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Catalog Listings Format


For a more detailed explanation of column headings, pleases refer to the user's guide - column descriptions.

       COLUMN	EXPLANATION


         NAME	Source name
           RA	Source position (1950) coordinates
          DEC
       LAMBDA	Wavelength of observation in microns
         FLUX	Measured flux and associated unit of flux (for definitions of
		 units see Users Guide link above)
         BEAM	Aperture of size of observation
       BIBLIO	Number assigned to article from which entries were obtained
    IRAS NAME	Corresponding source in the IRAS Point Source Catalog v.2
    IRAS FLUX	Approximate log of IRAS flux at 12, 25, 60, and 100 microns
		 in Janskys (for example, 2 = 100 Jy, etc.)
    IRAS CODE	IRAS PSC flux quality at 12, 25, 60, and 100 microns (blank = high,
		 : = moderate, U = upper limit, S = saturated)



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