The bibliographical entries for Individual Stars and Collections
of Data are categorized according to the following coding scheme:
a. | Photometry |
b. | Spectroscopy |
c. | Spectrophotometry |
d. | Polarimetry |
e. | Astrometry, interferometry |
f. | Times of minima |
g. | -ray data |
i. | Infrared data |
o. | Optical data |
p. | Photographic data |
r. | Radio data |
u. | Ultraviolet data |
v. | Visual estimates |
x. | X-ray data |
a. | Orbital elements |
b. | Absolute dimensions, masses |
c. | New or improved ephemeris, period variations |
d. | Apsidal motion |
e. | Physical properties of stellar atmospheres |
f. | Chemical abundances |
g. | Accretion disks and accretion phenomena |
a.
Catalogues
b.
Discoveries of new binaries and novae
c.
Identification of optical counterparts of X-ray, IR, or
radio sources
d.
Finding charts
a.
Abstract
b.
Addenda or errata
Abbreviations
AD | accretion disk | HMXB | high-mass X-ray binary | QPO | quasi-periodic oscillation |
BH | black hole | IP | intermediate polar | RV | radial velocity |
CB | close binary | LC | light curve | SB | spectroscopic binary |
CV | cataclysmic variable | LMXB | low-mass X-ray binary | WD | white dwarf |
EB | eclipsing binary | NS | neutron star | WR | Wolf-Rayet star |
Acknowledgements
Prof. Dr. Miroslav Vetesník, Kravi Hora Observatory, Masaryk University Brno, Czech Republic, who has been serving as contributing editor of BCB for many years, wished to retire from this task. I like to thank him for his outstanding efforts.
H. Drechsel