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| # Detailed Description of J/A+A/455/1165 : Catalogue of Galactic high-mass X-ray binaries (Liu+, 2006) |

Note : this is the description file of the original catalog. This HTML page corresponds well to the original description, but some minor changes in the format may have been introduced in the FITS output files in order to allow for arithmetic operations on quantities such as coordinates and times. h:m:s and d:m:s units are normally converted into degrees, and YYYY-MM-DD into julian days.
Similarly, some slight changes may have been introduced in the units; the value given in the HTML files supersedes the value indicated in the ReadMe file for this catalogue.

    J/A+A/455/1165      Catalogue of Galactic high-mass X-ray binaries  (Liu+, 2006)
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    Catalogue of high-mass X-ray binaries in the Galaxy (4th edition).
        Liu Q.Z., van Paradijs J., van den Heuvel E.P.J.
       <Astron. Astrophys. 455, 1165 (2006)>
       =2006A&A...455.1165L
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    ADC_Keywords: Binaries, X-ray ; Photometry, UBV ; Cross identifications

    Keywords: catalog - X-ray: binaries - stars, emission-line, Be -
              stars: binaries: general

    Abstract:
        We present a new edition of the catalogue of high-mass X-ray binaries
        in the Galaxy. The catalogue contains source name(s), coordinates,
        finding chart, X-ray luminosity, system parameters, and stellar
        parameters of the components and other characteristic properties of
        114 high-mass X-ray binaries, together with a comprehensive selection
        of the relevant literature. The aim of this catalogue is to provide
        the reader with some basic information on the X-ray sources and their
        counterparts in other wavelength ranges (gamma-rays, UV, optical,
        IR, radio). About 60% of the high-mass X-ray binary candidates are
        known or suspected Be/X-ray binaries, while 32% are supergiant/X-ray
        binaries. Some sources, however, are only tentatively identified as
        high-mass X-ray binaries on the basis of their X-ray properties
        similar to the known high-mass X-ray binaries. Further identification
        in other wavelength bands is needed to finally determine the nature of
        these sources. In cases where there is some doubt about the high-mass
        nature of the X-ray binary this is mentioned. Literature published
        before 1 October 2005 has, as far as possible, been taken into
        account.

    File Summary:

           FileName      Lrecl  Records   Explanations

    ×                   80        .   This file
    × ReadMe            80        .   This file
    × table1.dat       321      114   Catalog of 114 HMXB candidates in the Galaxy
    × notes.dat         80      596   Individual notes
    × refs.dat         250      861   References
    × table1.tex       153     2263   LaTeX version of table1

    See also:
              V/106 : Catalogue of X-ray binaries (Liu+ 2001)
     J/A+A/442/1135 : High-mass X-ray binaries in the Magellanic Clouds (Liu+, 2005)

    Byte-by-byte Description of file:  table1.dat

       Bytes Format Units   Label     Explanations

       1- 21  A21   ---     Name      Source Name
      23- 29  A7    ---     Type      [CEPRTU ?,] X-ray type (1)
      31- 32  I2    h       RAh       Right ascension (J2000)
      34- 35  I2    min     RAm       Right ascension (J2000)
      37- 41  F5.2  s       RAs       ? Right ascension (J2000)
          43  A1    ---     DE-       Declination sign (J2000)
      44- 45  I2    deg     DEd       Declination (J2000)
      47- 48  I2    arcmin  DEm       Declination (J2000)
      50- 53  F4.1  arcsec  DEs       ? Declination (J2000)
      55- 60  F6.2  deg     GLON      ? Galactic longitude
      62- 67  F6.2  deg     GLAT      ? Galactic latitude
      69- 71  A3    ---     Pos       Type of observation from which the source
                                        position has been derived (2)
      73- 86  A14   ---     Opt       Optical counterpart
          88  A1    ---     ---       ([)
      89- 95  A7    ----    r_Opt     References for Optical counterpart
                                       (finding charts)
          96  A1    ---     ---       (])
          98  A1    ---     l_Vmag    [>~] Limit flag on Vmag
      99-103  F5.2  mag     Vmag      ? V magnitude
         104  A1    ---     ---       [-]
     105-109  F5.2  mag     Vmagl     ? Lower magnitude when interval
         110  A1    ---     u_Vmag    Uncertainty flag on Vmag
     112-116  F5.2  mag     B-V       ? B-V colour index
         117  A1    ---     u_B-V     Uncertainty flag on B-V
         118  A1    ---     ---       [-]
     119-122  F4.2  mag     B-Vl      ? Lower B-V colour index when interval
     124-128  F5.2  mag     U-B       ? U-B colour index
     130-133  F4.2  mag     E(B-V)    ? Interstellar reddening
         134  A1    ---     ---       [-]
     135-137  F3.1  mag     E(B-V)2   ? Second value of E(B-V) when interval
         138  A1    ---     u_E(B-V)  Uncertainty flag on E(B-V)
         140  A1    ---     ---       ([)
     141-155  A15   ---     r_Vmag    Reference for UBV photometry
         156  A1    ---     ---       (])
     158-163  F6.3  mag     Jmag      ? 2MASS J magnitude
         165  A1    ---     l_Hmag    Limit flag on Hmag
     166-171  F6.3  mag     Hmag      ? 2MASS H magnitude
         173  A1    ---     l_Kmag    Limit flag on Kmag
     174-179  F6.3  mag     Kmag      ? 2MASS K magnitude
         181  A1    ---     l_FX      Limit flag on FX
     182-189  F8.2  uJy     FX        ? Flux value or interval
         190  A1    ---     ---       [-]
     191-197  F7.1  uJy     FXu       ? Upper limit of X-ray flux when interval
     199-212  A14   ---     Range     Energy range for flux if not 2-20keV
         214  A1    ---     ---       ([)
     215-225  A11   ---     r_FX      Reference for X-ray flux
         226  A1    ---     ---       (])
     228-234  F7.3  d       Porb      ? Orbital period
         235  A1    ---     u_Porb    [?] Uncertainty flag on Porb
     237-246  F10.4 s       Ppulse    ? Pulse period for X-ray pulsars
         247  A1    ---     u_Ppulse  [?] Uncertainty flag on Ppulse
         249  A1    ---     ---       ([)
     250-260  A11   ---     r_Porb    Reference for orbital and/or pulse period
         261  A1    ---     ---       (])
     264-276  A13   ---     SpType    Spectral type
     279-299  A21   ---     Name2     Other name
         300  A1    ---     u_Name2   [?] Uncertainty flag on Name2
     301-314  A14   ---     Name3     Other name
     316-321  A6    ---     Name4     Other name

    Note (1): Type as follows:
          P = X-ray pulsars
          T = transient X-ray source
          E = eclipsing system
          R = radio emitting HMXBs
          C = cyclotron resonance scattering feature at X-ray spectrum
          U = Ultra-soft X-ray spectrum. These sources include black-hole
              candidates (BHC); some 'extreme ultra-soft' (EUS) source may be
              white dwarf (WD) on whose surface steady nuclear burning takes place.
    Note (2): Type of observation as follows:
          o = optical
          x = X-ray
          r = radio
         IR = infrared

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

       Bytes Format Units   Label     Explanations

       1- 21  A21   ---     Name      Source Name
      23- 80  A58   ---     Note      Text of the note (1)

    Note (1): Abbreviations used:
           o, optical; x, X-ray; r, radio; IR, infrared.
           A reference on the source position is given under 'pos.'.

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

       Bytes Format Units   Label     Explanations

       1-  3  I3    ---     Ref       Reference number
       5- 23  A19   ---     BibCode   BibCode
      25- 56  A32   ---     Aut       Author's name
      57-250  A194  ---     Com       Comments

    Acknowledgements: Qingzhong Liu, <qzliu(at)pmo.ac.cn>

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    (End)                                        Patricia Vannier [CDS]  26-May-2006