Dictionary of Nomenclature of Celestial Objects
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Result of query: info cati KPD$

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
     byDOWNES 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.
oTables 3+6+8: <KPD HHMM+DDMM> N=34+20+40.
   Ref:=1983PASP...95..358D
     byDOWNES 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
     byDOWNES 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
     byDOWNES R.A.

 Astrophys. J., 307, 170-177 (1986)

    The space density of classical novae.

oTable 1: <KPD HHMM+DDMM> N=9 added.
   Ref:=1987ApJ...316..763D
     byDOWNES R.A.

 Astrophys. J., 316, 763-770 (1987)

    The stars with H-α missing.

oFig .1, Tables 1-2: <KPD HHMM+DDMM> N=6 added.
=E=Catalogue in electronic form as J/ApJS/61/569
 Originof the Acronym: A = Assigned by the author(s)