Astrometrische Verwendung der zweiten kurzen Exposition auf Tautenburger Pilotprogrammplatten

To overcome a possible magnitude equation the Tautenburg Schmidt plates of the Lohrmann programme were taken with a long 20-minute exposure (System A) and a short 20-second exposure (System C) displaced about 0·5 minute of arc in declination from the long exposure. The distance between the two images in dependence on the magnitude of a star and its position on the plate was analysed. The transformation of coordinates from system C to A can be performed by using first order polynomials. No higher order terms were found to be necessary. The coefficients of the polynomials can not be assumed as constant for all plates but must be computed from least squares solutions involving a sufficient number of stars on each plate. For three of four plates investigated significant orthogonal linear terms were detected.     

Astrophysical supplements to the ASCC‐2.5. II. Membership probabilities in 520 Galactic open cluster sky areas

We present a catalogue (CSOCA) of stars residing in 520 Galactic open cluster sky areas which is the result of the kinematic (proper motion) and photometric member selection of stars listed in the homogeneous All‐sky Compiled Catalogue of 2.5Million Stars (ASCC‐2.5).We describe the structure and contents of the catalogue, the selection procedure applied, and the proper motion and photometric membership constraints adopted. In every cluster area the CSOCA contains the complete list of the ASCC‐2.5 stars regardless of their membership probability. For every star the CSOCA includes accurate J2000 equatorial coordinates, proper motions in the Hipparcos system, BV photometric data in the Johnson system, proper motion and photometric membership probabilities, as well as angular distances from the cluster centers for about 166 000 ASCC‐2.5 stars. If available, trigonometric parallaxes, spectral types, multiplicity and variability flags from the ASCC‐2.5, and radial velocities with their errors from the Catalogue of Radial Velocities of Galactic Stars with high precision Astrometric Data (CRVAD) are also given. (© 2004 WILEY‐VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim)     

High Effective Magnetic Field Strengths of the Magnetic Star 53 Camelopardalis

New measurements of the effective magnetic field strengths of 53 Cam yield essentially higher values than formerly published measurements. Three ZEEMAN -spectrograms yielded for the magnetic field +6800, – 11400 and – 7500 Gauß at the phases 0.17, 0.75 and 0.87 cycles after the positive crossover.