The following document lists the file abbrev.txt
from catalogue II/250.
A plain copy of the file
(without headers/trailers) may be downloaded.
ADS = R.G.Aitken, 'New General Catalouge of Double Stars', Carnegie Inst. of
Washington Publ. no.417, vols.I, II, 1932
AFGL = See CRL (Cat. <II/94>)
AN = Preliminary designations of variable stars introduced by the
'Astronomische Nachrichten'
AS = P.W. Merrill, C.G.Burwell, 'Additional Stars whose Spectra have a Bright
H Alpha Line', Astrophys. J. 112, 72, 1950 (=1950ApJ...112...72M);
see also Astrophys. J. 113, 624, 1951 (=1951ApJ...113..624M)
BAY = Bayer, list of those bright stars having designations by Greek letters in
their constellations
BD = Bonner Durchmusterung, F.W.A. Argelander, Bonner Sternverzeichniss,
1 bis 4 sektion, Astronomische Beobachtungen auf der Sternwarte der
Kgl. Rhein/ Friedrich-Wilhelms-Unviersiaet zu Bonn
(Catalogs <I/119> and <I/122>)
BPM = Luyten, W. J. 1963, "Bruce Proper Motion Survey. The general catalogue.
Vol. I, II", Publ. of Univ. of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota.
BS = D. Hoffleit, 'The Bright Star Catalogue', 4th Revised
Ed., Yale University Observatory, New Haven, Conn. USA, 1982
(see catalog <V/50>)
CCDM = Dommanget, J., Nys, O. 1994, "The Catalogue of Components of Double and
Multiple Stars", Comm. Obs. R. de Belg., Serie A No.115
(catalog <I/211>).
CCS = Stephenson, C. B. 1973, "A General Catalogue of Cool Carbon Stars", Publ.
Warner and Swasey Obs. 1, No.4., Cat. <III/156>
CD = (see CoD, Cat. <I/114>)
CoD = Cordoba Durchmusterung, J. M. Thome, Resultados del Observatorio Nacional
Argentino 16 - 18; 21, 1892-1932
(catalog <I/114>)
CPD = Cape Photographic Durchmusterung, D. GIll and J. C. Kapteyn,
Ann. Cape Obs. 3-5, 1895 - 1900 (catalog <I/108>)
CRL = Air Force Geophysics Laboratory. Four-Color Infrared Sky Survey
(and supplement): S.D. Price and R.G. Walker - AFGL-TR-76-028
(Hanscom AFB, MA, Air Force Geophysics Lab., Air Force Systems Command,
USAF, 1976; S.D. Price and T.L. Murdock - Air Force Geophysics
Laboratory, AFGL-TR-83-0161)
(see Catalog <II/94>)
CSS = Stephenson, C. B. 1976, "A General Catalogue of S Stars", Publ.
Warner and Swasey Obs. 2, No.2, Cat. <III/60>
CSS2 = Stephenson, C. B. 1984, "General Catalog of S Stars, second
edition", Publ. Warner and Swasey Obs. 3, No. 1., Cat. <III/168>
EG = O.J. Eggen, J.L. Greenstein, 'Spectra, Colors, Luminosities, and Motions
of the White Dwarfs', Astrophys. J. 141, 83 (1965ApJ...141...83E);
additional stars in Astrophys. J. 142, 925 (1965ApJ...142..925E) and
150, 927 (1967ApJ...150..927E); more stars added by J.L. Greenstein,
see references in McCook and Sion, Astrophys. J. Suppl. 65, 603
(1987ApJS...65..603M, Cat. <III/129>)
FLM = Flamsteed, List of those bright stars having designations by number in
their constellations
G = H.L. Giclas, R. Burnham Jr., and N.G. Thomas, (Large Proper Motion Stars)
Publications of Lowell Obs., Flagstaff, Arizona, 1971
(Catalogs <I/79> and <I/112>)
GD = Giclas, H. L., et al. 1980, "Lowell Proper Motion Survey" (white dwarfs),
Lowell Obs. Bull. 8, 157.
Gl = W. Gliese, 'Catalogue of Nearby Stars', Veroeff. Astron.
Rechen-Inst. Heidelberg nr.22, 1969; W. Gliese, H. Jahreiss,
'Nearby star data published 1969-1978', Astron. Astrophys.
Suppl. 38, 423 (1979A&AS...38..423G); see catalog <V/70>
GSC = Lasker, B. M., et al. 1990, "The Guide Star Catalog. I.
Astronomical Foundations and Image Processing", A. J. 99, 2019;
1992, "The Guide Star Catalog Version 1.1", Cat. <I/220>
(see also Catalogs <I/254> and <I/255>)
HBC = See HRC (Catalog <V/73>)
HD = Henry Draper Catalogue - A.J. Cannon and E.C. Pickering,
Havard Obs. Ann. 91 - 99, 1918-1924; A. J. Cannon, Harvard Obs.
Ann. 100, 1925 - 1936; see catalog <III/135>
He-2 = Henize, K. J. 1964, An extended list of southern planetary nebulae;
see PK Nomenclature.
He-3 = Henize, K. G. 1976, "Observations of Southern Emission-Line Stars",
1976ApJS...30..491H
Hen = Unpublished list of C-stars by K.G.Henize (given in CCS).
Hip = The Hipparcos and Tycho Catalogues (European Space Agency, 1997),
ESA SP-1200 (Catalog <I/239>)
HII = E. Hertzsprung, 'Catalogue de 3259 Etoiles dans les Pleiades',
Ann. Sterrewacht Leiden, 19, pt. 1A, 1947
HR = see BS (Catalog <V/50>)
HRC = G.H. Herbig, N.K. Rao, 'Second Catalog of Emission-line
Stars of the Orion Population', Astrophys. J. 174, 401
(1972ApJ...174..401H); G.H. Herbig, K.R. Bell,
'Third Catalog of Emission-Line Stars of the Orion Population',
Lick Obs. Bull. no. 1111, 1988 (catalog <V/73>)
HV = Harvard variables
IDS = Jefers, H. M., Van den Bos, W. H., Greeby, F. M. 1963, "Index Catalogue
of Visual Double Stars", Publ. Lick Obs. 21.
(see also "WDS Catalog" <I/107>)
IRAS = The Joint IRAS Science Working Group 1988, "Infrared Astronomical
Satellite (IRAS) catalogs and atlases" 2-6, NASA RP-1190
(Washington, D.C.: National Aeronautics and Space Adminstration)
See catalogs <II/125>, <II/126>, <II/156>
IRC = G. Neugebauer, R.B. Leighton, 'Two-Micron Sky Survey, A Preliminary
Catalog', NASA SP-3047, 1969; catalog <II/2>
L = Luyten, W. J. 1941, "Proper Motion Survey with the fourty-eight inch
Schmidt Telescope", XXI, XXV, XXIX, Publ. of Univ. of Minnesota.
LDS = Luyten, W. J. 1943, "Catalogue of 832 Double Stars with Common Proper
Motion in the Southern Hemisphere", Publ. Astron. Obs. Univ. Minnesota
3, No. 3, 33.
LFT = Luyten, W. J. 1955, "A Catalog of 1849 Stars with Proper Motion exceeding
0.5" annually", The Lund Press, Minneapolis, Minnesota. Cat. <I/54>
LHS = Luyten, W. J. 1976, "A Catalog of Stars with Proper Motion exceeding
0".5 annually", Publ. of Univ. of Minnesota.
See Catalogs <I/87>, <I/279>
LkHa = Herbig, G. H., et al. 1954-1974, Lists of emission-line stars.
LP = Luyten, W. J. 1963-1981, "Proper Motion Survey with the 48 inch Schmidt
Telescope", Publ. of Univ. of Minnesota, Minneapolis, fasc. 1-57.
LS = Hardorp, J., et al. 1959-1971, "Luminous Stars in the Northern Milky Way"
I-VI, Hamburger Sternwarte - Warner and Swasey Obs., Hamburg-Bergedorf.
Catalog <III/76>
LSS = Stephenson, C. B., Sanduleak, N. 1971, "Luminous Stars in the Southern
Milky Way", Publ. Warner and Swasey Obs. 1, No.1.
Catalog <III/43>
LTT = Luyten, W. J. 1957, "Catalogue of 9867 Stars in the Southern Hemisphere
with Proper Motion exceeding 0".2 annually";
Luyten, W. J. 1961, "Catalogue of 7127 Stars in the Northern Hemisphere
with Proper Motion exceeding 0".2 annually",
The Lund Press, Minneapolis, Minnesota.
See Catalogs <I/98>, <J/ApJ/582/1011>
MHa = Mount Wilson H-Alpha Stars, see references for MWC and AS
MWC = P.W. Merrill, C.G. Burwell, 'Catalogue and Bibliography of Stars of
Classes B and A Whose Spectra have Bright Hydrogen Lines',
Astrophys. J. 78, 87 (1933ApJ....78...87M) (Mount Wilson Catalogue);
Supplements: Astrophys. J. 98, 153 (1943ApJ....98..153M); 110, 387
(1949ApJ...110..387M)
NGC = Dreyer, J. L. E. 1888, "New General Catalogue of Nebulae and Clusters of
Stars", Mem. Roy. Astron. Soc. 49, Part I (reprinted 1962, London:
Royal Astronomical Society); Sulentic, J. W. and Tifft, W. G. 1973,
"The Revised New General Catalogue of Nonstellar Astronomical Objects"
(Tucson: The University of Arizona Press).
See Catalogs <VII/1>, <VII/118>, <VII/239>
NSV = Kholopov, P. N. (ed.) 1982, "New Catalogue of Suspected Variable Stars",
Moscow Nauka, Cat. <II/140>; and its supplement by Kazarovets et al.,
1998, Cat. <II/219>.
See also the file "nsv_cat.dat".
OH = OH sources designated by their galactic coordinates
Par = A List of Stars in the Region of the Orion Nebula (P.P. Parenago,
Sternberg Inst. Publ. vol. 25, 1954; catalog <II/171>)
PG = Palomar-Green survey, "Cataclysmic Variable Candidates from the Palomar
Green Survey", Ap. J. Suppl. 61, 305, Cat. <II/207>
PK = Perek, L., Kohoutek, L. 1967, "Catalogue of Galactic Planetary Nebulae",
Academia Publishing House of the Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences.
See Cat. <V/84>
PPM = Roeser S., Bastian U.et al.,1988, "Position and Proper Motion"
See Catalogs <I/146>, <I/193>, <I/206>
Prag = Prager, R. 1934, "Katalog von 2428 als veraenderlich angezeigten Sternen"
Ergaenzungsh. Astron. Nachr., Bd. 9, Nr. 3;
Prager, R. 1937, "Katalog von 3401 als veraenderlich angezeigten Sternen"
Ergaenzungsh. Astron. Nachr., Bd. 10, Nr. 1.
RAFGL= See CRL (Cat. <II/94>)
Ross = Ross, F. E. 1925-1939, "New Proper Motion Stars", eleven successive
lists, A. J. Vol. 36 to 48.
S = Preliminary designations of variables discovered at Sonneberg Observatory
SAO = Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory Star Catalog, parts I-IV,
Smithsonian Inst. Washington, 1966.
(Catalog <I/131>)
SVS = Soviet Variable Stars (preliminary designations of Soviet-discovered
variables)
VES = Lists of the Vatican H Alpha-emission line stars.
VV = Vatican variable stars
Vys = Vyssotsky, A. N., et al. 1943-1958, "Dwarf M Stars Found
Spectrophotometrically", Cat. <III/13>
WD = G.P. Mc Cook, E.M. Sion, 'Catalog of Spectroscopically Identified White
Dwarfs', Astrophys. J. Suppl. 65, 603 (1987ApJS...65..603M).
See catalog <III/129>.
Wolf = Wolf, M. 1919, "Katalog von 1053 starken bewegten Fixsternen",
Veroeff. Sternwarte zu Heidelberg 7, No. 10, 195; and numerous
lists in Astron. Nachr. 209 to 236, 1919 to 1929.
WR = K.A. van der Hucht et al. 'The Sixth Catalogue of Galactic Wolf-Rayet
Stars, Their Past and Present', Space Sci. Rev. 28, 227, 1981
Catalog <III/85>
Wr = Preliminary designations of variable stars discovered by R. Weber.
Wray = Wray, J. D. 1966, "A study of H Alpha-emission objects in the
Southern Milky Way", Table XV-XIX, Univ. Microfilm Inc., Ann
Arbor, Michigan.
Zi = Zinner, E. 1929, "Verzeichnis von 2191 verdaechtigen Sternen".
Ergaenzungsh. Astron. Nachr., Bd. 8, Nr. 1.
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