SMCSTARS - SMC Probable Member Stars Catalog

Overview

An objective prism survey was conducted to discover probable members of the Small Magellanic Cloud. Interference filters were used to restrict the wavelength range and, hence, decrease the background and crowding. The limiting absolute magnitude of the survey is about -4.5. The 1975 paper listed 506 stars that show high luminosity characteristics; 193 of them had been confirmed by other authors. The 1979 paper added 14 additional probable members and photometric observations of 11 stars from the earlier paper that confirmed their membership. For completeness, four new Wolf-Rayet stars detected by Azzopardi and Breysacher (1979) were included.

The catalog contains a catalog number in order of right ascension with the suffixes "a" or "b" used for the newer stars interpolated in the original list. Also included are the 1975 position, the MK spectral classification, the V magnitude, the (B-V) and (U-B) color indices, the number of observations, the identification chart number, and remarks indicating previous identifications.

A later catalog of the Small Magellanic Could star members is also published by Azzopardi and Vigneau (1982A&AS...50..291A).

Catalog Bibcode

1975A&AS...22..285A

References

Probable Members of the Small Magellanic Cloud
    Azzopardi M., Vigneau J.
    <Astron. Astrophys. Suppl. Ser. 22, 285 (1975)>
    =1975A&AS...22..285A

A search for new Wolf-rayet stars in the Small Magellanic Cloud.
    Azzopardi M., Breysacher J. <Astron. Astrophys. 75, 120 (1979)>
    =1979A&A....75..120A

Parameters

Cat_Number
Number in the catalogue

RA
The Right Ascension of the object.

Dec
The Declination of the object.

LII
The Galactic longitude of the object.

BII
The Galactic latitude of the object.

Ra1975
Right Ascension, Sexagesimal, 1975 Coordinates

Dec1975
Declination, Sexagesimal, 1975 Coordinates

Spectral_Type
The spectral type.

Spectral_Type_Uncert
The spectral type's uncertainty flag.

Vmag
Photographic magnitude.

Vmag_Uncert
The visual magnitude's uncertainty flag.

BV_Color
The color in Johnson's system, mean error = 0.015 mag.

BV_Color_Uncert
The color's uncertainty flag.

UB_Color
The color in Johnson's system, mean error = 0.02 mag.

UB_Color_Uncert
The color's uncertainty flag.

Observations
Number of measurements.

Obs_Flag
This flag indicates previous observations.

Chart1
Finding chart number 1.

Chart2
Finding chart number 2.

Chart3
Finding chart number 3.

Member
This parameter is set to 'KM' if this star was stated to be an SMC member by

  	ARP H.C			=1958AJ.....63..118A
  	Feast M.W.. et al.	=1960MNRAS.121..337F
  	Thackeray A.D		=1962MNSSA..21...74T
  	Sanduleak N.		=1968AJ.....73..246S
  	Dachs J.		=1970A&A.....9...95D
  	Florsch A.		=1972POStr...2....1F

Remarks
This paramemter is set to '*' if there was a remark for this entry in the published version of this catalog.

Class
Browse classification number. This classification is based on the `Spectral Type` parameter, if one is available.

Name
Catalog Source Designation

Contact Person

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Last Modified: Monday, 16-Sep-2024 17:35:05 EDT