V/84       Strasbourg-ESO Catalogue of Galactic Planetary Nebulae (Acker+, 1992)
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Strasbourg-ESO Catalogue of Galactic Planetary Nebulae
     Acker A., Ochsenbein F., Stenholm B., Tylenda R., Marcout J., Schohn C.
    <European Southern Observatory -- ISBN 3-923524-41-2 (1992)>
    =1992ESOPN...1....1A                (SIMBAD/NED Reference)
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ADC_Keywords: Planetary nebulae ; Spectroscopy


Description:
    The electronic version of the catalogue referenced above includes
    1143 true and probable planetary nebulae (Table 1 of publication);
    347 objects which status is still unclear were classified among the
    "possible" planetary nebulae (file pospn, Table 2 of publication);
    and 330 objects have been rejected (file notpn, Table 3 of publication).

    The designation system of the planetary nebulae of this catalogue
    follows the recommendations of IAU Commission 5 (Astronomical
    Nomenclature) with the structure:
                  PN Glll.l+bb.b
    where PN means "Planetary Nebula", G stands for "Galactic Coordinates",
    and lll.l+bb.b stand for the galactic longitude and latitude
    respectively, truncated to one  decimal place.
    The designations following this system appear in the columns
    labelled "PNG" in the tables described below, where the "PN G"
    prefix has been stripped.

    Data concerning the 1143 true and probable planetary nebulae
    (part II of the publication) have been grouped in a set of related
    tables described below, all sorted by the "PNG" column.
    Note that, unlike the printed volume, only the bibliographic
    references corresponding to data listed in the tables are
    provided here, in the "refs.dat" file.

    Copies of the complete catalogue, including the Finding Charts
    (Part I) can still be ordered at the ESO Information Service,
    Karl-Schwarzschildstr. 2, D-85748 Garching bei Muenchen, Germany,
    at a price of DM 135.

File Summary:

       FileName      Lrecl  Records   Explanations

ReadMe            80        .   This file
main.dat         224     1143   Discoverers, Designations, and Positions of
                                    True and Possible Planetary Nebulae (1)
diam.dat          66     1143   Diameters of PN (optical and radio) (1)
dist.dat          38      296   Distance estimations (2)
dista.dat         38     3017   Statistical distances (2)
hbeta.dat         64      991   H-beta fluxes (1)
intens.dat       117     1046   Line intensities results (1)
iue.dat           77     1715   IUE observations log (2)
iras.dat          88      774   IRAS Point Source Catalogue fluxes (1)
nir.dat          106      365   Near infra-red observations (1)
radio.dat         46      689   Radio observations (1)
vel.dat           73      614   Radial and Expansion Velocities (1)
cstar.dat        285      692   Data concerning Central Stars of PN (1)
notes.dat        115      703   Notes and remarks about some nebulae (2)
refs.dat          80      872   References
pospn.dat        111      347   Possible PN (table 2)
notpn.dat        121      330   Objects rejected as PN (table 3)

Note (1): one entry or less per planetary nebula

Note (2): several entries may exist for a planetary nebula



See also:
    J/A+A/307/215 : Spectrophotometry of PNe (Cuisinier+, 1996)


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

   Bytes Format  Units   Label    Explanations

   1- 10  A10    ---     PNG      Designation of the Galactic Planetary Nebula
  13- 14  I2     h       RAh      Right Ascension 1950 (hours)
  16- 17  I2     min     RAm      Right Ascension 1950 (minutes)
  19- 23  F5.2   s       RAs      [0/60[? Right Ascension 1950 (seconds)
      24  A1     ---     DE-      Declination 1950 (sign)
  25- 26  I2     deg     DEd      Declination 1950 (degrees)
  28- 29  I2     arcmin  DEm      Declination 1950 (minutes)
  31- 34  F4.1   arcsec  DEs      [0/60[? Declination 1950 (seconds)
      35  A1     ---     qualPos  [ad*] Accuracy on the 1950 Position:
                                     a if RA originally only given to 0.1min
                                     d if DE originally only given to 0.1arcmin
                                       or worse
                                     * if both 'a' and 'd'
  37- 44  A8     ---     r_Pos    Reference of position
  46- 58  A13    ---     Name     Main designation
  60- 68  A9     ---     PK       Designation in PK67
  70- 80  A11    ---     IRAS     Designation in IRAS catalogue
  82-112  A31    ---     Disc     Discoverer name and publication year
 115-224  A110   ---     Idents   Other names separated by commas


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

   Bytes Format  Units   Label    Explanations

   1- 10  A10    ---     PNG      Designation of the Galactic Planetary Nebula
      13  A1     ---     l_oDiam  Limit flag on oDiam
  14- 19  F6.1   arcsec  oDiam    ? Optical diameter
      20  A1     ---     u_oDiam  Uncertainty flag (:) on oDiam
  22- 49  A28    ---     r_oDiam  References for oDiam
      51  A1     ---     l_rDiam  Limit flag on Radio diameter
  52- 57  F6.2   arcsec  rDiam    ? Radio diameter
      58  A1     ---     u_rDiam  Uncertainty flag (:) on oDiam
  59- 66  A8     ---     r_rDiam  Reference on Radio diameter


Byte-by-byte Description of file: dist.dat dista.dat

   Bytes Format  Units   Label    Explanations

   1- 10  A10    ---     PNG      Designation of the Galactic Planetary Nebula
      14  A1     ---     Method   [EKSWXDCM] Method used for distance
                                    determination (1)
  16- 21  F6.3   kpc     Dist1    ? Lower distance if l_Dist is '-'
      22  A1     ---     l_Dist   [-<>] '-' if Dist1 is a lower limit;
                                        '<' or '>' apply to Dist.
  23- 28  F6.3   kpc     Dist     Distance in kiloparsecs.
      29  A1     ---     u_Dist   [?:] Uncertainty flag on Dist
  31- 38  A8     ---     r_Dist   Reference of Dist determination.

Note (1): This field is blank for file "dista" (statistical distances);
  for file "dist", the following symbols are used to describe the method:
     'C'  from cluster membership
     'D'  from dust
     'E'  from local extinction study
     'K'  from kinematical studies
     'M'  mean value from a compilation of individual distances
     'S'  from spectroscopic parallax of binary companions
     'W'  from wind
     'X'  from a comparison of tangential and radial expansions


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

   Bytes Format  Units   Label      Explanations

   1- 10  A10    ---     PNG        Designation of the Galactic Planetary Nebula
  13- 18  F6.2   [mW/m2] log(Fbeta)  [-15/-9] log of flux in H-beta
  21- 24  F4.2   [mW/m2] e_log(Fbeta)  ? Mean error on log(Fbeta)
  28- 64  A37    ---  r_log(Fbeta)  References


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

   Bytes Format  Units   Label    Explanations

   1- 10  A10    ---     PNG      Designation of the Galactic Planetary Nebula
  13- 34  A22    ---    ObsLabel  Observation name (includes the date)
      36  A1     ---     LineRef  [ab] Line taken as reference (value=100):
                                       'a'=H-alpha (6563), 'b'=H-beta (4861)
  40- 46  F7.1   ---     I4686    ]0/15000]? Line intensity of HeII at 468.6nm
      47  A1     ---     u_I4686  Uncertainty flag on I4686
  50- 56  F7.1   ---     I4363    ]0/15000]? Line intensity of [OIII] at 436.3nm
      57  A1     ---     u_I4363  Uncertainty flag on I4363
      59  A1     ---     n_I5007  [*] '*' if the measurement refers to 495.9nm
                                        because 500.7nm line is saturated
  60- 66  F7.1   ---     I5007    ]0/15000]? Line intensity of [OIII] at 500.7nm
      67  A1     ---     u_I5007  Uncertainty flag on I5007
  70- 76  F7.1   ---     I5876    ]0/15000]? Line intensity of HeI
      77  A1     ---     u_I5876  Uncertainty flag on I5876 at 587.6nm
  80- 86  F7.1   ---     I6563    ]0/15000]? Line intensity of H-alpha
                                    at 656.3nm
      87  A1     ---     u_I6563  Uncertainty flag on I6563
  90- 96  F7.1   ---     I6584    [0/15000]? Line intensity of [NII] at 658.4nm
      97  A1     ---     u_I6584  Uncertainty flag on I6584
      99  A1     ---     n_I6717  [B] 'B' if line is blended
 100-106  F7.1   ---     I6717    ]0/15000]? Line intensity of [SII] at 671.7nm
     107  A1     ---     u_I6717  Uncertainty flag on I6717
     109  A1     ---     n_I6731  [B] 'B' if line is blended
 110-116  F7.1   ---     I6731    ]0/15000]? Line intensity of [SII] at 673.1nm
     117  A1     ---     u_I6731  Uncertainty flag on I6731


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

   Bytes Format  Units   Label    Explanations

   1- 10  A10    ---     PNG      Designation of the Galactic Planetary Nebula
  13- 24  A12    ---     IUEname  Name as found in the IUE Merged Log
  26- 45  A20    ---     1950Pos  Position as found in the IUE Merged Log
  47- 63  A17    ---     ObsDate  Date and time (hours, minutes) of the
                                    Observation
  65- 66  I2     ---     OType    Object class as found in the IUE Merged Log
  68- 70  A3     ---     Camera   designation, LW=Long Wavelength, SW=Short
                                    Wavelength
  72- 76  A5     ---     Image    identification of the Observation


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

   Bytes Format  Units   Label    Explanations

   1- 10  A10    ---     PNG      Designation of the Galactic Planetary Nebula
  13- 23  A11    ---     IRAS     IRAS source name
  24- 25  I2     h       RAIRASh  Hours RA, equinox 1950.0, epoch 1983.5
  26- 27  I2     min     RAIRASm  Minutes RA, equinox 1950.0, epoch 1983.5
  28- 30  I3     ds     RAIRASds  Seconds RA, equinox 1950.0, epoch 1983.5
      31  A1     ---     DEIRAS-  Sign Dec, equinox 1950.0, epoch 1983.5
  32- 33  I2     deg     DEIRASd  Degrees Dec, equinox 1950.0, epoch 1983.5
  34- 35  I2     arcmin  DEIRASm  Minutes Dec, equinox 1950.0, epoch 1983.5
  36- 37  I2     arcsec  DEIRASs  Seconds Dec, equinox 1950.0, epoch 1983.5
  38- 40  I3     arcsec  Major    Uncertainty ellipse major axis
  41- 43  I3     arcsec  Minor    Uncertainty ellipse minor axis
  44- 46  I3     deg     PosAng   Uncertainty ellipse position angle (1)
  47- 48  I2     ---     NHcon    Number of times observed
  49- 57  E9.3   Jy      Fnu12    Average non-color corrected flux density,
                                    12um
  58- 66  E9.3   Jy      Fnu25    Average non-color corrected flux density,
                                    25um
  67- 75  E9.3   Jy      Fnu60    Average non-color corrected flux density,
                                    60um
  76- 84  E9.3   Jy      Fnu100   Average non-color corrected flux density,
                                    100um
      85  I1     ---     q_Fnu12  [1/3] Flux density quality, 12um (1)
      86  I1     ---     q_Fnu25  [1/3] Flux density quality, 25um (1)
      87  I1     ---     q_Fnu60  [1/3] Flux density quality, 60um (1)
      88  I1     ---    q_Fnu100  [1/3] Flux density quality, 100um (1)

Note (1): the IRAS flux qualities are
      1 = upper limit
      2 = moderate quality
      3 = high quality


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

   Bytes Format  Units   Label    Explanations

   1- 10  A10    ---     PNG      Designation of the Galactic Planetary Nebula
  13- 17  F5.2   mag     Jmag     ? Magnitude in J filter (1.25um)
      19  A1     ---     l_Hmag   Limit flag on Hmag
  20- 24  F5.2   mag     Hmag     ? Magnitude in H filter (1.65um)
      26  A1     ---     l_Kmag   Limit flag on Kmag
  27- 31  F5.2   mag     Kmag     ? Magnitude in K filter (2.22um)
      33  A1     ---     l_Lmag   Limit flag on Lmag
  34- 38  F5.2   mag     Lmag     ? Magnitude in L/L' filter (3.5/3.8um)
      39  A1     ---     n_Lmag   ['] the apostrophe indicates the L' filter
  41- 45  A5     ---     Class    [NDSP,?+ ] Class based on the near-IR (1)
  48- 76  A29    ---     r_Phot   References for JHKL photometry
  78-105  A28    ---     r_Class  References describing the Spectrum

Note (1): The classes indicate the major source of near-IR emission:
    N: from the nebular gas
    D: from the dust
    S: from a star, either the exciting star or a companion
    P: Possibly proto-planetary nebula


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

   Bytes Format  Units   Label    Explanations

   1- 10  A10    ---     PNG      Designation of the Galactic Planetary Nebula
      13  A1     ---    l_Rad2cm  Limit flag on Rad2cm
  14- 19  F6.1   mJy     Rad2cm   ? Radio flux density at 2cm (14.7GHz)
  21- 28  A8     ---    r_Rad2cm  Reference of Rad2cm
      30  A1     ---    l_Rad6cm  Limit flag on Rad6cm
  31- 36  F6.1   mJy     Rad6cm   ? Radio flux density at 6cm (5GHz)
      37  A1     ---    u_Rad6cm  Uncertainty flag on Rad6cm
  39- 46  A8     ---    r_Rad6cm  Reference of Rad6cm


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

   Bytes Format  Units   Label    Explanations

   1- 10  A10    ---     PNG      Designation of the Galactic Planetary Nebula
  13- 18  F6.1   km/s    RVel     ? Radial Velocity
  21- 24  F4.1   km/s    e_RVel   ? Mean error on RVel
  26- 33  A8     ---     r_RVel   Source of the Radial Velocity
      36  A1     ---    l_ExpVel  Limit flag on ExpVel
  37- 40  F4.1   km/s    ExpVel   ? Expansion velocity [OIII]
      41  A1     ---    u_ExpVel  [*] Note on ExpVel (1)
  43- 50  A8     ---    r_ExpVel  Source of ExpVel
      53  A1     ---    n_ExpVel  [+-] Note on the elements (2)
      56  A1     ---   l_ExpVel2  Limit flag on ExpVel2
  57- 60  F4.1   km/s    ExpVel2  ? Expansion velocity [NII]
      61  A1     ---   u_ExpVel2  [*] Note on ExpVel2 (1)
  63- 70  A8     ---   r_ExpVel2  Reference of ExpVel2
      73  A1     ---   n_ExpVel2  [+-] Note on the elements (2)

Note (1): The '*' indicates that the value is derived from another ion
          (neither [OIII] nor [NII])
Note (2): This flag has the following meaning:
     '+'  when expansion velocity from other ions are given in the reference
     '-'  when no value was given in the source


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

   Bytes Format  Units   Label    Explanations

   1- 10  A10    ---     PNG      Designation of the Galactic Planetary Nebula
  13- 18  A6     ---     AG82     Name in ref. AG82 (Acker et al.,
                                    Publ. Speciale CDS 3, 1982)
  22- 26  F5.2   mag     Umag     ? Johnson's U filter mag. of central star
      28  A1     ---     l_Bmag   Limit flag on Bmag
  29- 33  F5.2   mag     Bmag     ? Johnson's B filter mag. of central star
      36  A1     ---     l_Vmag   Limit flag on Vmag
  37- 41  F5.2   mag     Vmag     ? Johnson's V filter mag. of central star
      44  A1     ---     Quality  [ABCDP] Accuracy of the photometry (1)
  47- 72  A26    ---     r_UBV    References of Photometry
  75-101  A27    ---     Remarks  Remarks on Photometry
 103-116  A14    ---     Sp       Spectral type of central star
 117-124  A8     ---     r_Sp     Reference of Spectral type
 126-135  A10    ---     Sp2      Other spectral classification
 138-145  A8     ---     r_Sp2    Reference of Sp2
 147-156  A10    ---     Sp3      Other spectral classification
 161-168  A8     ---     r_Sp3    Reference of Sp3
 170-285  A116   ---     Names    Various designations of the Central Star
                                    separated by a semi-colon (;)

Note (1): The Quality are defined as follows:
     A:        mean error < 0.10
     B: 0.10 < mean error < 0.25
     C: 0.25 < mean error < 0.5
     D: 0.5  < mean error
     P: derived from photographs; mean error about 1mag.


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

   Bytes Format  Units   Label    Explanations

   1- 10  A10    ---     PNG      Designation of the Galactic Planetary Nebula
  13-115  A103   ---     Text     Text of the note


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

   Bytes Format  Units   Label    Explanations

   1- 15  A15    ---     Name     Usual name
      17  A1     ---     n_PK     [*] The '*' indicates that PK was not
                                      published in the PK67 reference
  18- 26  A9     ---     PK       Designation in PK67 (or later, see n_PK)
  29- 30  I2     h       RAh      Right Ascension 2000 (hours)
  32- 35  F4.1   min     RAm      Right Ascension 2000 (minutes)
      37  A1     ---     DE-      Declination 2000 (sign)
  38- 39  I2     deg     DEd      Declination 2000 (degrees)
  41- 42  I2     arcmin  DEm      Declination 2000 (minutes)
  45- 50  F6.2   deg     GLON     Galactic longitude
  52- 57  F6.2   deg     GLAT     Galactic latitude
  60- 62  A3     ---     Class    [UHPLNE?*2 ] Class of the object (1)
  65-111  A47    ---  OtherNames  separated by a comma (,)

Note (1): the class has the following meaning:
      U =  no spectrum could be detected
      H = faint object highly reddened showing a weak H-alpha emission
      H2? = faint object showing IRAS colours typical of a HII region
      *? = object with a faint continuum
      ** = object of unclear status with a well known emission line spectrum
      PN = possibly high or normal excitation planetary nebula
     PPN = proto-planetary nebula
      LE = low-excitation nebula


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

   Bytes Format  Units   Label    Explanations

   1- 15  A15    ---     Name     Usual name
      17  A1     ---     n_PK     [*] The '*' indicates that PK was not
                                      published in the PK67 reference
  18- 26  A9     ---     PK       Designation in PK67 (or later, see n_PK)
  29- 30  I2     h       RAh      [0/24[? Right Ascension 2000 (hours) (1)
  32- 35  F4.1   min     RAm      [0/60[? Right Ascension 2000 (minutes)
      37  A1     ---     DE-      Declination 2000 (sign)
  38- 39  I2     deg     DEd      [0/90[? Declination 2000 (degrees)
  41- 42  I2     arcmin  DEm      [0/60[? Declination 2000 (minutes)
  45- 50  F6.2   deg     GLON     [0/360[? Galactic longitude
  52- 57  F6.2   deg     GLAT     [-90/90]? Galactic latitude
  60-121  A62    ---     Notes   *Notes concerning the object

Note (1): coordinates are blank when several PK designations have
        been assigned to the same PN, as e.g. PK 358-1 1 and PK 358-1 3
Note on Notes:
        (a) see Acker et al., =1987A&AS...71..163A
        (b) see Acker & Stenholm, =1990A&AS...86..219A
        (c) see Acker et al., 1991, =1991A&AS...87..499A
    Note 1 on Al 2-E: this PK number (359+ 3 4) was first given to the
        object Wray 11-88 by Allen in 1979 (Obs. 93, 83) and then used
        by MacConnel in 1983 (Vatican Obs. Publ. 2, n.5, 63). The object
        Wray 17-88 was not detected as having any emission line and
        is this not a PN. Kohoutek in 1983 gives the
        designation 359+3 4 to the object Al 2-E found by Allen and
        this should be used,  although Allen himself gives 359+3 5.


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

   Bytes Format Units   Label     Explanations

   1-  8  A8    ---     Ref       Reference code (repeated on each line)
   9- 80  A72   ---     Text      Text if reference (authors and titles)


History:
 * 18-Nov-1997: Two errors corrected about DHW PNe in main and pospn.
 * 03-Nov-2000: file refs.dat reformatted.
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(End)                                    Francois Ochsenbein [CDS]   21-Dec-1994

