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J/A+AS/106/377     Double star measurements                     (Couteau+, 1994)
Measurements of double stars made at Nice observatory. New doubles stars (24th 
series) discovered at Nice with the 50cm refractor.
    Couteau P., Gili R.
   <Astron. Astrophys. Suppl. Ser. 106, 377 (1994)>
   =1994A&AS..106..377C    (SIMBAD/NED Reference)
ADC_Keywords: Binaries, visual; Positional data

Keywords: binary stars - high resolution


Abstract:
    Table 1 gives 1182 measurements of 682 binaries observed with the 74
    and 50 cm refractors. Table 2 lists 26 new binaries discovered with
    the 50 cm refractor.

File Summary:

       FileName      Lrecl  Records   Explanations

ReadMe            80        .   This file
table1.dat       257      831   Double stars measurements
table2.dat       134       26   New double stars (24th series)


See also:
          I/211 : CCDM Components of Double and Multiple stars (Dommanget+ 1994)
 J/A+AS/102/643 : Double stars measurements at Nice Obs. (Muller 1993)
 J/A+AS/115/59  : Double stars measurements at Nice Obs. (Thorel+ 1996)
 J/A+AS/126/1   : Double stars measurements at Nice Obs. (Gili+ 1997)
 J/A+AS/132/29  : Double stars measurements at Nice Obs. (Thorel, 1998)
 J/A+AS/135/499 : Double stars measurements at Nice Obs. (Salaman+ 1999)
 J/A+AS/145/67  : Double stars measurements at Nice Obs. (Morlet+ 2000) 
 J/A+A/369/552  : Double stars measurements at Nice Obs. (Salaman+, 2001)
 J/A+A/378/954  : Double stars measurements at Nice Obs. (Gili+ 2001)
 J/A+A/396/933  : Double stars measurements at Nice Obs. (Morlet+, 2002)


Byte-by-byte Description of file: table1.dat

   Bytes Format  Units   Label    Explanations

   1- 21  A21    ---     Ident.   ADS, BD or AC identification
  23- 34  A12    ---     Nom      Couple name
  37- 40  F4.1   mag     mv       ? total visual magnitude
  45- 54  A10    ---     Jpos     J2000 position
  57- 64  F8.3   yr      date     Observation epoch
  69- 73  F5.1   deg     theta    ? position angle
  74- 75  A2     ---     n_theta  A '-' indicates a range of position angle;
                                   for other symbols, see (1)
  76- 77  I2     deg     theta2   ? Second position angle when n_theta = '-'
  79- 83  F5.3   arcsec  rho      ? Separation angle
      84  A1     ---     u_rho    rms uncertainty on rho
  86- 87  A2     ---     n_rho    Quadrant indication (2)
  88- 91  F4.1   ---     md       ? magnitude difference or magnitude of the
                                    faintest star if u_md = '-'
      92  A1     ---     u_md     [-!?] rms uncertainty on md
                                  A '-' indicates that the individual
                                   magnitudes are given
  93- 96  F4.1   ---     mv2      ? magnitude of the brightest star
 100-101  A2     ---     Nobs     Observation nights number followed by N for
                                   74cm instrument and n for 50cm instrument
 102-105  A4     ---     n_Nobs   '(60)' indicates that the great instrument
                                   have been diaphragmed at 60cm
     106  A1     ---     Obs      [CG] Observator initial: C for Couteau, 
                                                           G for Gili
 108-257  A150   ---     R        Remarks

Note (1):
         S = Simple                    (Simple)
        PS = Pas simple                (Not simple)
         * = Trop diff. Pas simple     (very difficult)
        ** = Parait simple             (looks simple)
        PV = Pas vu                    (not seen)
        PB = Pas vu B                  (B not seen)
        D1 = Debut 1er Q               (beginning 1st quadrant)
        TS = Tres serre                (very close)
Note (2):
       #1Q = first quadrant, 2Q = second quadrant
       #3Q = third quadrant, 4Q = last quadrant


Byte-by-byte Description of file: table2.dat

   Bytes Format  Units   Label    Explanations

   1-  8  A8     ---     Name     Couple name
  13- 29  A17    ---     Pos      alpha-delta 1900-2000 position (1)
  34- 60  A27    ---     BD       BD or AC identification
  62- 65  F4.1   mag     mv       ? total visual magnitude
      66  A1     ---     u_mv     [)] uncertainty flag on mv
  67- 68  A2     ---     Sp       spectral type
  72- 76  F5.3 arcsec/yr pm1      ? proper motion of the first star
  77- 81  F5.3 arcsec/yr pm2      ? proper motion of the second star
  83- 88  A6     ---     Circ.    Reference to the IAU circular No 26
  91- 98  F8.3   yr      Date     Observation epoch
 103-107  F5.1   deg     theta    Position angle
     108  A1     ---     u_theta  uncertainty flag on theta
 112-115  F4.2   arcsec  rho      Separation angle
     116  A1     ---     u_rho    uncertainty flag on rho
 120-123  F4.1   ---     mgn1     Magnitude of the faintest star
 125-128  F4.1   ---     mgn2     Magnitude of the brightest star
 131-132  A2     ---     Nobs     Observation nights number following by n for
                                   the 50 cm instrument
     134  A1     ---     R        COU 2684 Hip 41739 V 7.458 (B-V)+0.422,
                                  COU 2689 Hip 67989 V 9.00  (B-V)+0.61

Note (1):
        #01411-474N5043-73 correspond to
         RA = 01411, DE = 5043 epoch 1900 and RA = 01474, DE = 5073 epoch 2000

(End)                                           Patricia Bauer [CDS] 21-Mar-1994