Lengthy explanations can hardly be inserted in the Byte-by-byte Description table; such explanations are easier to read when they are grouped at the end of the description table. Two options are presently proposed:
Note on label: section header. An example of this way is illustrated in the above figure
Byte-by-byte Description of file: table1 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Bytes Format Units Label Explanations -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1- 5 A5 --- Cluster Abell cluster designation 7- 22 A16 --- Name *Galaxy name 24- 25 I2 h RAh Right Ascension 1950 (hours) 27- 28 I2 min RAm Right Ascension 1950 (minutes) 30- 33 F4.1 s RAs Right Ascension 1950 (seconds) 35 A1 - DE- Declination 1950 (sign) 36- 37 I2 deg DEd Declination 1950 (degrees) 39- 40 I2 arcmin DEm Declination 1950 (minutes) 42- 43 I2 arcsec DEs Declination 1950 (seconds) 47- 51 F5.2 mag B(0) []? Integrated magnitude 52 A1 --- n_B(0) *[RMCPHK] Origin of B(0) 55- 59 I5 km/s RV Velocity 62- 64 I3 km/s e_RV Mean error on RV -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Note on Name: Names with RA given with five digits are normally from Zwicky catalogues; the other (with four digits in RA, starting or not with the letter A) are anonymous galaxies. Note on n_B(0): C = CCD photometry (CfA redshift survey 1992) H = Zwicky magnitude split by observers K = Markarian catalogue of galaxies (1967) M = MCG (Vorontsov-Velyaminov et al. 1962-68) P = observer's eye estimate R = RC1 (de Vaucouleurs & de Vaucouleurs 1964) --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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Byte-by-byte Description of file: table1 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Bytes Format Units Label Explanations -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1- 5 A5 --- Cluster Abell cluster designation 7- 22 A16 --- Name Galaxy name (1) 24- 25 I2 h RAh Right Ascension 1950 (hours) 27- 28 I2 min RAm Right Ascension 1950 (minutes) 30- 33 F4.1 s RAs Right Ascension 1950 (seconds) 35 A1 - DE- Declination 1950 (sign) 36- 37 I2 deg DEd Declination 1950 (degrees) 39- 40 I2 arcmin DEm Declination 1950 (minutes) 42- 43 I2 arcsec DEs Declination 1950 (seconds) 47- 51 F5.2 mag B(0) []? Integrated magnitude 52 A1 --- n_B(0) [RMCPHK] Origin of B(0) (2) 55- 59 I5 km/s RV Velocity 62- 64 I3 km/s e_RV Mean error on RV -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Note (1): Names with RA given with five digits are normally from Zwicky catalogues; the other (with four digits in RA, starting or not with the letter A) are anonymous galaxies. Note (2): C = CCD photometry (CfA redshift survey 1992) H = Zwicky magnitude split by observers K = Markarian catalogue of galaxies (1967) M = MCG (Vorontsov-Velyaminov et al. 1962-68) P = observer's eye estimate R = RC1 (de Vaucouleurs & de Vaucouleurs 1964) --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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