VII/258 Quasars and Active Galactic Nuclei (13th Ed.) (Veron-Cetty+ 2010)
A catalogue of quasars and active nuclei: 13th edition
Veron-Cetty M.P., Veron P.
<Astron. Astrophys. 518, A10 (2010)>
=2010A&A...518A..10V 2010A&A...518A..10V
ADC_Keywords: QSOs ; Active gal. nuclei ; BL Lac objects ; Gravitational lensing
Keywords: Quasars: general ; galaxies: Seyfert ; BL Lac objects: general
Description:
This catalogue is a compilation of all known AGNs presented in a
compact and convenient form. It is an update of the previous versions;
and as in the previous editions no information about absorption lines
of X-ray properties are given, but absolute magnitudes are given,
assuming Ho=71km/s/Mpc and q0=0 (notice the change of cosmology:
Ho was assumed to be 50km/s/Mpc in the previous editions). When
available, the 20cm and 6cm radio flux are given.
The present edition of this catalogue contains the quasars with
measured redshift known prior to July 1st, 2009. It contains 133336
quasars, 1374 BL Lac objects and 34231 active galaxies (including
15627 Seyfert 1's), almost doubling the number listed in the 12th
edition. Lists of known lensed quasars (table2.dat) and double quasars
(table3.dat) are also given here.
Version history:
(1) Veron-Cetty M.P., Veron P., 1984 (2251 QSOs)
ESO Scientific Report 1
(2) Veron-Cetty M.P., Veron P., 1985 (2835 QSOs)
ESO Scientific Report 4
(3) Veron-Cetty M.P., Veron P., 1987 (3473 QSOs)
ESO Scientific Report 5, Catalog VII/93
(4) Veron-Cetty M.P., Veron P., 1989 (4169 QSOs)
ESO Scientific Report 7, Catalog VII/126
(5) Veron-Cetty M.P., Veron P., 1991 (6225 QSOs)
ESO Scientific Report 10, Catalog VII/146
(6) Veron-Cetty M.P., Veron P., 1993 (7383 QSOs)
ESO Scientific Report 13, Catalog VII/166
(7) Veron-Cetty M.P., Veron P., 1996 (8609 QSOs)
ESO Scientific Report 17, Catalog VII/188
(8) Veron-Cetty M.P., Veron P., 1998 (11358 QSOs)
ESO Scientific Report 18, Catalog VII/207
(9) Veron-Cetty M.P., Veron P., 2000 (13214 QSOs)
ESO Scientific Report 19, Catalog VII/215
(10) Veron-Cetty M.P., Veron P., 2001 (23760 QSOs)
Astron. Astrophys. 374, 92, Catalog VII/224
(11) Veron-Cetty M.P., Veron P., 2003 (48921 QSOs)
Astron. Astrophys. 412, 399, Catalog VII/235
(12) Veron-Cetty M.P., Veron P., 2006 (85221 QSOs)
Astron. Astrophys. 455, 776, Catalog VII/248
File Summary:
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FileName Lrecl Records Explanations
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ReadMe 80 . This file
qso.dat 142 133335 *Quasars (brighter than absolute magnitude -22.25)
bllac.dat 142 1374 Confirmed, probable or possible BL Lac objects
agn.dat 142 34231 *Active galaxies (fainter than -22.25)
reject.dat 130 178 Rejected quasars
refs.dat 208 2700 References to QSOs, BL Lac, AGN and rejected
table2.dat 60 88 List of gravitationally lensed quasars
table3.dat 48 47 List of quasar pairs
ref2.dat 54 104 References to table2 and table3
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Note on qso.dat, agn.dat: notice that the change in cosmology changed
the limit between QSO and AGN from -23mag to -22.25mag.
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Byte-by-byte Description of file: qso.dat bllac.dat agn.dat
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Bytes Format Units Label Explanations
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2 A1 --- nR [*] '*' if not detected in radio (1)
3- 19 A17 --- Name Most common name of the object
20 A1 --- n_Name Note on Name (6)
22- 23 I2 h RAh Right Ascension J2000 (hours) (see also n_RAh)
25- 26 I2 min RAm Right Ascension J2000 (minutes)
28- 31 F4.1 s RAs Right Ascension J2000 (seconds)
33 A1 --- DE- Declination J2000 (sign)
34- 35 I2 deg DEd Declination J2000 (degrees)
37- 38 I2 arcmin DEm Declination J2000 (minutes)
40- 41 I2 arcsec DEs Declination J2000 (seconds)
43 A1 --- n_RAh [AOR] Approximative/Optical/Radio position (2)
45- 50 F6.3 Jy F6cm ? 6cm (5GHz) flux (5)
52- 55 I4 --- r_F6cm [1,2701]? Reference of 6cm Flux
58- 63 F6.3 Jy F20cm ? 20cm (1.4GHz) flux (Jy) (5)
65- 68 I4 --- r_F20cm [1,2701]? Reference of 20cm flux
70 A1 --- l_z [>*] limit or method flag on z (4)
71- 75 F5.3 --- z ? redshift
77- 80 A4 --- Sp [S0-9?HPQBLbhin. ] Spectrum classification (3)
82 A1 --- n_Vmag [*BVRIO] Photographic(*), blue(B), visible(V),
red(R), infra-red (I) or
photographic O/J-plates(O)
83- 87 F5.2 mag Vmag ? magnitude: either V if B-V is not blank,
or another band (see n_Vmag)
89- 93 F5.2 mag B-V ? colour index
95- 99 F5.2 mag U-B ? colour index
101-105 F5.1 mag Mabs ? Absolute magnitude
107-110 I4 --- FC [1,2701]? Reference of the Finding Chart
112-115 I4 --- r_Vmag [1,2701]? Reference of the Photometry
117-120 I4 --- r_z [1,2701]? Reference of the redshift
123-124 I2 h RA1950h Right Ascension B1950 (hours)
126-127 I2 min RA1950m Right Ascension B1950 (minutes)
129-132 F4.1 s RA1950s Right Ascension B1950 (seconds)
134 A1 --- DE1950- Declination B1950 (sign)
135-136 I2 deg DE1950d Declination B1950 (degrees)
138-139 I2 arcmin DE1950m Declination B1950 (minutes)
141-142 I2 arcsec DE1950s Declination B1950 (seconds)
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Note (1): this flag is blank if the object has been detected as a
radio source, and is '*' if not.
Note (2): this flag related to the position takes the values:
'O' for an Optical position with an accuracy better than 1arcsec
'R' for a Radio position with an accuracy better than 1arcsec
'A' for an approximative position
Note (3): the classification of the object is
Q2 : type-2 quasar
S1 : Seyfert 1 spectrum
S1h: broad polarized Balmer lines detected
S1i: broad Paschen lines observed in the infrared
S1n: narrow-line Seyfert 1
S1.0, S1.2, S1.5, S1.8, S1.9: intermediate Seyfert galaxies
S2 : Seyfert 2 spectrum
S2?: probable Seyfert 2
S3 : Seyfert 3 or liner
S3b: Seyfert 3 or liner with broad Balmer lines
S3h: Seyfert 3 or liner with broad polarized Balmer lines detected
S : unclassified Seyfert
S? : possibly a Seyfert
H2 : nuclear HII region
HP : high optical polarization (>3%)
BL : confirmed BL Lac object
BL?: probable BL Lac object
? : questionable BL Lac object
Note (4): n_z may indicate a lower limit on z, or
'*', if the redshift is measured by slitless spectroscopy.
Note (5): the flux is not reported if too large to fit in the column
(i.e. ≥100Jy), like Cen A (NGC 5128)
Note (6): in qso.dat, this source was erroneously identified to PKS 2031+21.
The change of "PKS 2031+21" into "GB6 B2107+3520" was made by CDS.
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Byte-by-byte Description of file: reject.dat
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Bytes Format Units Label Explanations
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2 A1 --- nR [*] '*' if not detected in radio (1)
3- 19 A17 --- Name Most common name of the object
24- 25 I2 h RAh Right Ascension J2000 (hours)
27- 28 I2 min RAm Right Ascension J2000 (minutes)
30- 33 F4.1 s RAs Right Ascension J2000 (seconds)
35 A1 --- DE- Declination J2000 (sign)
36- 37 I2 deg DEd Declination J2000 (degrees)
39- 40 I2 arcmin DEm Declination J2000 (minutes)
42- 43 I2 arcsec DEs Declination J2000 (seconds)
45 A1 --- n_RAh [OAR] Approximative/Optical/Radio position
50 A1 --- n_z [*] '*' for z measured by slitless
spectroscopy
51- 55 F5.3 --- z ? Original redshift
58- 59 A2 --- Sp [QG?BLS12 ] Original classification
62 A1 --- n_Vmag [*IRIOJK] Photographic(*), red(R), infra-red
(I) or photographic O- or J- plates(O)
63- 67 F5.2 mag Vmag ? V (or photographic, see n_Vmag) magnitude
70- 74 F5.2 mag B-V ? colour index
77- 81 F5.2 mag U-B ? colour index
84- 87 I4 --- FC [1,2701]? Reference of Finding Chart
89- 92 I4 --- r_Vmag [1,2701]? Reference of the Photometry
94- 97 I4 --- r_Sp [1,2701]? Reference of Sp
101-102 A2 --- Sp2 [QGH2*?SN ] New classification
105-108 I4 --- r_Sp2 [1,2701]? Reference of New classification
111-112 I2 h RA1950h Right Ascension B1950 (hours)
114-115 I2 min RA1950m Right Ascension B1950 (minutes)
117-120 F4.1 s RA1950s Right Ascension B1950 (seconds)
122 A1 --- DE1950- Declination B1950 (sign)
123-124 I2 deg DE1950d Declination B1950 (degrees)
126-127 I2 arcmin DE1950m Declination B1950 (minutes)
129-130 I2 arcsec DE1950s Declination B1950 (seconds)
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Note (1): this flag is blank if the object has been detected as a
radio source, and is '*' if not.
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Byte-by-byte Description of file: refs.dat
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Bytes Format Units Label Explanations
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1- 4 I4 --- RefNo [1,2701]+= Reference Number
6- 24 A19 --- BibCode *The 19-digit bibcode
25-208 A184 --- Text Text of reference
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Note on BibCode: bibliographical code shared by SIMBAD, NED, ADS.
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Byte-by-byte Description of file: table2.dat
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Bytes Format Units Label Explanations
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1- 17 A17 --- Name QSO Name
24- 30 A7 --- Bname QSO name, based on 1950 position
33- 37 F5.3 --- zq redshift of Quasar
39- 43 F5.3 --- zlens ? Redshift of lens
46- 50 F5.2 arcsec Sep ? Separation between the images
53- 60 A8 --- Refs References detailed in table ref2.dat
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Byte-by-byte Description of file: table3.dat
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Bytes Format Units Label Explanations
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1- 17 A17 --- Name QSO Name
20- 26 A7 --- Bname QSO name, based on 1950 position
28- 32 F5.3 --- z redshift of Quasars
35- 38 F4.1 arcsec Sep Separation between the components
41- 48 A8 --- Refs References detailed in table ref2.dat
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Byte-by-byte Description of file: ref2.dat
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Bytes Format Units Label Explanations
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1- 3 I3 --- Ref2 Reference number used in table2 and table3
5- 8 I4 --- ref ? Reference number in file "refs.dat"
10- 28 A19 --- bibCode 19-digit "bibcode" used by ADS, NED and SIMBAD
30- 54 A25 --- Authors First author(s)
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Courtesy:
Mira Veron <Mira.Veron(at)oamp.fr>
History:
* 02-Feb-2010: original version, with a cosmology of Ho=50km/s/Mpc
* 31-Mar-2010: change in the cosmology: Ho=71km/s/Mpc was adopted.
* 20-Feb-2012: corrected 3 quasars and removed one duplicate:
-- the positions of SDSS J00480-1051B and SDSS J00480-1051A has
an identical position (00:48:00.9-10:51:46), fixed
-- the 2 quasars H 1400#16A and SDSS J13523+1302 are identical
at position 13:52:18.2+13:02:41; records merged.
* 30-Jan-2023: in qso.dat, this source was erroneously identified to
PKS 2031+21. "PKS 2031+21" changed into "GB6 B2107+3520"
(End) Francois Ochsenbein [CDS] 02-Feb-2010