| Field Title | Explanation |
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| ID | ID is basically the master key of the database, the numbers are driven by the distance in light year. |
| Common Name | The common name of the object, or the most frequent name of the object. |
| Proper Name | The proper name of the object. |
| Status | The status of the object.
● Imaged / Proven = the object exists. ○ Imaged = Object exist. (I have at least seen an image of it, (for my purpose)). ○ Proven = Object exist. (I have not seen an image of it, but it still exist, (for my purpose)). ● Unclassified = the object exists, but is an unknown type. ● Confirmed = the object exists, and still exists on follow-up observation. ● Likely = the object most likely exists, but need follow up observation. ● Controversial = the object may or may not exist, need follow up observations. Data exist, but may or may not be evidence of the object. ● Unconfirmed = the object may exist, but no follow-up observations were made. ● Uncertain = not enough information to make a definate answer. ● Doubtful = more likely nom-existant, and probably is not being persued. ● Unlikely = very little evidance points to an existance. ● Dependant = the object exist if some other object(s) exist. ● Theorized = speculations of an existance due to the given evidence. No observational detection. ● Disproven = the object is false, an error, or does not exist. ● Created = the object was created by, me... ● Check = I personally do not have enough information, but I am adding it to keep tabs on it. ○ special = any other status that might come up. |
| Ordered System | The order, the parent name followed by the A, AA, AB, Ab, ABb, etc. Stellar/Substellar are capitals, while Nonstellar are lower case. Belts, Cluster, Case, and Molecular Clouds are stated as inner/outer/etc. |
| Type | What is the object, ie. Stellar, Nonstellar, Nebulic, Cluster, etc. |
| Nebula Type | If applicable
● Stellar Cluster (macro) ○ *galaxy* ● Stellar Cluster (micro) ○ Open Cluster ○ Globular Cluster ○ Extended Cluster ● Molecular Clouds ○ Emmision "Bright" Nebula ○ Reflection Nebula ○ Dark Nebula ○ Stellar Remnant ○ Supernova Remnant ● Stellar Clouds ○ Accretion Disk ○ Dust Disk ○ Dust Clump |
| Stellar Type | If applicable
Format is [ color/rank + any subclass /type + any subclass /(special description) ] ● Color is from W/O/B/A/F/G/K/S/C/M ● Rank is from 0,0.5,1,...,8.5,9,9.5 ● Subclass of rank is as following: ○ : = bleeding and/or uncertain spectral value ○ … = undescribed spectral pecularities exist ○ comp = composite spectrum ○ e = emission lines ○ [e] = "forbidden" emission lines present ○ er = "reversed" center of emission line weaker than edges ○ ep = emission line with peculiarity ○ eq = emission line with ^P-Cygni//gr 304.446667, 38.032944^ profile ○ ev = spectral emission that exhibits variability ○ f = NIII and HeII emission ○ (f) = Weak emission lines of He ○ ((f)) = No emission of He ○ He wk = Weak He lines ○ k = spectra with interstellar absorption features ○ m = enhanced metal features ○ n = broad ("nebulous") absorption due to spinning ○ nn = very broad absorption features due to spinning very fast ○ neb = a nebula's spectrum mixed in ○ p = peculiar spectrum, strong spectral lines due to metal ○ pq = peculiar spectrum, similar to the spectra of novae ○ q = red & blue shifts line present ○ s = narrowly "sharp" absorption lines ○ ss = very narrow line ○ sh = shell star ○ Si = abnormally strong silicon lines; also barium (Ba), chromium (Cr), europium (Eu), He, mercury (Mg), k (calcium k line), manganese (Mg), & strontium (Sr) ○ v = variable spectral feature (also "var") ○ w = weak lines (also "wl" & "wk") ○ d Del = type A and F giants with weak calcium H and K lines, as in prototype ^delta Delphini//gr 310.8647916, 15.074694^ ○ d Sct = type A and F stars with spectra similar to that of short-period variable ^delta Scuti//gr 280.568417, -9.0525556^ ○ ! = special peculiarity ● Type is from 0/I/II/III/IV/V/VI or sD ● Subclass of type is if there is an 'a', 'ab', 'b', or no letter. ● Special is if it has any special properties ○ ie. Flare, BY Draconis, or any other special properties. |
| Substellar Type | If applicable
● D for White Dwarfs. ○ ? = a Pre-White Dwarf, just became a white dwarf recently. ○ DA = a Hydrogen White Dwarf. ○ DB = a Helium White Dwarf. ○ DO = a Ionized Helium White Dwarf. ○ DC = a Continuum White Dwarf. ○ DQ = a Carbonaceous White Dwarf. ○ DZ = a Metallic White Dwarf. ○ D? = an unidentified White Dwarf type. ● Vc = Brown Dwarf class. (Note: Vc is a created term.) ○ M# Vc = Late-M Dwarf ○ L# Vc = Lithium Dwarf ○ T# Vc = Methane Dwarf ○ H# Vc = Ammonia Dwarf ○ Y# Vc = Planetary Dwarf (Note: H & Y are created.) ● Subclass ○ v = variable spectral feature |
| Nonstellar Type | If applicable
● P for Planets. Note: this is just preliminary. ○ PI = a Jovian, aka. Gas Giants and Massive Planets (unclassified type). ○ PIa = a massive Jovian. ○ PIb = a less massive Jovian. ○ PIc = a small gas Jovian or Chthonian type planet. ○ PII = a Terrestrial, Rocky/Metallic Planets.(unclassified type). ○ PIIa = a very metallic Terrestrial. ○ PIIb = a very rocky/silicaceous Terrestrial. ○ PIIc = a very carbonaceous to icy Terrestrial. ○ PIII = a Cryestrial, icy volatile Planets.(unclassified type). ○ PIIIa = a very rocky/metallic-rich Cryestrial. ○ PIIIb = a nearly to completely icy-rich Cryestrial. ○ P? = an unidentified Planetary Object type. ○ T = a Terraformed World. ● Subclass for planets. ○ ; = an asteroidal or cometary small planetary body. ○ e = an eccentric planet that has a high eccentric orbit. ○ i = an inclined planet that has a high inclined orbit. ○ m = a satellite, (moon) type planet or planetary body. ○ n = a nonpolarized magnetic field from the planetary object. ○ p = a strong polarized magnetic field from the planetary object. ○ r = a ring system, the planetary body has a ring system. ○ r- = a faint ring system, the ring is incomplete or tenuous. ○ r+ = a complex ring system, very think/wide and/or scattered. ○ sh = a shell of gaseous/dust around the planetary body. ○ t = a planet that is venting atmospheric gas, (a tail). ○ v = a planet that has a varable state or atmospheric changes. ○ x = an extragalactic or outside any galaxy type planet. |
| L° | Location, probably dated, but displayed anyways... |
| B° | Location, probably dated, but displayed anyways... |
| Right Ascension | Location, ##h ##m ##.####s |
| Declination | Location, ±##° ##' ##.####" |
| Xg | Location in Galactic Coordinates |
| Yg | Location in Galactic Coordinates |
| Zg | Location in Galactic Coordinates |
| Distance (ly) | Distance from Sol in Light Years, up to four significant digit. |
| High Proper Motion | Checked, if High Proper Motion. |
| Constellation | What constellation is it located in. |
| Family - Group Association | What small group or family the object belongs to. |
| Subsystem Association | What planetary or other nonstellar entity/ies the object belongs with. |
| System Association | What maing gravity point that the object belongs to. |
| Cluster Association | The location if belongs to any star cluster. |
| Galactic Structural Association | The location if belongs to the spiral arm, thick disk, thin disk, halo, bulge, or no association. |
| Galactic Association | What galaxy if any is it located in. |
| Galactic Cluster Association | What galactic cluster the object is located in. |
| Galactic Supercluster Association | What galactic supercluster the object is located in. |
| Filament Association | What filament the object is located in. |
| Visual Magnitude | self explaining. Using NStar, Simbad, then others. |
| Albedo | self explaining. |
| Surface Color | undecided if wanting to use, might turn to B-V, maybe? |
| Mass (M sin sol) | self explaining. |
| Mass (M sin jupiter) | self explaining. |
| Mass (M sin earth) | self explaining. |
| Mass (kg) | self explaining. |
| Density | self explaining. Using g/cm³ |
| Gravity (G sin i) | self explaining. |
| Surface Gravity | self explaining. Using m/s² |
| Diameter (D sin sol) | self explaining. |
| Diameter (D sin jupiter) | self explaining. |
| Diameter (D sin earth) | self explaining. |
| Diameter (km) | self explaining. |
| Equitorial Diameter (km) | self explaining. |
| Polar Diameter (km) | self explaining. |
| Oblateness | self explaining. |
| Effect Temp (K) | self explaining. |
| Surface Temp (K) (min) | self explaining. |
| Surface Temp (K) (mean) | self explaining. |
| Surface Temp (K) (max) | self explaining. |
| Atmospheric Pressure (A sin i) | self explaining. |
| Metallicity (Z sin sol) | self explaining. I chose 'Z' to represent metal. Since 'M' stood for mass, the next choice was 'Z'. DZ are metallic white dwarfs, the 'Z'. |
| Metallicity (Fe/H) | self explaining. |
| Rotation Rate (Time) | self explaining. |
| Rotational Spin | Is the spinning Prograde, Retrograde, or Locked. |
| Revolution Rate (Time) | Orbital period. |
| Orbital Spin | If the object is Prograde/Retrograde/Lock/nil. Nil is given if the object is by itself or is the parent of all other objects. Nothing to compare the spin against. |
| Revolution Rate (time) | self explaining. |
| Barycenter | Checkmark, if the Barycenter exist outside the binary's or group's object's body. |
| Parent Body/ies | self explaining. |
| Axial Tile | self explaining. |
| Eccentricity | self explaining. |
| Inclination | self explaining. |
| Omega | self explaining. |
| Perastron (AU) | self explaining. |
| Mean (AU) | self explaining. |
| Apastron (AU) | self explaining. |
| Periastron (km) | self explaining. |
| Mean (km) | self explaining. |
| Apastron (km) | self explaining. |
| Other Catalogues | Other Catalogues |
| GCVS (Variable Name) | The variable name of the star, ie. BY Draconis, etc. |
| Alternate System Name | The name of the system, ie. Zeta Herculis. |
| Alternate System Name 2 | The name of the system with numbers, ie. 40 Herculis. |
| Year of Discovery | self explaining. |
| Discoverer | self explaining. |
| Discovery Method | self explaining. |
| Background Star Association | Checkbox if background star was associated with the star. |
| Note | Any significant information about the object. |
RB ........ Rogue Body (created) P ......... Planet (created) 2MASS ..... Two-Micron All Sky Survey 2MASSI .... Two-Micron All Sky Survey, Incremental release point source 2MASSW .... Two-Micron All Sky Survey Working database 2MASP ..... Two-Micron All Sky Survey Prototype SIPS ...... Southern Infrared Proper Motion SDSS ...... Sloan Digital Sky Survey SDSSp ..... Sloan Digital Sky Survey, Provisory APMM ...... Automatic Plate Measuring machine, Proper Motion TVLM ...... Tinney, Very Low Mass DENIS ..... Deep Near Infrared Survey DENIS-P ... Deep Near Infrared Survey, Provisory designation RECONS .... Research Consortium on Nearby Stars SCR ....... SuperCOSMOS-RECONS SSSPM ..... Super COSMOS Sky Surveys OGLE ...... Optical Gravitational Lensing Event MOA ....... Microlensing Observations in Astrophysics BLG ....... Galactic Bulge Microlensing MACHO ..... Massive Compact Halo Object CCDM ...... Catalog of Companion of Double and Multiple Star AC ........ Catalogue Astrographique (dated) BD ........ Bonner Durchmusterung CD ........ Cordoba Durchmusterung CPD ....... Cape Photographic Durchmusterung CSI ....... Catalog of Stellar Identification EGGR ...... Eggen & Greenstein white dwarf WD ........ White Dwarf G ......... Giclas GD ........ Giclas Dwarf GH ........ Giclas Hyades GSC ....... Guide Star Catalog version 1.2 (dated) GSC2 ...... Guide Star Catalog version 2.2 (dated?) GL ........ Gliese (dated) GJ ........ Gliese & Jahreiß GAT ....... Gatewood+ HD ........ Henry Draper HDE ....... Henry Draper Extension HIC ....... Hipparcos Input Catalog HIP ....... Hipparcos HR ........ Hoffleit Bright Star KIC ....... Kepler Input Catalog HE ........ Hamburg/ESO Survey L ......... Luyten LP ........ Luyten Palomar LDS ....... Luyten Double Star LTT ....... Luyten Two-Tenths LFT ....... Luyten Five-Tenths LHS ....... Luyten Half-Second LAL ....... Lalande (dated) Ross ...... Ross (dated) Wolf ...... Wolf (dated) WR ........ Wolf Rayet IRAS ...... Infrared Astronomical Satellite RX ........ ROSAT Satellite 1RXH ...... 1st ROSAT X HRI 1RXS ...... 1st ROSAT X Survey CXO ....... Chandra X-ray Observation PSR ....... Pulsar IGR ....... Integral Gamma-Ray Source M ......... Messier MW ........ Mandel-Wilson LBN ....... Lynds Bright Nebula LDN ....... Lynds Dark Nebula BEN ....... Jack Bennett PNG ....... Planetary Nebula, Galactic coordinates NGC ....... New General Catalog GCVS ...... The General Catalog of Variable
Catalogs that will not be added BSS ....... Bolton, Stanley, & Slee BU ........ S.W.Burnham (dated?) CSV ....... Catalog of Suspected Variable (dated & inaccurate) GC ........ General Catalog (NGC supersedes it) KUI ....... Kuiper (dated?) MCC ....... Vyssotsky McCormick observatory SAO ....... Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory (dated) STF ....... Struve (dated?) STT ....... O.Struve (dated?) TYC ....... Tycho catalog (dated & HIP takes care of it) Wo ........ Wolley catalog
Catalogs that probably will not be added B ......... Barnard BPM ....... Bruce Proper Motion Col ....... Collinder IC ........ Index Catalog Lac I ..... Lacaille Nebulae Lac II .... Lacaille Nebulous Star Cluster Lac III ... Lacaille Nebulous Star NLTT ...... New Luyten Two-Tenths NSV ....... New Suspected Variable catalog
Cluster = Globular Cluster = 0 Stellar Stream = 0 Open Cluster = 3 Asterism = Trinary = Binary = Molecular Cloud = 0 Emmission = 0 Reflective = 0 Dark = 0 Stellar Remnant = 0 Accretion Disk = 0 Ring/Belt/Case = Oort Cloud = 2 Theorized Dust Disk = Cryoroid Belt = Asteroid Belt = Thermaroid Belt = 1 Theorized Planetary Ring = 4 Imaged Stellar = 0 Star = 0 I Star = II Star = III Star = IV Star = V Star = VI Star = Substellar = Brown Dwarf = White Dwarf = Proto-Star = 0 Drained Star = 0 Nonstellar = Jovian = Terrestrial = Cryestrial = Asteroidal = Unknown Object = 0
NStar = 8 data Simbad = 4 data, 1 questionable, 1 technical Solstation = 8 data
Next = ?/?/06 |
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To Do List: • (check) Dim Red Dwarfs, (M0+) beyond 30 light years (still checking). • (check) stars on CSI catalog (still checking). • (check) stars on GAT catalog (still checking). • (check) stars on LDS catalog (still checking). • (check) stars on IRAS catalog (still checking). • (check) stars on RX/1RXH/1RXS catalog (still checking). • (add) Kirkwood Gap in the Main Asteroid Belt (all 9 locations). • (add) interesting and famous asteroids in Sol's System. (still working). • (add) 2 resonant dust rings around Earth • (add) comets in Sol's System. • (add) all the known ExoPlanet Systems, reguardless of the distance. • (add) molecular clouds. • (add) Sag A, the center of the Milky Way. • (add) S2, the star to help determine where Sag A is. • (add) 2 fast moving star & substar. • (add) 4 rogue stars, stars outside the Milky Way. • (add) GCRT J1745-3009 "Burper" - unknown object. Undecided To List: • (add) checkbox field for system with planets/planetesimals. • (add) R 66 (hypergiant star in the Large Magellanic Cloud galaxy) • (add) R 66's dust disk • (add) R 66's dust clump (possible protoplanet) • (add) R 126 (hypergiant star in the Large Magellanic Cloud galaxy) • (add) R 126's dust disk • (add) GR* catalog (Giclas, Red dwarf) (thinking) • (add) LSR catalog (Lepine, Shara, & Rich) (likely) • (add) OTS catalog (Oasa, Tamura, & Sugitani) (thinking) • (add) IRS catalog (International Reference Stars) (thinking) • (add) IRC catalog (Infrared Catalog) (thinking) • (add) DCld catalog (Dark Cloud and globule) (thinking) • (add) KUV catalog (Kiso observatory, UV-excess object) (thinking) |
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Database - Version 6.0
• Size = 428KB zipped • Number of Entries = 2123 objects • (update) 20 Leonis Minoris has a binary companion added. • (update) HD 189733 B, discovered by 2MASS Survey. • (update) Major additions to the Brown Dwarf list. • (update) Minor additions to the White Dwarf list. • (fix) 2MASS J1835379-325954 corrected to 2MASS J18353790+3259545. • (add) Epistellar / Torch Orbit (zone). • (add) Soot Line, the division between rocky-metallic & carbonaceous asteroids (roughly). • (add) Frost Line / Snow Line. • (add) Helium Focusing Cone. • (add) GSC2U J131147.2+292348, coolest known DQ white dwarf • (add) 2MASS 0937+2931, possibly a Halo T-Dwarf • (add) BRI 0021-0214 / DY Piscium (brown dwarf with a dust cloud). • (add) BRI 0021-0214's dust cloud. • (add) Grw +70°8247 / AC +70°8247 (magnetic white dwarf). • (add) LHD 042614.2+133128 (low-mass binary). • (add) Pleiades Cluster (open cluster). • (add) APMM catalog (Automatic Plate Measuring Machine, Proper Motion). • (add) TVLM catalog (Tinney, Very Low Mass). • (remove) ?DENIS J0255??.?-47????, as a duplicate • (change/add) Seperated the catalog 2MASS and 2MASSI, 2MASSW, & 2MASP. • (change/add) Seperated the catalog DENIS and DENIS-P. • (change/add) Seperated the catalog SDSS and SDSSp. • (change/add) Seperated the catalog RX, 1RXH, & 1RXS. • 23 systems are not listed due to Bad Parallax. • 15 systems are not listed due to NStar & Simbad confliction. • 2 systems are not listed due to Companion confliction. • 144 stars are not listed due to uncertainty if it is a background star. • 28 stars are not listed due to being a background star. |
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Version 5.0
• Size = 355KB zipped • Number of Entries = 1791 objects • (update) • (update) Uranus satellite's names. • (update) Uranus' ring systems. • (fix) Earth's Trojans L4 & L5 = speculative. • (fix) Mar's Tronjans L4 & L5 = speculative. • (fix) Neptune's Trojans L5 = speculative. • (fix) DENIS J104814.7-395606 - is now a brown dwarf. • (fix) GJ 2005 C, simbad made a mistake, now M9.5 V spectra • (fix) LTT 13408, is a binary ( http://www-int.stsci.edu/~inr/pmsu/tab1b.html ). • (add) Kordylewsk Cloud (L4 & L5) around Earth/Moon. • (add) all planetary ring system of (Jupiter/Uranus/Neptune). • (add) several Minor Planets added (asteroids). • (add) Themis & Chiron as disproven Saturn's Moon. • (add) WD 2226-754 & WD 2226-755 (southern sky white dwarfs). • (add) DENIS-P J020529.0-115925 (triplete brown dwarf). • (add) Ursa Major Star Cluster (open cluster). • (add) Hydes Cluster (open cluster). • (add) Rotation type field. • (add) CSI catalog (Catalog of Stellar Identification). • (add) GAT catalog (Gatwood+). • (add) IRAS catalog (Infrared Astronomical Satellite). • (add) CXO catalog (Chandra X-Ray Observation). • (add) RX catalog (ROSAT Satellite) [RX, 1RXH, 1RXS]. • (add) Cl catalog (Cluster star). • (add) PNG catalog (Planetary Nebula, Galactic coordinates). • (add) LBN catalog (Lynds Bright Nebula). • (add) C catalog (Cluster). • (remove) BD-05 1123 B, since there are no records of it. • (change) SIPS 1259-4336 is not a red dwarf. • (change) Gamma Cephei B is changed to Suspected. • (change) Revolution type field (Orbital Period). • (move) Ross & Wolf catalog after LAL catalog. • 32 systems are not in the list. Due to Bad Parallax, uncertain status, or confliction from seperate databases. |
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• Size = 277 zipped • Number of Entries = 1409 objects • (add) Asteroid "Vesta" & "Pallas". • (add) BPM 37093, aka Diamond Star (white dwarf). • (add) 1XRS J115928.5-524717 X-Ray Flare Ultracool Dwarf. • (add) a companion as uncertain to NSV 1848 / L 737-009. • (add) KIC catalog, (Kepler Input Catalog) for the eventual mission. • (add) P catalog for planets, (created). • (add) checkbox field for binary systems with a background star. • (remove) 2 entries of suspected companion or possible background stars. • 22 systems are not in the list. Due to Bad Parallax or uncertain status. |
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• Size = 232KB zipped • Number of Entries = 1177 objects • (fix) term "Luyten Four-Tenths" to "Luyten Five-Tenths". • (add) LDS Catalog field (Luyten Double Star). • (add) HE Catalog field (Hamburg/ESO Survey). • (add) WR Catalog field (Wolf Rayet). • (remove) a duplicate LHS 263. • (change) Variable Catalogue title field to GCVS (General Catalogue of Variable) • (move) RECONS listing in front of SCR listing. • 15 systems are not in the list. Due to Bad Parallax or uncertain status. |
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• Size = 224KB • Number of Entries = 1000+ forgot to count before adding more. |
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• Included a list up to 50lys and most of the extrasolar planetary system. Due to corruption, the Access file was deleted. |
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