VII/145 Nearby Galaxies Catalogue (NBG) (Tully 1988)


Nearby Galaxies Catalogue

Tully R.B.

<Cambridge University Press (1988)>


Description:

This compendium is a companion to the Nearby Galaxies Atlas (ref. 29; hereafter NBG Atlas). Data has been accumulated on 2367 galaxies with systemic velocities less than 3000 kilometers/second. Any galaxy was admitted to the catalog if it had a known velocity in 1978 that satisfied the specified limit of 3000 kilometers/second, or if it was subsequently observed to have a suitable velocity in surveys of the entire sky by the author and collaborators (ref. 6, 11, 22).

There are many sources of velocities, so this catalog could potentially be quite heterogeneous. However, two sources dominate. One of these is the magnitude-limited Shapley-Ames sample, which assures the inclusion of all galaxies brighter than 12th magnitude in the blue passband (ref. 25). There are 1053 Shapley-Ames galaxies within the velocity limit. The other source was already mentioned: the all-sky survey in the neutral hydrogen line by the author and collaborators. This survey was undertaken after a complete reinspection of photographic atlases of the sky. This survey was insensitive to gas-deficient systems and has severe incompletion problems at velocities beyond 2000 kilometers/second (discussed in ref. 11). However, the virtue of our survey is homogeneous coverage across the unobscured part of the sky. The neutral hydrogen survey provides 1515 velocities to the catalog. There is some overlap between the two principal sources. It is this cumulative sample that is mapped in the NBG Atlas.

There are three parts to the catalog. The first and by far the largest section (catalog) provides information about each of the 2367 galaxies. One element of that information is a group affiliation, and in a second section (groups) there is a reordered listing that clarifies the composition of each group. The final, very short section (clusters) identifies the rich clusters of galaxies that delineate the supercluster complexes mapped in the last two plates of the NBG Atlas.

The text of the atlas is written at a level that can be appreciated by a wide audience. The material in this catalog and the following description are of a more technical nature. This catalog is intended for an audience of professional and motivated amateur astronomers.


File Summary:

FileName Lrecl Size Records Explanations
ReadMe 80 25KB   This file
catalog.dat 328 207KB 2367 The Nearby Galaxies Catalog (NBG)
groups.dat 48 26KB 2368 *Lists by groups
clusters.dat 49 6KB 382 Identification of Rich clusters

Note on groups.dat:

this table contains all galaxies in "catalog.dat", plus our Galaxy (the Milky Way)


Byte-by-byte Description of file: catalog.dat

Bytes Format Units Label Explanations
1-4 I4   Seq [1/2367]+ Running number
6-13 A8   Name Galaxy Name (1)
15-16 I2 h RAh Right Ascension 1950 (hours)
17-20 F4.1 min RAm Right Ascension 1950 (minutes)
22 A1   DE- Declination 1950 (sign)
23-24 I2 deg DEd Declination 1950 (degrees)
25-26 I2 arcmin DEm Declination 1950 (minutes)
28-29 I2   HubCode [-5/13] Morphological type code (2)
30-31 A2   HubPec [BAXP ] Morphological peculiarities (2)
34-38 F5.1 arcmin D25 ?=0 Observed diameter at 25mag/arcsec2 isophote in blue (3)
40-44 F5.1 arcmin D25bi ?=0 Corrected diameter (4)
46 A1   r_D25bi [926451] Reference for D25bi (5)
48-51 F4.2   d/D ]0/1]?=0. Axial ratio of minor to major diameter
54-56 F3.0 deg i inclination from face-on (6)
58-62 F5.2 mag BTbi ?=0. Blue apparent magnitude adjusted for reddening (7)
64 A1   r_BTbi [0127635] Source for blue magnitudes (8)
66-70 F5.0 km/s RadVel Heliocentric velocity
72-74 I3 km/s e_RadVel Mean error on RadVel
76 I1   RefHI ]0/7]?=0 Reference to HI observation (9)
78-82 F5.0 km/s V0 Systemic velocity (solar motion of 300km/s)
85-90 F6.2 deg GLON Galactic longitude
92-97 F6.2 deg GLAT Galactic latitude
99-104 F6.2 deg SGLON Supergalactic longitude as in RC2
106-111 F6.2 deg SGLAT Supergalactic latitude as in RC2
113-118 F6.2 mag MB ?=0 Absolute blue magnitude of galaxy
120-124 F5.2 mag m-M Distance modulus (5log(R)+25)
126-129 F4.1 Mpc R Distance, assuming H=75km/s/Mpc (10)
131-135 F5.1 kpc Delta25 ?=0 Linear diameter (0.292 . D25bi * R)
137-141 F5.1 Mpc SGX X coordinate in SuperGalactic frame
143-147 F5.1 Mpc SGY Y coordinate in SuperGalactic frame
149-153 F5.1 Mpc SGZ Z coordinate in SuperGalactic frame
156-160 F5.2 mag H-0.5bi ?=0 Apparent magnitude at 1.6um adjusted for reddening (10)
162-166 F5.2 mag B-H color (note: different apertures in B and H)
168-171 F4.2 mag ABi0 Obscuration within candidate galaxy (10)
173-176 F4.2 mag ABb Obscuration within Milky Way
179-181 I3 km/s W20 ?=0 HI line width at 20% maximum (10)
182-184 I3 km/s e_W20 ?=0 Uncertainty on W20
186-188 I3   r_W20 [2/301]?=0 Source for W20 (11)
190-193 F4.0 km/s WR ?=0 Rotational velocity profile width parameter (10)
195-198 F4.0 km/s WDi ?=0 Global velocity, dynamical profile width parameter (10)
201-205 F5.2 10+6solMass/Mpc2 logFc ?=-9.99 log of HI flux adjusted for resolution effects
206-208 I3 % e_logFc ]0/100]?=0 Relative error on logFc
210-212 I3   r_logFc ?=0 Reference (source) for logFc (11)
214-217 F4.2   fH ?=0 Flux correction factor (12)
219-223 F5.2 solMass log(MH) ?=0 mass of HI (10)
225-229 F5.2 solMass log(MT) ?=0 Total mass of Galaxy (10)
231-235 F5.3   MH/MT ?=0 ratio of HI to total mass (16)
237-241 F5.2 Sun log(LB) ?=0 Intrinsic blue luminosity of galaxy (10)
243-246 F4.2 Sun MH/LB ?=0 ratio of HI to blue luminosity
248-252 F5.2 Sun MT/LB ?=0 Mass to blue luminosity ratio
255-258 F4.2 Mpc-3 rho ?=0 Density of galaxies (13)
260-267 A8   Group [ 0-9+-] Group affiliation (14)
270-275 A6   UGC/ESO Designation in UGC (number <= 12921) or ESO
277-285 A9   MCG designation in MCG (Ref. 35)
287 A1   inRC2 [2] '2' when the galaxy in RC2 (ref. 9)
289-328 A40   OtherNames Other names separated by a comma (15)

Note (1):

Entries are identified, in order of priority, by a NGC number (preceded by N), or by an UGC number (preceded by U), or by a name constructed from equatorial coordinates. See also other names in the four rightmost columns.

Note (2):

the morphological type is given by a numeric code that is slightly different from RC2 one

-5   E   Elliptical
-3   E/SO   Elliptical/Lenticular (classification uncertain)
-2   SO   Lenticular
0   SO/a   Lenticular/Spiral
1   Sa   Spiral
2   Sab   Spiral
3   Sb   Spiral
4   Sbc   Spiral
5   Sc   Spiral
6   Scd   Spiral
7   Sd   Spiral
8   Sdm   Spiral
9   Sm   Spiral/irregular
10   Ir   Irregular
12   S   Spiral/irregular (classification uncertain)
13   P   Peculiar

Following the morphology number is a "B" (bar), "A" (absence of a bar), "X" (intermediate case), "P" (existence of a peculiarity)

Note (3):

Conversions from diameters in the major catalogues are:

log(D25) = 0.983(D(UGC) + 0.3) - 0.051

log(D25) = 0.998(D(ESO) + 0.3) - 0.132

log(D25) = 1.020(D(MCG) + 0.3) - 0.007

Note (4):

Diameter adjusted for effects of projection and obscuration. Adjustments are made according to the equation

log(D25bi) = log(D25) - c log(D/d) + ABb.KD25,

where D/d is the ratio of major to minor diameter c = 0.22 ABb is the Galactic (Milky Way) absorption in blue KD25 = 0.09

Note (5):

Source of diameter in decreasing order of priority

9 = standards (ref.12)

2 = UGC (ref.20)

6 = ESO (ref.16)

4 = MCG (ref.35)

5 = BCG (ref.7)

1 ** unspecified

Note (6):

The inclination is almost always given by

i = 3deg + acos(sqrt(((d/D)^2 - 0.2^2)/(1 - 0.2^2)))

Note (7):

BTbi is computed from:

BTbi = BT - ABb - ABi0

Note (8):

Source of blue magnitudes in decreasing order of priority:

1 = Holmberg (ref.14)

2 = RC2 (ref.9)

7 = deVaucouleurs (ref.8)

6 = miscellaneous

3 = CGCG (ref.36)

5 = Harvard (ref.7)

Note (9):

The telescopes used are NRAO 91m and 43m, the Max-Planck-Institut 100m and Parkes 64m, according to the following code:

Code Telescope Resolution
1 91 22 km/s
2 43 22
3 91 5.5
4 43 5.5
5 100 5.5
6 100 22
7 64 4.9

Note (10):

See also notes in the printed catalogue

Note (11):

Hydrogen line width and Flux literature references

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10 L. Bottinelli, P. Chamaraux, L. Gouguenheim, and J. Heidmann, A&A 29, 217, 1973.

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216 J.H. Bieging, A&A 64, 23, 1978.

217 G.S. Shostak, A&A 68, 321, 1978.

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Note (12):

All HI observations by the author and collaborators were single-beam measurements with a beam that is frequently smaller than the size of the source. The corrections are discussed in Ref.11

Note (13):

density of galaxies brighter than -16mag in the vicinity of the entry. The local density was determined on a 3D-grid at 0.5Mpc spacing. See the details in the printed catalogue

Note (14):

galaxies may be affiliated with other galaxies in groups, associations, or clouds. The affiliations are described by a code in the form AB+/-CD+EF :

a galaxy is located in cloud AB (see Note (1) in table "groups"), group -CD or first level association +CD, and second level association +EF. Galaxies are ordered by group in table "groups.dat"

Note (15):

The alternative names are that date back before 1976 can be found in BGC (ref.7) and RC2 (ref.9). More recent sources are designated

Arak = Arakelian (ref. 3)

CVndw = Lo and Sargent (ref.18)

Kar = Karachentseva (ref.15)

M81dw = Lo and Sargent (ref.18)

RMB = Rubin et al. (ref.24)

SAGDIG = Cesarsky et al. (ref. 5)

SCLDIG = Laustsen et al. (ref.17)

Scl = Rubin et al. (ref.23)

Turn = Turner (ref.32)

UGCA = Nilson (ref.21)

UKS = Longmore et al. (ref.19)

At the very end of this column there may be a notation that indicates if the galaxy has a Seyfert(S) or LINER(L) active nucleus; the number that follows specifies whether the type is 1, or 2, or an intermediate case.

Note (16):

is sometimes larger than 1 due to the different methods for the computations of MH and MT


Byte-by-byte Description of file: groups.dat

Bytes Format Units Label Explanations
1-8 A8   Group [ 0-9+-] Group identification (1)
13-20 A8   Name Galaxy name, as in catalog
24-25 I2   HubCode [-5/13] Morphological type code
26-27 A2   HubBar [BAXP ]
31-36 F6.2 mag MB ? Absolute blue magnitude of galaxy
37 A1   MWay [*] flag for our Galaxy
41-45 F5.0 km/s V0 Systemic velocity

Note (1):

the first two digits designate the Cloud, as follows:

11=Virgo Cluster and Southern Extension

12=Ursa Major Cloud

13=Ursa Major Southern Spur

14=Coma - Sculptor Cloud

15=Leo Spur

16=Centaurus Spur

17=Triangulum Spur

18=Perseus Cloud

19=Pavo - Ara Cloud

21=Leo Cloud

22=Crater Cloud

23=Centaurus Cloud

24=Lynx Cloud

31=Antlia - Hydra Cloud

32=Cancer - Leo Cloud

33=Carina Cloud

34=Lepus Cloud

41=Virgo - Libra Cloud

42=Canes Venatici - Camelopardalis Cloud

43=Canes Venatici Spur

44=Draco Cloud

45=Coma Cloud

51=Fornax Cluster and Eridanus Cloud

52=Cetus - Aries Cloud

53=Dorado Cloud

54=Antlia Cloud

55=Apus Cloud

61=Telescopium - Grus Cloud

62=Pavo - Indus Spur

63=Pisces - Austrinus Spur

64=Pegasus Cloud

65=Pegasus Spur

66=Sagittarius Cloud

71=Serpens Cloud

72=Bootes Cloud

73=Ophiuchus Cloud

Other (multiple of 10) are Isolated groups.


Byte-by-byte Description of file: clusters.dat

Bytes Format Units Label Explanations
1-3 A3   SuperCl Complex/Supercluster designation (1)
5 A1   Flag [+*] See Note (2)
7-17 A11   Cluster designation (Abell or Anonymous)
21-26 F6.4   z Redshift
31-35 F5.0 Mpc SGX X coordinate in SuperGalactic frame
38-42 F5.0 Mpc SGY Y coordinate in SuperGalactic frame
45-49 F5.0 Mpc SGZ Z coordinate in SuperGalactic frame

Note (1):

the notation is A.B, where A designates a complex, and A.B the Supercluster, as follows:

1 PISCES - CETUS SUPERCLUSTER COMPLEX

1.1 Pisces - Cetus Supercluster

1.2 Perseus - Pegasus Chain

1.3 Pegasus - Pisces Chain

1.4 Sculptor Region

1.5 Virgo - Hydra - Centaurus Supercluster

2 AQUARIUS SUPERCLUSTER COMPLEX

2.1 Aquarius - Capricornus Region

2.2 Aquarius Region

3 HERCULES - CORONA BOREALIS SUPERCLUSTER COMPLEX

3.1 Hercules Supercluster

3.2 Bootes Supercluster

3.3 Corona Borealis Supercluster

3.4 Corona Borealis - Hercules Supercluster

4 LEO SUPERCLUSTER COMPLEX

4.1 Leo Supercluster

4.2 Leo - Coma Supercluster

4.3 Sextans Supercluster

5 URSA MAJOR SUPERCLUSTER COMPLEX

5.1 Ursa Major Supercluster

5.2 Draco Supercluster

Note (2):

the '*' indicates the cluster is in a sufficiently dense region in the core of the complex that a pathway can be found to every other cluster with an '*' in the same complex with cluster-to-cluster steps of less than 40Mpc. The '+' designates associations with the incompletely surveyed Indus region.


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Historical Notes:

* The original files were received from ADC/Greenbelt in 1994 as 3 data files tully.data1, tully.data2 and tully.data3, and a Fortran program tully.software to read the parameters of a galaxy which are on three lines in the file tully.data3

* 04-Jul-1995: data files converted to standard tables. A control character \001 in record#2168 (2119-45) has been removed, and the ReadMe file was generated.


(End) Francois Ochsenbein [CDS] 20-Jul-1994