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CADARS: Stars Apparent Diameters

Contents

Table name: 	cadars
Records: 	12055
Version:	1990
Spectral Band: 	OPT
Kind of Object: Star
Mode: 		Morphology
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Coordinates: 	B1900

Reference

Description

This is the second edition of the Catalogue of Apparent Diameters and Absolute Radii of Stars.

Fields

Name	Type	Meaning

hd	i4	HD identification number
name	c14	Other name (Bayer or Flamsteed)
r_a	I	B1900 Right Ascension (taken from HD)
dec	I	B1900 Declination (taken from HD)
vmag	i2	Visual magnitude
sp	c14	Spectral classification
ld2	R	log(Apparent diameter in arc.sec.)
lr	R	log(Absolute diameter in Solar Radius)
method	c2	Method used (see below)
rem	c3	remarks
text	c255	Text of the reference

Derived Values

_d2	d4	Apparent diameter, arcsec
_r	d4	Absolute diameter, Solar Radius

Methods

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* * CODE * METHOD                 * REFERENCES                               * *
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* *                              Direct Methods                              * *
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* *   1  * Interferometer      of *                                          * *
* *      * Michelson   and  Pease * Michelson,A.A.,     Pease,F.G.:    1921, * *
* *      * iNtensity              * Astrophys.J. 53, 249.                    * *
* *      * interferometer         * Hanbury  Brown,R., Davis,J., Allen,L.R., * *
* *      *                        * Rome,J.M.:         1967,         Monthly * *
* *      *                        * Not.Roy.Astron.Soc. 137, 393.            * *
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* *   2  * Diffraction   -  Lunar *                                          * *
* *      * occultations           * Arnulf,A.:  1936, Compt.Rendus Acad.Sci. * *
* *      *                        * Paris 202, 115.                          * *
* *      *                        * Williams,J.D.:  1939,  Astrophys.J.  89, * *
* *      *                        * 467.                                     * *
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* *  3A  * Star  scintillation  - * Tichov,G.:      1921,      Mitt.Leshafts * *
* *      * Color          changes * Inst.Lenigrad 2, 126.                    * *
* *  3B  * Star  scintillation  - *                                          * *
* *      * Image changes: speckle *                                          * *
* *      * interferometry         * Gezari,D.Y., Labeyrie,A., Stachnik,R.V.: * *
* *      *                        * 1972, Astrophys.J. 173, L1.              * *
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* *   4  * Eclipsing          and * Russell,H.N.:   1911,  Astrophys.J.  35, * *
* *      * spectroscopic binaries * 315.       Lehman-Filh?s,R.:       1894, * *
* *      *                        * Astron.Nach. 130, 17.                    * *
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* *   5  * Pulsating        stars * Van            Hoof,A.:            1945, * *
* *      *                        * Publ.Lab.Astron.G?odes. Univ.Louvain XI, * *
* *      *                        * No.100.                                  * *
* *  5A  * Pulsating        stars * Wesselink,A.J.:                    1946, * *
* *      *                        * Bull.Inst.Netherlands X, 91.             * *
* *  5B  * Pulsating        stars * Balona,L.A.:        1977,        Monthly * *
* *      *                        * Not.Roy.Astron.Soc. 178, 231.            * *
* *  5C  * Pulsating        stars * Methods which can not be included in the * *
* *      *                        * groups 5, 5A and 5B                      * *
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*                                                                              *
* *                             Indirect Methods                             * *
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* *  6A  * Intrinsic   brightness * Pickering,E.C.:                    1880, * *
* *      * and              color * Proc.Amer.Acad.Arts  and Sciences 16, 1. * *
* *  6B  *                        * Russell,H.N.:                      1920, * *
* *      *                        * Publ.Astron.Soc.Pacific 32, 307.         * *
* *  6C  *                        * Hertzsprung,E.: 1922, Ann.Leiden XIV, 1. * *
* *  6D  *                        * Pettit,E.,      Nicholson,S.:      1928, * *
* *      *                        * Astrophys.J. 68, 279.                    * *
* *  6E  *                        * Chalonge,D.,       Divan,L.:       1950, * *
* *      *                        * Compt.Rendus Acad.Sci. Paris 231, 331.   *
* *  6F  *                        * Fracassini,M.,   Pasinetti,L.E.:   1967, * *
* *      *                        * Atti  XI Riunione Soc.Astron.It. Padova. * *
* *      *                        * Fracassini,M.,             Gilardoni,G., * *
* *      *                        * Pasinetti,L.E.:   1973,  Astrophys.Space * *
* *      *                        * Sci. 22, 141.                            * *
* *  6G  *                        * Gray,D.F.: 1967, Astrophys.J. 149, 317.  * *
* *  6H  *                        * Wesselink,A.J.:       1969,      Monthly * *
* *      *                        * Not.Roy.Astron. Soc. 144, 297.           * *
* *  6I  *                        * Barnes,T.G., Evans,D.S.:  1976,  Monthly * *
* *      *                        * Not. Roy.Astron.Soc. 174, 489.           * *
* *  6K  *                        * Leone,S.:    1978,   Atti   Acc.Scienze, * *
* *      *                        * Lettere  ed Arti di Palermo Ser. IV, 35, * *
* *      *                        * 21.                                      * *
* *  6L  *                        * Walker,H.J.,    Sch?nberner,D.:    1981, * *
* *      *                        * Astron. Astrophys. 97, 291.              * *
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