J/A+A/534/A109 MCXC Meta-Catalogue X-ray galaxy Clusters (Piffaretti+, 2011)
The MCXC: a Meta-Catalogue of X-ray detected Clusters of galaxies.
Piffaretti R., Arnaud M., Pratt G.W., Pointecouteau E., Melin J.-B.
<Astron. Astrophys. 534, A109 (2011)>
=2011A&A...534A.109P 2011A&A...534A.109P
ADC_Keywords: Clusters, galaxy ; X-ray sources ; Positional data ; Redshifts ;
Combined data ; Cross identifications
Keywords: X-rays: galaxies: clusters - cosmology: observations -
large-scale structure of Universe -
galaxies: cluster: general - catalogs
Abstract:
We present the compilation and properties of a meta-catalogue of X-ray
detected clusters of galaxies, the MCXC. This very large catalogue is
based on publicly available ROSAT All Sky Survey-based (NORAS, REFLEX,
BCS, SGP, NEP, MACS, and CIZA) and serendipitous (160SD, 400SD, SHARC,
WARPS, and EMSS) cluster catalogues. Data have been systematically
homogenised to an overdensity of 500, and duplicate entries from
overlaps between the survey areas of the individual input catalogues
are carefully handled. The MCXC comprises 1743 clusters with virtually
no duplicate entries. For each cluster the MCXC provides three
identifiers, a redshift, coordinates, membership in the original
catalogue, and standardised 0.1-2.4keV band luminosity L500, total
mass M500, and radius R500. The meta-catalogue additionally
furnishes information on overlaps between the input catalogues and the
luminosity ratios when measurements from different surveys are
available, and gives notes on individual objects.
File Summary:
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FileName Lrecl Records Explanations
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ReadMe 80 . This file
mcxc.dat 323 1743 MCXC catalogue (table2 of the paper)
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See also:
IX/10 : ROSAT All-Sky Bright Source Catalogue (1RXS) (Voges+ 1999)
IX/15 : Einstein EMSS Survey (Gioia+ 1990, Stocke+ 1991)
I/221 : The Magellanic Catalogue of Stars - MACS (Tucholke+ 1996)
J/ApJS/129/435 : NORAS galaxy cluster survey. I. (Bohringer+, 2000)
J/ApJ/580/774 : X-ray galaxy clusters behind the Milky Way (Ebeling+, 2002)
J/ApJS/140/239 : RASS: clusters of galaxies around SGP (Cruddace+, 2002)
J/MNRAS/301/881 : The ROSAT brightest cluster sample - I. (Ebeling+, 1998)
J/MNRAS/318/333 : Extended ROSAT Bright Cluster Sample (Ebeling+ 2000)
J/ApJS/162/304 : ROSAT NEP X-ray source catalog (Henry+, 2006)
J/ApJ/594/154 : 160 square degree ROSAT survey (Mullis+, 2003)
J/ApJS/172/561 : The 400d cluster Survey (Burenin+, 2007)
J/ApJS/140/265 : WARPS survey. VI. (Perlman+, 2002)
J/ApJS/176/374 : WARPS-II Cluster catalog. VII. (Horner+, 2008)
J/A+A/425/367 : REFLEX Galaxy Cluster Survey catalogue (Boehringer+, 2004)
J/ApJS/126/209 : Bright SHARC survey cluster catalog (Romer+, 2000)
J/MNRAS/341/1093 : The Southern SHARC catalogue (Burke+, 2003)
J/ApJS/140/265 : WARPS survey. VI. (Perlman+, 2002)
J/ApJS/176/374 : WARPS-II Cluster catalog. VII. (Horner+, 2008)
Byte-by-byte Description of file: mcxc.dat
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Bytes Format Units Label Explanations
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1- 12 A12 --- MCXC MCXC name (JHHMM.m+DDMM)
14- 31 A18 --- OName Other name
33- 86 A54 --- AName Alternative name
88- 89 I2 h RAh Right ascension (J2000)
91- 92 I2 min RAm Right ascension (J2000)
94- 97 F4.1 s RAs Right ascension (J2000)
99 A1 --- DE- Declination sign (J2000)
100-101 I2 deg DEd Declination (J2000)
103-104 I2 arcmin DEm Declination (J2000)
106-107 I2 arcsec DEs [0/60] Declination (J2000)
109-115 F7.3 deg RAdeg Right ascension (J2000)
117-123 F7.3 deg DEdeg Declination (J2000)
125-131 F7.3 deg GLON Galactic longitude
133-139 F7.3 deg GLAT Galactic latitude
141-146 F6.4 --- z Redshift
148-159 A12 --- Cat Catalogue name
161-172 A12 --- Sub-Cat Sub-catalogue name
174-178 F5.3 kpc/arcsec Scale Scale
180-188 F9.6 10+37W L500 X-ray luminosity in 1044erg/s (1)
190-196 F7.4 10+14Msun M500 Total mass (1)
198-204 F7.4 Mpc R500 Characteristic radius (1)
206-247 A42 --- Notes Notes (losStr = line of sight structure)
249-260 A12 --- Cat1 First overlapped catalog
262-273 A12 --- Cat2 Second overlapped catalog
275-286 A12 --- Cat3 Third overlapped catalog
288-299 A12 --- Cat4 Fourth overlapped catalog
301-305 F5.3 --- L500r1 ? Luminosity ratio L500/L(500,MCXC)
for first catalogue overlapped
307-311 F5.3 --- L500r2 ? Luminosity ratio L500/L(500,MCXC)
for second catalogue overlapped
313-317 F5.3 --- L500r3 ? Luminosity ratio L500/L(500,MCXC)
for third catalogue overlapped
319-323 F5.3 --- L500r4 ? Luminosity ratio L500/L(500,MCXC)
for fourth catalogue overlapped
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Note (1): the quantities are:
* R500 is the radius within which the mean over-density of the cluster
is 500 times the critical density at the cluster redshift.
* L500 = a*Ltot, where a is the ratio L500/Ltot for a luminosity profile
model based in the average gas density profile derived from the
representative X-ray cluster sample REXCESS (2009A&A...498..361P 2009A&A...498..361P)
* M500 = 4/3π*(R500)3*500ρc(z), where ρc(z) is the
critical density (ρc(z)=3H(z)2).
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Acknowledgements:
Rocco Piffaretti, rocco.piffaretti(at)cea.fr
History:
* 05-Sep-2011: Original version
* 12-Nov-2011: Missing declination sign "DE-" was fixed in 6 clusters
J0458.9-0029 J1013.6-0054 J1013.7-0006 J1042.4-0008 J1415.2-0030
J1516.5-0056; the Abell numbers have been homogenized in the
"ANames" column as "ANNNN" or "SNNNN".
(communicated by Heinz Andernach, Univ. Guanajuato, Mexico)
(End) Patricia Vannier [CDS] 05-Sep-2011