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J/ApJS/96/117                             K-Band Galaxy Counts (McLeod+ 1995)
K-Band Galaxy Counts
     McLeod B.A., Bernstein G.M., Rieke M.J., Tollestrup E.V., Fazio G.G.
    <Astrophys. J. Suppl. Ser. 96, 117 (1995)>
    =1995ApJS...96..117M
ADC_Keywords: Galaxies, IR

Keywords: galaxies: general - infrared: galaxies


Abstract:
    We  present new counts of field galaxies from more than 20 arcmin^2 to
    a limiting magnitude of K = 20 and from 2 arcmin^2 to K = 21.5. At the
    faintest  magnitudes,  the  counts  are  slightly  higher  than  those
    reported  previously, though still consistent  given the small numbers
    of galaxies in the two samples.

File Summary:

       FileName      Lrecl  Records   Explanations

ReadMe            80        .   This file
table3.dat        46       51  *MMT catalog
table4.dat        79      149   Her 1 catalog
table5.dat        67       92   SA57SO catalog

Note on table3.dat : correction performed at CDS (see History)



Byte-by-byte Description of file: table3.dat

   Bytes Format  Units   Label    Explanations

   1-  8  A8     ---     ID       Identification
  10- 12  I3     h       RAh      Right ascension (J2000)
  13- 15  I3     min     RAm      R.A.
  16- 21  F6.2   s       RAs      R.A.
      24  A1     ---     DE-      Declination sign, always blank
  25- 26  I2     deg     DEd      Declination (J2000)
  27- 29  I3     arcmin  DEm      Dec.
  30- 34  F5.1   arcsec  DEs      Dec.
  35- 40  F6.2   mag     Kmag     K magnitude
  41- 46  F6.2   mag     e_Kmag   K error


Byte-by-byte Description of file: table4.dat

   Bytes Format  Units   Label    Explanations

   1-  3  I3     ---     ID       Identification number
       5  A1     ---     Class   *[sgt] Class code
   7-  9  I3     h       RAh      Right ascension (J2000)
  10- 12  I3     min     RAm      R.A.
  13- 18  F6.2   s       RAs      R.A.
      21  A1     ---     DE-      Declination sign, always blank
  22- 23  I2     deg     DEd      Declination (J2000)
  24- 26  I3     arcmin  DEm      Dec.
  27- 31  F5.1   arcsec  DEs      Dec.
  32- 37  F6.2   mag     Kmag     K magnitude
  38- 43  F6.2   mag     e_Kmag   K error
  44- 49  F6.2   mag     I-K      I-K color
  50- 55  F6.2   mag     e_I-K    I-K error
  56- 61  F6.2   mag     R-I      R-I color
  62- 67  F6.2   mag     e_R-I    R-I error
  68- 73  F6.2   mag     Bj-I     Bj-I color
  74- 79  F6.2   mag     e_Bj-I   Bj-I error

Note on Class:
  Class code (based on colors) are: g = Galaxy; s = Star; t = star
  saturated on Bj, R, and I CCD frames, colors are incorrect


Byte-by-byte Description of file: table5.dat

   Bytes Format  Units   Label    Explanations

   1-  3  I3     ---     ID       Identification number
       5  A1     ---     Class    [sg] Class code, g = Galaxy; s = Star
   7-  9  I3     h       RAh      Right ascension (J2000)
  10- 12  I3     min     RAm      R.A.
  13- 18  F6.2   s       RAs      R.A.
      21  A1     ---     DE-      Declination sign, always blank
  22- 23  I2     deg     DEd      Declination (J2000)
  24- 26  I3     arcmin  DEm      Dec.
  27- 31  F5.1   arcsec  DEs      Dec.
  32- 37  F6.2   mag     Kmag     K magnitude
  38- 43  F6.2   mag     e_Kmag   K error
  44- 49  F6.2   mag     J-K      []? J-K color
  50- 55  F6.2   mag     e_J-K    []? J-K error
  56- 61  F6.2   mag     Bj-K     Bj-K color
  62- 67  F6.2   mag     e_Bj-K   Bj-K error


History:
  * 07-May-1995: Preparation by Lee Brotzman [ADS], AAS CD-ROM series,
    Volume 4, 1995
  * 18-Jun-1996: Correction in table3.dat:
     MMTL-20 appeared twice in the original table3; its second occurrence
     was changed into MMTL-30.
(End)                                                         [CDS]  18-Jun-1996