Member Contributed Catalogues
Following are a series of catalogues produced by VSS participants (largely Mati Morel) that may be of use to you.
Andrews-Morel Photometric Catalogue Around M42
Compiled by David Andrews, updated by Mati Morel
The Atlas is a computer-readable version of David Andrews’ monumental Atlas of the Orion Nebula region (Armagh Observatory, 1981), updated by Mati Morel for VSS in 2011. It comprises corrected coordinates updated to epoch J2000.0, and BV magnitudes of 16398 stars in a region of 21.5 square degrees centred on M42 down to V~17.
Astrometric positions for 2398 SMC variables
Compiled by Mati Morel (2018)
For more detailed, refer to the January 2018 edition of the VSS Newsletter.
Barnards and Schoenbergs Merged Catalogues of Dark Nebulae
Edited by Mati Morel, created:2008. Last Revision:2012
Merged lists of dark nebulae – Barnard (1927) & Schoenberg (1964).
Catalogue of R136 Cluster stars in the LMC
Edited by Mati Morel, created: 2010.
Purpose: The media interest in the R136 stars in the Tarantula Nebula sparked me into action to find precise positions for its components.
Catalogue of Stars in the Reed low-absorption areas of Puppis
Edited by Mati Morel, created: 1990. Last Revision: 2012
Database for Stars in MW 245 (Reed). Positions added by M. Morel
Catalogues of Stars and Nebulosity in the SMC
Compiled by M. Morel, 2001 August 1.
Purpose: As a follow-up to my reworking of the Shapley-Lindsay (SL) catalogue of LMC star clusters, a similar plan of attack has been used for the star clusters of the SMC. The number of catalogued objects here is only a fraction of that in the LMC, so it was fairly straightforward to work through all 220 clusters identified by Hodge & Wright (1977) in their atlas of the SMC.
Deep Sky Objects in the Magellanic Clouds
Compiled by Mati Morel
As a follow-up to my reworking of the Shapley-Lindsay (SL) catalogue of LMC star clusters, a similar plan of attack has been used for the star clusters of the SMC. The number of catalogued objects here is only a fraction of that in the LMC, so it was fairly straightforwa...
Directory of Comparison Stars from IBVS 1-5000
Edited by Mati Morel
Version 1: In 1994 the first tentative attempt was made to compile a list of comparison stars for variable stars, as reported in certain issues of the IBVS (Morel 1994). In many reports on variable stars where UBV photometry been performed the authors have specified which comparison and check stars were used, and their adopted magnitudes, usually tied to the standard Johnson-Morgan UBV system. To facilitate access to this useful data I compiled a Directory of Comparison Stars Cited in IBVS, commencing with IBVS No. 2081, the earliest one in my set at that time.
GCVS stars for Maxim DL v5
Compiled by Mati Morel
For users of MaximDL/CCD V5 this file replaces the Stars.csv file found in the /Program files/Diffraction Limited/MaximDL V5 folder on Windows machines.
Humphreys Catalogue of 71 OB Associations
Edited by Mati Morel, created: 1997. Last Revised: 2012
Purpose: To provide a listing of 71 galactic OB associations, and about 1000 confirmed member stars, according to the work done by R.M. Humphreys in 1978.
Identifying NSV Objects
Prepared by Mati Morel
Innes (1914) published a list of 111 variables in UOC20. The majority (77%) have now received GCVS names, while the remainder have NSV designations. The identities of many of these NSV entries are still uncertain, and the work done here provides clarification, using the material (finder charts and descriptive notes) published by Innes, together with modern sources.
Lucke-Hodge OB Associations in the Large Magellanic Cloud
Compiled by Lucke, 1972. Edited by Mati Morel, created:2013. Last Revision:2013
Purpose:
- To provide precise J2000 positions for all stars (~5000) in Lucke’s 1972 thesis on LMC OB associations
- To replace, as much as possible, of Lucke’s old photo-graphic mags with updated recent photometry. In effect this sets up 95 BV sequences over the LMC region.
- To provide other data (spectral types etc) for many stars
- To make the dataset capable of being read and displayed by GUIDE9. For this purpose two GUIDE9-specific files are included in the ZIP file, i.e. lh_stars_f.txt, lhob_f.tdf.
O-B5 Stars in Centaurus Updated Catalogue
Updated values for McGruder’s O-B5 Stars in Centaurus Catalogue by Mati Morel, created:2014.
About forty years ago McGruder (1975) published a catalogue of 417 stars of spectral types O-B5 in Centaurus. Coordinates for B1950, photographic UBV data and spectral types were given. It is now possible to identify all objects with certainty, and to resolve anomalies in the photographic photometry by comparison with high-quality recent data, and to assess its general accuracy. The dataset in updated form now provides accurate BV data for more than 300 stars.
Sharov Catalogue of Photometric Sequences
Edited by Mati Morel, created: 2006. Last Revised: 2012.
Purpose: To update the original Russian publication, with J2000 positions, and to substitute English words and terms for the Russian. Some errors are corrected.
Updated positions for the LMC. I. HV Stars
Compiled by Mati Morel (2020)
For more detailed, refer to the January 2020 edition of the VSS Newsletter.
Updated Sanduleak Catalogue of Supergiants in the LMC
Edited by Mati Morel, created: 1999. Latest Revision: 2008
Database for N. Sanduleak’s LMC Supergiants. Zones -65° TO -72°.
