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| # Detailed Description of VII/209A : Galaxies Behind the Milky Way (Saito+ 1990-91; Roman+ 1996-98) |

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.

    VII/209A  Galaxies Behind the Milky Way (Saito+ 1990-91; Roman+ 1996-98)
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    A search for galaxies behind the Milky Way between l=210deg and 230deg. (Vol. 1)
        Saito M., Ohtani H., Asonuma A., Kashikawa N., Maki T., Nishida S.,
        Watanabe T.
       <Publ. Astron. Soc. Japan, Vol. 42, 603 (1990)>
       =1990PASJ...42..603S
    Catalog of Galaxies Behind the Milky Way, l-230 to 250 degrees. (Vol. 2)
        Saito M., Ohtani H., Baba A., Hotta N., Kameno S., Kurosu S.,
        Nakada K., Takata T.
       <Publ. Astron. Soc. Japan, Vol. 43, 449 (1991)>
       =1991PASJ...43..449S
    A search for galaxies behind the Milky Way at Aquila and Sagittarius. (Vol. 3)
        Roman A.T., Nakanishi K., Tomita A., Saito M.
       <Publ. Astron. Soc. Jap., 48, 679 (1996)
       =1996PASJ...48..679R
    A systematic search for galaxies behind the Milky Way at Sagittarius. (Vol. 4)
        Roman A.T., Nakanishi K., Saito M.
       <Publ. Astron. Soc. Jap., 50, 37-46 (1998)>
       =1998PASJ...50...37R
    A visual search for galaxies in a Milky way region around the
    North Supergalactic Pole. (Vol. 5)
        Roman A.T., Iwata I., Saito M.
       <Astrophys. J., Suppl. Ser., 127, 27 (2000)>
       =2000ApJS..127...27R
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    ADC_Keywords: Galaxy catalogs ; Milky Way

    Keywords: galaxies: clusters of - galaxies: general - galaxies: redshift
              galaxies: large-structure - galaxies: Milky Way - galaxies: search

    Description:
        This catalogue gathers the searches for galaxies of apparent size
        greater than 0.1mm (6.7") behind the Milky Way from photographic
        surveys in the near infrared. The five volumes cover the galactic
        longitude ranges -7 to +68°, and 210 to 250°.

    Introduction to Volumes 1 and 2:
        The two catalogs, CGMW1 and CGMW2, giving about 7000 galaxies behind
        the Milky Way between l = 210 degrees and 250 degrees, represents a
        systematic search for galaxies by means of 32 film copies of the UK
        Schmidt Southern Infrared Atlas on the Milky Way covering about 900
        square degrees. In the search galaxies with apparent sizes greater
        than 0.1mm on film (6.7 arcsec in size) were detected by visual
        inspection. The material and procedure of search are described as well
        as the detectability of galaxies in paper I and paper II appended
        before Vol. 1 and Vol. 2 of the catalog, respectively, which have been
        published in Publ. Astron. Soc Japan, Vol. 42 (1990) and Vol. 43
        (1991). The parameters of catalogued galaxies are also explained in
        paper I. Cross-identifications with other catalogs are shown in the
        last column.

        The search was performed by undergraduate students of a galactic
        astronomy program in Department of Astronomy, Kyoto University, in
        1988 and 1989. Since the main researchers changed from the search in
        1988 (Vol. 1) to that in 1989 (Vol. 2), a surface brightness level
        determining the extents of galaxy images somewhat differs between Vol.
        1 and Vol. 2, yielding a difference of mean number densities of the
        detected galaxies between Vol. 1 and Vol. 2. The difference is
        examined in paper II. The detectability of galaxies, especially of
        smallest galaxies, increased in the overlap zones of adjacent fields
        of the Atlas; the effects are discussed in a paper (Yamada and Saito
        1991, to appear in Publ. Astron. Soc. Japan, Vol. 43). In spite of
        such inhomogeneities in search for galaxies, the catalog is useful as
        a finding list of bright galaxies, peculiar galaxies, and nearby
        clusters of galaxies in the region behind the Milky Way.

        The machine-readable version of the catalog has been made through
        efforts of Mr. Shogo Nishida, Mr. Tadafumi Takata, and Professor Shiro
        Nishimura. This will be distributed upon request from Astronomical
        Data Analysis Center of the National Astronomical Observatory of Japan
        and other astronomical data centers.

        This work was supported by the Grant-in-Aid for General Scientific
        Research (01420002) of the Japanese Ministry of Education, Science,
        and Culture.
        June 1991                                           Mamoru Saito

    Description of Vol. 5:
        We performed a visual systematic search for galaxies on POSS II(B)
        plates in a Milky Way region between l~32°-68° and b~-4°
        to 19°. This region partly contains the Local Void, and the north
        supergalactic pole exists at the central part. The surveyed area was
        about 560 deg2 , and a total of 11,310 galaxies and galaxy
        candidates with sizes of 01 or greater were identified. Among the
        detected objects, 152 have been given in galaxy catalogs and 159,
        including 49 known galaxies, are associated with IRAS point sources.
        We made a catalog of the detected objects, in which the position in
        (RA, DE) and (l, b), the size, and the features of the image and
        multiplicity are given for each object. The surface number densities
        of the detected objects almost depend on the Galactic latitude. In the
        surveyed region, there is no nearby cluster and there is an
        outstanding concentration of galaxies at l=7°-12° and
        4000-5000 km/s.

    File Summary:

           FileName      Lrecl  Records   Explanations

    ×                   80        .   This file
    × ReadMe            80        .   This file
    × cgmw1.dat        144     2411   Volume 1: l=210 to 230 deg
    × cgmw2.dat        144     4633   Volume 2: l=230 to 250 deg
    × cgmw3.dat        104     5332   Volume 3: l=  8 to  43 deg
    × cgmw4.dat        102     7154   Volume 4: l= -7 to  16 deg
    × cgmw5.dat        145    11310   Volume 5: l= 32 to  68 deg
    × cgmw5ir.dat       76      159   Cross identification of the CGMW5 detected objects
                                   with IRAS point sources

    See also:
        J/A+AS/104/529 : IRAS galaxies behind the Milky Way   (Takata+ 1994)

    Byte-by-byte Description of file:  cgmw1.dat  cgmw2.dat

       Bytes Format Units   Label     Explanations

           1  I1    ---     Vol       [1,2] Volume number
       3-  6  I4    ---     CGMW      Running number in volume
       8- 10  I3    ---     Field     Field number of the ESO/SERC Southern
                                         Sky Survey
      12- 17  F6.1  mm      Xpos      X coordinate on the film (1mm ~ 67")
      19- 24  F6.1  mm      Ypos      Y coordinate on the film (1mm ~ 67")
      26- 27  I2    h       RAh       Right ascension (1950)
      29- 30  I2    min     RAm       Right ascension (1950)
      32- 33  I2    s       RAs       [0/60] Right ascension (1950)
          37  A1    ---     DE-       Declination sign
      38- 39  I2    deg     DEd       Declination (1950)
      41- 44  F4.1  arcmin  DEm       Declination (1950)
      47- 53  F7.3  deg     GLON      Galactic longitude
      55- 61  F7.3  deg     GLAT      Galactic latitude
      63- 65  F3.1  mm      MajDiam   Size of apparent major diameter (1mm ~ 67")
      67- 69  F3.1  mm      MinDiam   Size of apparent minor diameter (1mm ~ 67")
      71- 73  A3    ---     MType    *Morphological type class
      75- 84  A10   ---     Feature  *Feature of the object
      86-144  A59   ---     CrossId   Cross identifications in other catalogs

    Note on MType: the classes are:
          E : Elliptical
          I : Irregular
          S : Spiral
         SB : Barred Spiral
    Note on Feature: the following features are included:
         Bright, Faint : for surface brightness
         Asymm, Ring   : for morphology
         Pair, Triple  : for close association (If accompanying galaxies are
               almost in the same position, they are not listed in the catalog).
         PN+galaxy     : a foreground planetary nebula overlaps a galaxy

    Byte-by-byte Description of file:  cgmw3.dat

       Bytes Format Units   Label     Explanations

           1  I1    ---     Vol       [3] Volume number
       3-  6  I4    ---     CGMW      Running number in volume
       8- 14  A7    ---     Plate     Name of Schmidt Atlas and field number on
                                       which the search was performed
      16- 22  A7    ---     RefSurv  *Name of the reference survey
      24- 27  I4    ---     Over1     ? Field number of overlapping plate
      34- 35  I2    h       RAh       Right ascension (1950)
      37- 38  I2    min     RAm       Right ascension (1950)
      40- 43  F4.1  s       RAs       [0/60] Right ascension (1950)
          45  A1    ---     DE-       Declination sign
      46- 47  I2    deg     DEd       Declination (1950)
      49- 52  F4.1  arcmin  DEm       Declination (1950)
      55- 61  F7.3  deg     GLON      Galactic longitude
      63- 69  F7.3  deg     GLAT      Galactic latitude
      71- 73  F3.1  mm      MajDiam   Size of apparent major diameter (1mm ~ 67")
      75- 77  F3.1  mm      MinDiam   Size of apparent minor diameter (1mm ~ 67")
      79- 91  A13   ---     Feature  *Feature of the object
      93-104  A12   ---     CrossId   Cross identifications in other catalogs

    Note on RefSurv: the survey are designated by:
         SR = UK-SR
          I = UK-I
          O = POSS I-O
         EJ = SERC-EJ
    Note on Feature: the following features are included:
         for the surface brightness: LSB (low) or bright
         for morphological type: S (spiral), E (elliptical), pec (peculiar)
                 and ND (nuclear dominant)
         for multiplicity: pair or triplet, which indicates the presence of
                 one galaxy or two galaxies within a few arcminutes.
             If an accompanying galaxy is nearly at the same position, the
                 companion is not listed in the catalog and is merely
                 indicated as 'pair'.
             If the object seems to be close to a star or on a star, we
                 denote this as 'near *' or 'with *', respectively.
         for aspect:
             If the object is a possible star (the image has circular shape
                 or the faint extended component around a bright star-like
                 object), we denote it as 'star:', where the colon means
                 possible feature.
             'PN:' means a possible planetary nebulae, i.e., the image is
                 rather round and the surface brightness distribution seems
                 to be homogeneous or the outer edge of the image is
                 relatively sharp compared with that of a galaxy.

    Byte-by-byte Description of file:  cgmw4.dat

       Bytes Format Units   Label     Explanations

           1  I1    ---     Vol       [4] Volume number
       3-  6  I4    ---     CGMW      Running number in volume
       8- 14  A7    ---     Plate     Name of Schmidt Atlas and field number on
                                       which the search was performed
      16- 22  A7    ---     RefSurv  *Name of the reference survey
      24- 27  I4    ---     Over1     ? Field number of overlapping plate
          28  A1    ---     ---       [/] Separator when OVer2 exists
      29- 32  I4    ---     Over2     ? Field number of overlapping plate
      34- 35  I2    h       RAh       Right ascension (J2000)
      37- 38  I2    min     RAm       Right ascension (J2000)
      40- 43  F4.1  s       RAs       [0/60] Right ascension (J2000)
          45  A1    ---     DE-       Declination sign
      46- 47  I2    deg     DEd       Declination (J2000)
      49- 50  I2    arcmin  DEm       Declination (J2000)
      52- 53  I2    arcsec  DEs       Declination (J2000)
      55- 61  F7.3  deg     GLON      Galactic longitude
      63- 69  F7.3  deg     GLAT      Galactic latitude
      71- 73  F3.1  mm      MajDiam   Size of apparent major diameter (1mm ~ 67")
      75- 77  F3.1  mm      MinDiam   Size of apparent minor diameter (1mm ~ 67")
      79- 91  A13   ---     Feature   Feature of the object
                                       (see "Note on Feature" section above)
      93-102  A10   ---     CrossId   Cross identifications in other catalogs

    Note on RefSurv: the survey are designated by:
         SR = UK-SR
          R = ESO/SRC-R

    Byte-by-byte Description of file:  cgmw5.dat

       Bytes Format Units   Label    Explanations

           1  I1    ---     Vol      [5] Volume number
       3-  7  I5    ---     CGMW     Running number in volume
       9- 11  I3    ---     II(B)    Field number of the POSS II(B) on which we
                                      performed the search and detected the
                                      corresponding object
          12  A1    ---     n_II(B)  [#] #: object also seen on the plate of
                                             the next field
      14- 19  A6    ---     Plate    Name and field number of the reference plate
                                      on which the object is also seen (1)
      21- 22  I2    h       RA1h     Right ascension (1950)
      24- 25  I2    min     RA1m     Right ascension (1950)
      27- 30  F4.1  s       RA1s     Right ascension (1950)
          32  A1    ---     DE1-     Declination sign (1950)
      33- 34  I2    deg     DE1d     Declination (1950)
      36- 37  I2    arcmin  DE1m     Declination (1950)
      39- 40  I2    arcsec  DE1s     Declination (1950)
      43- 44  I2    h       RAh      Right ascension (J2000)
      46- 47  I2    min     RAm      Right ascension (J2000)
      49- 52  F4.1  s       RAs      Right ascension (J2000)
          54  A1    ---     DE-      Declination sign (J2000)
      55- 56  I2    deg     DEd      Declination (J2000)
      58- 59  I2    arcmin  DEm      Declination (J2000)
      61- 62  I2    arcsec  DEs      Declination (J2000)
      64- 70  F7.3  deg     GLON     Galactic longitude
      72- 78  F7.3  deg     GLAT     Galactic latitude
      80- 82  F3.1  mm      MajDiam  Diameter of the apparent major axis (1mm~67")
      84- 86  F3.1  mm      MinDiam  ? Diameter of the apparent minor axis (1mm~67")
      88- 99  A12   ---     Feature  Feature of the object (2)
     101-122  A22   ----    CrossId  Optical cross-identifications
     125-129  I5    km/s    cz       ? Rotational velocity
         133  I1    ---     r_cz     [1-10]? Reference for cz (G1)
     135-144  A10   ---     IRAS     IRAS (Cat. II/125) cross-identification

    Note (1): The reference plates, POSS II(I) and POSS I(E), are indicated
         as I and E, respectively. About 70% of the detected objects appear
         in the reference plates.
    Note (2): Feature of the object in surface brightness, morphology, and
        multiplicity: low (LSB) and high (HSB) for the surface brightness;
        spiral (S), elliptical (E), peculiar (pec), and nuclear dominant (ND)
        for the morphological type; and pair, triplet, or group for the
        multiplicity, which indicates the presence of one galaxy, two
        galaxies, or a group of galaxies within a few arcminutes of the
        object. If an accompanying galaxy is nearly at the same position, the
        companion is not listed in the catalog and is merely indicated as
        "pair." If the object seems to be close to a star or on a star, we
        denote this as "near*" or "with*," respectively. If the object is a
        possible star, we denote it as "star:"; "PN:" means a possible
        planetary nebula and "neb:" a possible Galactic nebula
    --------------------------------------------------------------------------------

    List of Surveyed POSS II(B) Fields (Vol. 5)
    -------------------------------------------
     Field number    RA     DE
    -------------------------------------------
       458         18 47   +30
       459         19 10   +30
       460         19 33   +30
       523         18 42   +25
       524         19 04   +25
       525         19 26   +25
       526         19 48   +25
       591         18 33   +20
       592         18 54   +20
       593         19 15   +20
       594         19 36   +20
       662         18 20   +15
       663         18 40   +15
       664         19 00   +15
       665         19 20   +15
       733         18 00   +10
       734         18 20   +10
       735         18 40   +10
       736         19 00   +10

    Byte-by-byte Description of file:  cgmw5ir.dat

       Bytes Format Units   Label     Explanations

           1  I1    ---     Vol       [5] Volume number
       3-  7  I5    ---     CGMW      Running number in volume
       9- 18  A10   ---     IRAS      IRAS (Cat. II/125) name
      20- 21  I2    h       RAh       Right ascension (1950)
      23- 24  I2    min     RAm       Right ascension (1950)
      26- 29  F4.1  s       RAs       Right ascension (1950)
          31  A1    ---     DE-       Declination sign (1950)
      32- 33  I2    deg     DEd       Declination (1950)
      35- 36  I2    arcmin  DEm       Declination (1950)
      38- 39  I2    arcsec  DEs       Declination (1950)
      41- 43  F3.1  mm      Size      Size (1mm~67")
      45- 46  I2    arcsec  Sep       ? Separation
      48- 52  F5.2  Jy      F60um     Flux density at 60µm
          53  A1    ---     n_F60um   [:L] Note (1)
      55- 59  F5.2  Jy      F100um    Flux density at 100µm
          60  A1    ---     n_F100um  [:L] Note (1)
      64- 68  A5    ---     Cat       Catalog names for known galaxies listed
                                       in Table 3
      69- 73  I5    km/s    cz        ? Measured heliocentric radial velocity
      75- 76  I2    ---     r_cz      [1-11]? Reference for cz (G1)

    Note (1): ":": Uncertainty flag, "L": Point source correlation coefficient

    Globla notes:

    Note (G1): Heliocentric radial velocity references:
            1: Roman et al., 1998PASJ...50...47R
            2: de Vaucouleurs et al. 1991, Cat. VII/155
            3: Giovanelli, Avera, & Karachentsev 1997, Cat. J/AJ/114/122
            4: Marzke, Huchra, & Geller 1996, Cat. <J/AJ.112.1803>
            5: Fisher et al. 1995, Cat. VII/185
            6: Lu et al. 1990ApJ...357..388L
            7: Nakanishi et al. 1997, Cat. J/ApJS/112/245
            8: Strauss et al. 1992, Cat. II/174
            9: Huchtmeier & Richter 1989, A General Catalog of H I Observations
                of Galaxies
           11: Moran et al, 1996ApJS..106..341M

    History:
      * Supersedes VII/140 (Vol. 1 and Vol. 2 only), prepared by
          ADAC (NAO, Japan) on 22-Apr-1992.
      * Copied from http://kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp/library/deptpub.html
          on 07-Apr-1998. The files were reformatted at CDS for an
          homogeneous format of volumes 3 and 4.
      * 05-Jun-2000: Vol. 5 copied from ApJS electronic version.
      * 18-Oct-2001: 2 errors in Vol.5 (tables cgmw5.dat and cgmw5.dat)
          CGMW 5- 9591 = IRAS 18599+1013 (not 19599+1013)
          CGMW 5- 1296 = IRAS 18075+0733 (not IRAS 18076+0733)
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    (End)             Patricia Bauer, Francois Ochsenbein [CDS]          11-Aug-2000