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The list of errors in the GCVS, 4th edition. I. Volumes I-III

O.V. DURLEVICH, M.S. FROLOV, E.V. KAZAROVETS and N.N. SAMUS

Sternberg Astronomical Institute
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Moscow 119899, Russia

{ Institute of Astronomy of Russian Acad. Sciences
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Moscow 109017, Russia
samus@astro.free.net

Abstract: Corrections to the computer-readable version of Volumes I - III of the General Catalogue of Variable Stars are presented.

In the process of continuing work on the it General Catalogue of Variable Stars[1], we found various corrections to the 4th edition of the GCVS available in the computer readable form at the Strasbourg Data Center [2]. These corrections may deal with format errors, misprints, or may be due to recently published new data.

Vols I-III of the GCVS are stored in the CDS as a single file in a unified format. We present the list of errors also as a single file in the same format. The list of errors contains 2 lines for each star: the first line is the wrong one, and it should be replaced in the GCVS with the second, correct one. Corrections are given for the total of 98 stars.

The list consists of 196 records. The record length is 136 bytes.

Instead of greek letters in GCVS names we use obvious latin trans-literations (only the following combinations are those not commonly used: dzeta, miu, niu, ksi, khi; these have been introduced mainly to avoid confusion with standard two-letter GCVS names). The following example explains the system of presentation of small latin designations: I SM. BOO - the lower case `i' star in Boo, here the symbol SM. is from `small'.

We present below present four sample lines from our file of corrections. The file has been sent to the CDS.

Table 1: Data file record format

SAMPLE LINES OF THE FILE OF CORRECTIONS

140165 EV  CMA 070815-1943.4  2.62-0.098232.71 -4.890411704117EA/SD: 14.8 
   15.5  P29338.668  4.171548  14:
140165 EV  CMA 071723-1942.5  2.62-0.098232.71 -4.890411704117EA/SD: 14.8 
   15.5  P29338.668  4.171548  14:
150024 SX  CMI*073155+0515.1  3.19-0.130213.24 11.930038600531EA     13.4 
   14.8  P25247.62   3.4304
150024 SX  CMI*073155+0545.1  3.19-0.130213.24 11.930038600531EA     13.4 
   14.8  P25247.62   3.4304



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