The format of STARTABLE

Inside IDL, STARTABLE is in the table format. Thus for example, to access the NAME field you access the variable STARTABLE.NAME. In the following we list all valid fields.

• STAR (string) Identifier of form CCCNNNNNN/CCCNNNN
• NAME (string) Star name
• VAR (string) Star name in Variable Star Catalogs
• TOE (string) Common name (e.g. Capella)
• RA (double) Right Ascension [h]
• RAE (double) Error in Right Ascension [h]
• DEC (double) Declination [deg]
• DECE (double) Error in Declination [deg]
• BAT (short int) Number in Batten's Catalogue
• FKV (short int) Number in Fundamental Katalog No. 5
• BSC (short int) Number in Bright Star Catalogue
• FLN (short int) Number in Finding list for Interacting Stars
• ADS (short int) Number in Aitken Double Star Catalogue
• HDN (long int) Number in Henry Draper Catalogue
• HIC (long int) Number in HIPPARCOS Input Catalogue
• SAO (long int) Number in Smithsonian Astrophysical Catalogue
• WDS (long int) Number in Washington Double star catalog
• MV (float) Johnson V magnitude (for combined system if multiple)
• BV (float) $(B-V)$ color (for combined system if multiple)
• UB (float) $(U-B)$
• RI (float) $(R-I)$
• DMV (float) $V$-magnitude difference for binaries
• AMV (float) Absolute $V$-magnitude (for combined system if multiple)
• BY (float) $(b-y)$ in Strömgren system
• M1 (float) $m1$ of Strömgren system
• C1 (float) $c1$ of Strömgren system
• BETA (float) $\beta$ index of Strömgren system
• FEH (float) [Fe/H]
• PMRA (float) Centennial proper motion in RA [s]
• PMDEC (float) Centennial proper motion in DEC ["]
• RV (float) Radial velocity [km/s]
• PX (float) Parallax ["]
• PXE (float) Error of parallax ["]
• D (float) Distance [pc]
• SPECTRUM (string) Spectrum
• TYPE1 (float) Floating point spectral type of component 1
• TYPE2 (float) Floating point spectral type of component 2
• CLASS1 (float) Floating point luminosity class of component 1
• CLASS2 (float) Floating point luminosity class of component 2
• TEFF1 (float) Effective temperature of component 1 [K]
• TEFF2 (float) Effective temperature of component 2 [K]
• LOGG1 (float) Surface gravity of component 1 [cgs]
• LOGG2 (float) Surface gravity of component 2 [cgs]
• P (float) Orbital period [d]
• T (double) JD epoch of periastron
• O (float) Argument of periastron [deg], of primary
• E (float) Orbital eccentricity
• I (float) Orbital inclination [deg]
• N (float) Argument of ascending node [deg]
• A (float) Semi-major axis ["]
• K1 (float) [km/s]
• K2 (float) [km/s]
• V0 (float) [km/s]
• MF (float) Mass function for single lined binaries
• M1SIN3I (float) [km]
• M2SIN3I (float) [km/s]
• A1SINI (float) [km]
• A2SINI (float) [km]
• DIAMETER (float) Stellar diameter [mas]
• ZEROSPACING (float) Zerospacing visibility
• A0 Linear limb darkening fit coefficient, absolut
• A1 Linear limb darkening fit coefficient, linear
• A2 Linear limb darkening fit coefficient, quadratic
• MASS1 (float) Mass of component 1 [$\cal M_\odot$]
• MASS2 (float) Mass of component 2 [$\cal M_\odot$]
• BFLAG (string) Binary flag: 'B', calibrator 'C', other: '.'
• HFLAG (string) Hipparcos status flag, e.g. 'C'=component sol.
• SFLAG (string) Status flag (as a result of computations), 'OK' or '!'
• MODEL (string) Model on which diameter is based, e.g. 'LD'
• REFERENCE (string) General diameter reference, e.g. '080.D-0514'