name. (5)
  50- 51  I2    h       RA1900h  Right Ascension 1900 (hours)
  52- 55  F4.1  min     RA1900m  Right Ascension 1900 (minutes)
      56  A1    ---     DE1900-  Declination 1900 (sign)
  57- 58  I2    deg     DE1900d  Declination 1900 (degrees)
  59- 60  I2    arcmin  DE1900m  Declination 1900 (minutes)
  61- 62  I2    h       RAh      Right Ascension 1950 (hours)
  63- 66  F4.1  min     RAm      Right Ascension 1950 (minutes)
      67  A1    ---     DE-      Declination 1950 (sign)
  68- 69  I2    deg     DEd      Declination 1950 (degrees)
  70- 71  I2    arcmin  DEm      Declination 1950 (minutes)
  72- 75  F4.1  mag     Vmag     []? Magnitude, generally V (6)
  76- 80  F5.2  mag     B-V      ? B-V colour (7)
  81- 85  F5.2  mag     U-B      ? U-B colour (7)
  86- 91  F6.3  mag     b-y      ? b-y from Stroemgren photometry <GCPD/04>
  92- 97  F6.3  mag     m1       ? m1 = (v-b)-(b-y) from Stroemgren
  98-103  F6.3  mag     c1       ? c1 = (u-v)-(v-b) from Stroemgren
 104-109  F6.3  mag     Hbeta    ? H-beta index from Stroemgren
 110-121  A12   ---     SpType   Spectral classification (8)
 122-132  A11   ---     NoteCode [ABCDHNPRSV* ] Notes detailed in file notes (9)
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Note (1): Indication of the probability that the star belongs to the
    considered category:
    '/'  denotes a star improperly considered Ap or Am
    '?'  doubtful nature
    '*'  well-known Ap or Am star
    ' '  other cases
Note (2): Running number (initially in tens), ordered by HD number
    (extension excluded) when such a number exists;
    stars without HD number (including HDE stars) were merged
    according to 1900 right ascension truncated to 0.1min.
Note (3): Bertaud's catalogue published in "Journal des Observateurs"
     (1959JO.....42...45B, 1960JO.....43..129B, 1965JO.....48..211B)
Note (4): the multiplicity letter identifies the component in the
    case of double or multiple system where components have not a
    distinct number, except when the luminosity of the other
    components is negligible.
Note (5): the following conventions are used:
    Greek letters are coded as *AA, an asterisk followed by two letters:
       *AL=alpha           *IO=iota           *RH=rho
       *BE=beta            *KA=kappa          *SI=sigma
       *GA=gamma           *LA=lambda         *TA=tau
       *DE=delta           *MU=mu             *UP=upsilon
       *EP=epsilon         *NU=nu             *PH=phi
       *DZ=dzeta           *XI=xi             *KH=chi
       *ET=eta             *OI=omicron        *PS=psi
       *TH=theta           *PI=pi             *OE=omega
    Latin letters should be considered as lowercase letters.
Note (6): for close double stars, this magnitude was corrected
    from the companion's luminosity.
Note (7): for close double stars, the colour index refers to the
    combined light.
Note (8):
    A dash in column 112 indicates an Am star; this dash separates the
    spectral type deduced from the K line and the spectral type deduced
    from the metallic lines; delta Del-type stars are classified as Am,
    and marked with DD. Another character in column 112 means an Ap star,
    and the spectrum is followed by the symbols of the elements with
    abnormal abundances. "HE FBL." means "He-weak" See also the "*" note
    (column 122)
Note (9): the symbols used in columns 122-132 have the following meaning:
     '*' = Note or remark of various nature, e.g. about the spectrum.
     'N' = Other designations (see also notes A, D, V)
           B for number in B. Boss's "Preliminary General Catalogue";
           W for number in Wilson's General Cat. of Stellar Radial
             Velocities <III/21>;
           Second DM number
     'D' = Note concerning duplicity:
           ADS (Aitken's catalogue) designation, magnitude and
           angular distance of the companion
     'A' = Note concerning clustering:
           cluster, group or association to which the star belongs, at
           least optically; star identification number(s) in the
           cluster or association
     'V' = Note about variability: variable name; nature of the
           variability, if known, when it is not of the alpha CVn type.
     'P' = Note about the known or proposed period observed for the
           variations of:
           - the luminosity and/or colours (L)
           - the magnetic field (M)
           - the intensity of spectral lines (S)
           - the radial velocity computed from peculiar element lines. (V)
     'B' = Note about binarity:
           V.R.V. stands for Variable Radial Velocity
           P   provides the period of Spectrocopic Binaries, and
           E   the eccentricity
     'H' = Note about magnetic field:
           extreme values measured for the effective magnetic field
           (defined in Babcock, =1957ApJS....3..141B) followed by
           the number of measurements within brackets
     'R' = Note concerning the rotational velocity;
           value of the projected equatorial velocity (v sin i)
     'S' = Remarks concerning Stroemgren's Photometry uvbyH-beta
     'C' = Note about detection criteria, when the p or m feature is
           not confirmed with classical spectroscopy.  Used abbreviations:
           UV  = ultraviolet spectrophotometry (satellite obs.)
           GEN = Geneva 7-colour photometry
           MTZ = H.M. Maintzen's photometry <GCPD/75> (1976A&A....51..223M)
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Byte-by-byte Description of file: notes
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   Bytes Format Units   Label     Explanations
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   1-  5  I5    ---     Seq       [1/61790] Running number as in catalog
       8  A1    ---     NoteCode  [ABCDHNPRSV*]  The same code as in
                                   columns 122-132 of catalog file.
                                   (blank for continuation)
       9  A1    ---     Cont      [:] Colon (:), or (blank for continuation)
  10- 80  A71   ---     Text     *Text of the note (in French) (1)
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Note on Text: each line of notes terminates with the following punctuation:
     ;  indicates the end of the current note
     .  indicates the end of all notes related to a specific star
        other means that a continuation will be found as the next record
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Glossary to help to understand the French comments:
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    A                             at
    A (after a number)            y (=years)
    AMAS                          cluster
    ANNEAU D'ORI                  Ori ring
    AUSSI                         also
    CI-DESSOUS                    below
    CI-DESSUS  or  CI-AVANT       above
    COMPOSANTE PRINCIPALE         principal component
    COMPOSANTE SECONDAIRE         secondary component
    COUR.DE LA GR.OURSE           UMa stream
    D'APRES                       according to
    DEUX COMPOSANTES EGALES       two equal components
    DOUT.                         doubtful
    ENV.                          about
    ET                            and
    ETOILE                        star
    FAIBLE                        weak
    FAIBLEMENT                    weakly
    GR.DES HYADES                 Hyades group
    GRANDE AMPLITUDE              large amplitude
    IDENTIFICATION INCERTAINE     uncertain identification
    IL Y A DOUTE QUANT A LA ...   there is some doubt concerning the ...
    J (after a number)            d (=days)
    LA MAGNITUDE INDIQUEE         the quoted magnitude
       EST LA MAGNITUDE TOTALE       is the total one
    LES DEUX COMPOSANTES ETANT    the two components being
       TRES PROCHES                  very close
    MEME LUMINOSITE               same magnitude
    ON NE PEUT PAS ETRE CERTAIN   one cannot be certain
    OU                            or
    PAR                           by
    PAS MEMBRE                    not member
    PLUSIEURS                     several
    POUR CHAQUE COMPOSANTE        for each component
    POUR L'AUTRE                  for the other one
    POUR L'ENSEMBLE DES DEUX      for the total system
       COMPOSANTES
    POUR UNE COMPOSANTE           for one component
    PRESQ.EG. or PRESQUE EGAL     nearly equal
    PROBABLEMENT                  probably
    RAIES FINES                   sharp lines
    RAIES LARGES                  broad lines
    RAIES METALLIQUES             metallic lines
    SELON UN AUTRE AUTEUR         according to another author
    SELON UNE SOURCE PLUS RECENTE according to a more recent paper
    SEMBLABLE A                   similar to
    SP.COMPOSITE                  composite spectrum
    TOUS DEUX                     both
    TRES LONGUE                   very long
    TROISIEME COMPOSANTE          third component
       or 3EME COMPOSANTE
    UN PEU                        somewhat
    VARIATIONS DE LUMINOSITE      luminosity variations
    V. or VOIR                    see
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Historical Notes:
  * March 1991: Catalogue received on magnetic tape at CDS from P. Renson
  * November 1991: First description of the catalogue added at CDS,
    as interchanges between CDS (F. Ochsenbein) and P. Renson
  * 10-Mar-1992: about 20 corrections in the catalog, following
    exchanges between S. Ansari <Salim.Ansari@mail.esrin.esa.it>
    and the author P. Renson
  * 01-Apr-1996: Standard documentation added at CDS
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(End)                                     Francois Ochsenbein [CDS]  01-Apr-1996
