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- XTENSION= 'TABLE ' / Table extension
- BITPIX = 8 / Character data
- NAXIS = 2 / Simple 2-D matrix
- NAXIS1 = 124 / Number of characters per record
- NAXIS2 = 887 / Number of records in the table
- PCOUNT = 0 / No "random" parameters
- GCOUNT = 1 / Only one group
- TFIELDS = 27 / Number of data fields per record
- EXTNAME = 'QAGN3_AGN' / Quasars and Active Nuclei, 3rd Ed., AGN
- AUTHOR = 'Veron-Cetty, Veron' / Catalog author(s)
- REFERENC= '1987, ESO Report' / Catalog reference(s)
- DATE = '05/10/88' / Date FITS table verified (dd/mm/yy)
-
- HISTORY This FITS header is NOT a complete scientific document for the subject
- HISTORY catalog. It serves only as a minimal description of the general
- HISTORY format and structure of the data file.
-
- HISTORY A copy of "Documentation for the Machine-Readable Version of
- HISTORY Quasars and Active Nuclei", Raugh 1987, Doc. No. STX-T-1-3002-3201-87
- HISTORY should accompany any computer-readable version of the catalog.
-
- HISTORY Source Catalog Reference: Veron-Cetty, M. P. and Veron, P. 1987,
- HISTORY ESO Scientific Report (in press).
-
- COMMENT This table lists data for 887 active galactic nuclei. Included in this
- COMMENT category are Seyfert 1, Seyfert 2, and "liners" with magnitudes fainter
- COMMENT than -23. In addition, this table also contains galaxies with nuclear
- COMMENT HII regions and "galaxies with nuclear radio or X-ray sources which may
- COMMENT turn out to be Seyfert-like" -- Veron-Cetty and Veron 1987.
-
- TTYPE1 = 'RADIO_FLAG' / "*" if object has not been detected in radio
- TBCOL1 = 1 / Start column
- TFORM1 = 'A1 ' / Fortran format
- TNULL1 = ' ' / Null value
-
- TTYPE2 = 'NAME ' / Common name of the object
- TBCOL2 = 2 / Start column
- TFORM2 = 'A12 ' / Fortran format
-
- TTYPE3 = '4C ' / 4C designation (information not complete)
- TBCOL3 = 14 / Start column
- TFORM3 = 'A6 ' / Fortran format
- TNULL3 = ' ' / Null value
-
- TTYPE4 = 'RAHR ' / Hours RA, 1950.0
- TBCOL4 = 20 / Start column
- TFORM4 = 'I3 ' / Fortran format
- TUNIT4 = 'HR ' / Units are hours
-
- TTYPE5 = 'RAMIN ' / Minutes RA, 1950.0
- TBCOL5 = 23 / Start column
- TFORM5 = 'I3 ' / Fortran format
- TUNIT5 = 'MIN ' / Units are minutes of time
-
- TTYPE6 = 'RASEC ' / Seconds RA, 1950.0
- TBCOL6 = 26 / Start column
- TFORM6 = 'F5.1 ' / Fortran format
- TUNIT6 = 'SEC ' / Units are seconds of time
-
- TTYPE7 = 'DECDEG ' / Degrees DEC, 1950.0
- TBCOL7 = 31 / Start column
- TFORM7 = 'I4 ' / Fortran format
- TUNIT7 = 'DEG ' / Units are degrees
-
- TTYPE8 = 'DECMIN ' / Minutes DEC, 1950.0
- TBCOL8 = 35 / Start column
- TFORM8 = 'I3 ' / Fortran format
- TUNIT8 = 'ARCMIN ' / Units are minutes of arc
-
- TTYPE9 = 'DECSEC ' / Seconds DEC, 1950.0
- TBCOL9 = 38 / Start column
- TFORM9 = 'I3 ' / Fortran format
- TUNIT9 = 'ARCSEC ' / Units are seconds of arc
-
- TTYPE10 = 'COORD_FLAG' / "O" for optical, "R" for radio coordinates
- TBCOL10 = 42 / Start column
- TFORM10 = 'A1 ' / Fortran format
- TNULL10 = ' ' / Null value
-
- TTYPE11 = '6CM_FLUX' / Flux density at 6 cm
- TBCOL11 = 43 / Start column
- TFORM11 = 'F7.3 ' / Fortran format
- TUNIT11 = 'JANSKYS ' / Units are janskys
- TNULL11 = ' ' / Null value
-
- TTYPE12 = '6CM_REF ' / Reference to 6cm flux density
- TBCOL12 = 50 / Start column
- TFORM12 = 'I5 ' / Fortran format
- TNULL12 = ' ' / Null value
-
- TTYPE13 = '11CM_FLUX' / Flux density at 11 cm
- TBCOL13 = 55 / Start column
- TFORM13 = 'F6.2 ' / Fortran format
- TUNIT13 = 'JANSKYS ' / Units are janskys
- TNULL13 = ' ' / Null value
-
- TTYPE14 = '11CM_REF' / Reference to 11cm flux
- TBCOL14 = 61 / Start column
- TFORM14 = 'I5 ' / Fortran format
- TNULL14 = ' ' / Null value
-
- TTYPE15 = 'SP_INDEX' / Radio spectral index
- TBCOL15 = 66 / Start column
- TFORM15 = 'F6.2 ' / Fortran format
- TNULL15 = ' ' / Null value
-
- TTYPE16 = 'Z_FLAG ' / Redshift quality flag
- TBCOL16 = 74 / Start column
- TFORM16 = 'A1 ' / Fortran format
- TNULL16 = ' ' / Null value
- COMMENT Z_FLAG (field 16) is "/" if redshift was estimated from a low
- COMMENT dispersion, slitless spectrum.
-
- TTYPE17 = 'Z ' / Redshift
- TBCOL17 = 75 / Start column
- TFORM17 = 'F5.3 ' / Fortran format
- TNULL17 = ' ' / Null value
-
- TTYPE18 = 'CLASS ' / Classification
- TBCOL18 = 81 / Start column
- TFORM18 = 'A2 ' / Fortran format
- COMMENT CLASS (field 18); see ADC document for list of classification codes.
-
- TTYPE19 = 'MAG_FLAG' / Magnitude/color flag
- TBCOL19 = 84 / Start column
- TFORM19 = 'A1 ' / Fortran format
- TNULL19 = ' ' / Null value
- COMMENT MAG_FLAG (field 19) is "/" if VMAG (field 20), U-B (field 21), and
- COMMENT B-V (field 22) contain photographic rather than photoelectric data.
-
- TTYPE20 = 'VMAG ' / V magnitude in the UBV system
- TBCOL20 = 85 / Start column
- TFORM20 = 'F5.2 ' / Fortran format
- TUNIT20 = 'MAG ' / Units are magnitudes
- TNULL20 = ' ' / Null value
-
- TTYPE21 = 'U-B ' / U-B in UBV system
- TBCOL21 = 90 / Start column
- TFORM21 = 'F6.2 ' / Fortran format
- TUNIT21 = 'MAG ' / Units are magnitudes
- TNULL21 = ' ' / Null value
-
- TTYPE22 = 'B-V ' / B-V in UBV system
- TBCOL22 = 96 / Start column
- TFORM22 = 'F6.2 ' / Fortran format
- TUNIT22 = 'MAG ' / Units are magnitudes
- TNULL22 = ' ' / Null value
-
- TTYPE23 = 'ABS_MAG ' / Absolute magnitude
- TBCOL23 = 102 / Start column
- TFORM23 = 'F6.1 ' / Fortran format
- TUNIT23 = 'MAG ' / Units are magnitudes
- TNULL23 = ' ' / Null value
-
- TTYPE24 = 'X-RAY_FLAG' / "X" if object detected as X-Ray source (Asiago)
- TBCOL24 = 109 / Start column
- TFORM24 = 'A1 ' / Fortran format
- TNULL24 = ' ' / Null value
-
- TTYPE25 = 'FC_REF ' / Finding chart reference
- TBCOL25 = 110 / Start column
- TFORM25 = 'I5 ' / Fortran format
- TNULL25 = ' ' / Null value
-
- TTYPE26 = 'PHOT_REF' / Photometry reference
- TBCOL26 = 115 / Start column
- TFORM26 = 'I5 ' / Fortran format
- TNULL26 = ' ' / Null value
-
- TTYPE27 = 'Z_REF ' / Redshift reference
- TBCOL27 = 120 / Start column
- TFORM27 = 'I5 ' / Fortran format
- TNULL27 = ' ' / Null value
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