Details on Acronym: KPD | |
| KPD | (Kitt Peak obs., Downes) |
| Write: | <<KPD HHMM+DDMM>> |
| N: | 94+18 |
| Object: | WD + Subdw. (SIMBAD class: UV = UV-emission Source) |
| Stat: | is completely incorporated in Simbad |
| Note: | KPNO 0.6m Warner and Swasey Burrell Schmidt telescope photography, and Mount Lemmon UCSD/Minnesot 1.5m spectroscopy, and KPNO 1.3m telescope photometry of N=94 stars as part of the Kitt Peak-Downes (KPD) survey for ultraviolet-excess objects. See 1986ApJS...61..569D. In the course of the KPD survey, N=18 unrelated but interesting stars have been uncovered and were also attributed a KPD designation in additional references. |
| Ref: | =1986ApJS...61..569D |
| by | DOWNES R.A. |
| Astrophys. J., Suppl. Ser., 61, 569-584 (1986) | |
| The KPD survey for galactic plane ultraviolet-excess objects: space densities of white dwarfs and subdwarfs. | |
| o | Tables 3+6+8: <KPD HHMM+DDMM> N=34+20+40. |
| Ref: | =1983PASP...95..358D |
| by | DOWNES R.A. , MARGON B. |
| Publ. Astron. Soc. Pac., 95, 358-360 (1983) | |
| A color-selected magnetic white dwarf. | |
| o | <KPD HHMM+DDMM> N=1. |
| Ref: | =1984PASP...96..807D |
| by | DOWNES R.A. |
| Publ. Astron. Soc. Pac., 96, 807-810 (1984) | |
| Two bright peculiar galactic emission-line stars. | |
| o | <KPD HHMM+DDMM> N=2 added. |
| Ref: | =1986ApJ...307..170D |
| by | DOWNES R.A. |
| Astrophys. J., 307, 170-177 (1986) | |
| The space density of classical novae. | |
| o | Table 1: <KPD HHMM+DDMM> N=9 added. |
| Ref: | =1987ApJ...316..763D |
| by | DOWNES R.A. |
| Astrophys. J., 316, 763-770 (1987) | |
| The stars with H-α missing. | |
| o | Fig .1, Tables 1-2: <KPD HHMM+DDMM> N=6 added. |
| =E= | Catalogue in electronic form as J/ApJS/61/569 |
| Origin | of the Acronym: A = Assigned by the author(s) |