HPOL Field Descriptions
HPOL Field Descriptions
Name
- Common name of target.
HD
- HD number of target if it has one
Type
- A designator which classifies each target into general projects of research.
The following is a list of various types and there meaning
- ActChr - Active chromospheric stars
- AeBe - Herbig Ae/Be stars
- Be - Be stars
- CSM - Stars with circumstellar material
- Catacl - Cataclysmic stars
- DN - Dwarf novae
- Flare - Flare stars
- Flx-St - Flux standard stars
- HyperG - Hyper giant stars
- ISM - Stars used to study the interstellar medium
- ISM-Dbl - Double stars used to study the ISM
- ISM-a - Stars used to study the ISM around EZ-CMa
- ISM-b - Stars used to study the ISM around HD45677
- ISM-c - Stars used to study the ISM around V1974-Cyg
- IntBin - Interacting binaries
- LRV - Luminous red variables
- LRV-Lb - LRV subclass Lb
- LRV-Lc - LRV subclass Lc
- LRV-M - LRV subclass M stars
- LRV-SRa - LRV semi-regular subclass a
- LRV-SRb - LRV semi-regular subclass b
- LRV-SRc - LRV semi-regular subclass c
- Nova - Novae
- OBsg - OB supergiant stars
- Oe/Be - Oe/Be stars
- PN - Planetary nebulae
- Pol-St - Polarization standard stars
- PreMS - Pre-Main sequence stars
- PrePN - Pre-Planetary nebula stars
- RCrb - R-Crb type stars
- RSCVn - RS-CVn type stars
- RV-Tau - RV-Tau type stars
- RV-TauA - RV-Tau subclass A stars
- RV-TauB - RV-Tau subclass B stars
- RV-TauC - RV-Tau subclass C stars
- RapRot - Rapidly rotating stars
- ReflNeb - Reflection nebulae
- Sol-Sys - Targets within the solar system
- Symb - Symbiotic stars
- TTau - T-Tau type stars
- Unpol - Unpolarized standard stars
- WR - Wolf-Rayet stars
- WUMa - W-UMa type stars
- XRTr - X-Ray mass transfer binaries
RA2000
- RA in 2000 coordinates designated as HHMMSSs (HH-Hours, MM-Minutes, SSs-Seconds to one decimal place)
Dec2000
- Declination in 2000 coordinates designated as DDMMSS (DD-Degrees, MM-Arcminutes, SS-Arcseconds)
Sp
- Spectral type of target
V
- V magitude of target
WIYN
- Number of observations of target taken at WIYN
CCD
- Number of observations of target by the newer CCD system
Obs
- Total number of observations of target
Con
- Designated contact person for target data
- AMM - A. Mario Magalhaes - Instituto Astronomico e Geofisico, Universidade di Sao Paulo, Brazil
- AJW - Anthony J. Weitenbeck - Retired
- CMA - Christopher M. Anderson - Retired
- GCC - Geoffrey C. Clayton - Department of Physics & Astronomy, Louisiana State University
- JJJ - Joni J. Johnson - Department of Astronomy, New Mexico State University
- KSB - Karen S. Bjorkman - Department of Physics & Astronomy, University of Toledo
- KHN - Kenneth H. Nordsieck - Department of Astronomy, University of Wisconsin - Madison
- MAN - Mark A. Nook - University of Wisconsin System
- MJW - Michael J. Wolff - Space Science Institute, Boulder, Colorado
- RSL - Regina Schulte-Ladbeck - Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Pittsburgh
- WMH - Walt M. Harris - University of California - Davis