This file decribes the CATS catalogs.
Second column is the short name for the catalog.
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 CATS        name      type  freq     ref
 DIRECTORY   cats             GHz      YYYYJJJJJ VVV PPPPName
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11CMALLSKY   11CMA      r   2.7       1989MNRAS.216..173Wall&Peacock Cat. of Ex/gal. Radio Sources at 2.7 GHz
11CMBONN     11CMB      r   2.7       1990A&AS...85..805Fuerst+ Galactic Plane Survey at 11cm
20CMNORTH    WB92       r   1.4       1992ApJS...79..331White & Becker A new catalog of 30,239 1.4 GHz srcs
21CMBONN     21CMB      r   1.4       1990A&AS...83..539Reich+ 21cm Gal.Plane Survey 357<l<95.5; |b|<4 degs ;
21CMBONN     21CMB      r   1.4       1997A&AS..126..413Reich+ 21cm Gal.Plane Survey 95.5<l<240; -4<|b|< 5 degs
3CR          3C         r   0.178     1961MmRAS..68..163Bennett+ The Revised 3C Catalogue of Radio sources
3CR          3CR        r   0.159     1959MmRAS..68...37Edge+ A Survey of radio sources at frequency  159 Mc/s
3CR          3COPT      o    -        1990PASP...97...93Spinrad Third Update of 3CR Sources; Opt Ids, z
4C           4C         r   0.178     1967MmRAS..71...49Gower, Scott & Wills 4C catalog
4C           4C         r   0.178     1965MmRAS..69..183Pilkington & Scott 4C catalog
5C           5C8        r   0.408     1984MNRAS.211..433Green; 5C8 survey of radio sources near Cygnus Loop
5C           5C10       r   0.408     1981MNRAS.196..695Schuch 5C10 Radio Survey of Ursa Major Supercluster;
5C           5C12       r   0.408     1982MNRAS.200..747Benn+ 5C12 Survey (RA:12.75h-13.2h;DEC32.7-38.3)
5C           5C13       r   0.408     1995MNRAS.272..699Benn  5C13 survey of radio sources
5C           5C14       r   0.408     1991MNRAS.251..253Benn & Kenderdine C14/15/16 surveys of 5C12 area;
6C           6C         r   0.151     1985MNRAS.217..717Baldwin+ 6C  I
6C           6C         r   0.151     1988MNRAS.234..919Hales+  6C  II
6C           6C         r   0.151     1990MNRAS.246..256Hales+  6C III
6C           6C         r   0.151     1991MNRAS.251...46Hales+  6C  IV
6C           6C         r   0.151     1993MNRAS.262.1057Hales+  6C  Va
6C           6C         r   0.151     1993MNRAS.262.1057Hales+  6C  Vb
6C           6C         r   0.151     1993MNRAS.263...25Hales+  6C  VI
6CMBONN      6CMB       r   4.85      1979A&AS...35...23Altenhoff+ 4.875GHz Survey of Galactic Plane
7C           7C         r   0.151     1990MNRAS.246..110McGilchrist+ The 7C survey at 151 MHz: two fields
7C           7C2        r   0.151     1995MNRAS.276..614Visser+ 7C survey at 151 MHz  around NEP;
7C           7C3        r   0.151     1995MNRAS.276..614Lacy+ A radio-optical survey of the North Ecliptic Cap
7C           7C4        r   0.151     1996MNRAS.282..779Waldram+ The 7C Survey of Radio Sources at 151 MHz
7CG          7CG        r   0.151     1998MNRAS.294..607Vessey & Green The 7C(G) survey of radio sources at 151 MHz in the Galactic Plane
87GB         87GB       r   4.85      1991ApJS...75.1011Gregory&Condon The 87GB Cat. of Radio Src at 4.85 GHz
87GB_Min     87GBM      r    few      1995AZh....72...12Mingaliev & Khabrakhmanov Spectra Study of a Sample of Radio Sources from the 87GB Catalog
8C           8C         r   0.038     1995MNRAS.274..447Hales+: Revised 38-MHz ('8C') survey;
AGN_Condon   AGN1C      r   1.411     1982AJ.....87..739Condon  Complete samples of active extragalactic objects. I
AGN_Condon   AGN2C      r   1.411     1982AJ.....87.1429Condon+ Complete samples of active extragalactic objects. II
AGN_Condon   AGN3C      r   1.411     1985AJ.....90.1437Coleman+ Complete samples of active extragalactic objects. III
AGN_Steppe   AGN_S      r  90.000     1993A&AS..102..611Steppe+ Millimeter continuum measurements of extragalactic radio sources.
BATSE4       4B         x    n        1998NASA..........Paciesas+ Fourth BATSE Burst Catalog
B3-VLA       B3VLA      r  10.600     1998A&AS..VVV.pppGregorini+Multi-Frequency Study of the B3-VLA Sample. I 10.6 GHz Data
B3_KMP       B3KMP      r   few       1990A&AS...82...41Kulkarni V.K., Mantovani F., Pauliny-Toth I.I.K. S408≶0.35Jy
BG_WSRT      BG14       r   1.4       1981A&AS...43....1Fanti+  New Galactic sources in the BG Catalogue:
BOLOGNA      B2-B3      r   0.408     1970A&AS....1..281Colla+ B2 Sky Survey at 408 MHz (B2) (21.7d-40.3)
BR_GALS      BRGAL      r   few       1975CSIRO.........Haynes+ Compendium of Radio Meas.of Bright Galaxies
CDS90        CDO        r   1.4       1990AJ.....99.1071Condon+A 1.4 GHz source survey in an area without nearby rich galaxy clusters
CGMW         CGMW1      o    n        1990PASJ...42....1Saito+  Part I, 210<l<230;
CGMW         CGMW2      o    n        1991PASJ...43..679Saito+  Part II,   230<l<250;
CGMW         CGMW3      o    n        1996PASJ...48..679Roman+  Part III,  8<l<43;   -17<b<+17
CGMW         CGMW4      o    n        1996PASJ...48..679Roman+  Part IV,   -7<l<16,  -19<b<-1
CL_Ander                r   few       Andernach  Clusters of galaxies
CL_Coma_Kim  KIM94      r   few       1994AAS...105..403KIM K.-T.   A master list of radio sources  Coma cluster of galaxies
CL_Fornax    CLFOR      o    n        1989AJ.....98..367Ferguson; A Catalogue of Galaxies
CL_Fornax    CLFOR      o    n        1989AJ.....98..367Ferguson; A Catalogue of Galaxies
CL_Her_VLA              r   few       1997AJ....113.1939Dickey A VLA survey of the Hercules cluster. I. The H I data
CL_Owen82    CLO82      r   1.4       1982AJ.....87.1083Owen+ A 1400-MHz Survey of 1478 Abell Clusters of Galaxies
CL_Reynolds  CLRe       r   few       1986USydn.T00J....Reynolds Sources in Abell clusters with -29<Dec<-8 deg
CL_Slee1     CLS1       r   few       1989AuJPh..42..633Slee, Perley & Siegman: Catalogue of 937 Radio Sources towards 58 Galaxy Clusters.
CL_Slee2     CLS2       r   few       1994AuJPh..47..145Slee, Roy & Savage; A VLA Survey of Rich Clusters of Galaxies II. The stronger sources
CL_Slee3     CLS3       r   few       1996AuJPh..49..977Slee  A VLA Survey of Rich Clusters of Galaxies III. The weaker sources
CL_VLA2      CLO92      r   1.4       1992ApJS...80..501Owen+ A 20 centimeter VLA survey of Abell clusters of galaxies II.
CL_VLA4      CLL95      r   1.4       1995AJ....109..853Ledlow+ A 20 centimeter VLA survey of Abell clusters of galaxies IV.
CL_VLA4      CLL95      r   1.4       1995AJ....109..853Ledlow+ A 20 centimeter VLA survey of Abell clusters of galaxies IV.
COLD         COLD1      r   3.9       1991A&AS...87....1Parijskij+ RATAN-600 7.6 cm Catalog (4.5d<Dec<5.6d)
COLD         COLD2      r   3.9       1992A&AS...96..583Parijskij+
COLD_Bursov  COLDB      r   few       1996ARep...73....1Bursov+. Fluxes at 0.96-7.7 GHz of RC sources
CUL80_160    CUL        r   0.080     1995AuJPh..48..143Slee Culgoora Circular Array sources at 80 & 160MHz;
DRAGNs       DRAGN      r   0.178     1993JetsEG........Leahy  Atlas Double Radiosources Associated with Galactic Nucleus
DRAO         DRAO       r   0.408     1990DRAO..........Higgs&Roger Penticton P-survey Database (12d<DEC<66d)
DRAO         18P        r   0.408     1991A&A...241..551Wendker The 18P/19P radio surveys of the Cyg-X region
DRAO         32P        r   0.408     1996A&AS..115..345Leahy+ Radio sources in fields centered near supernova remnant G160.9+2.6 (HB9)
DSUR5        DSUR5      r   4.85      1980A&A....85..329Pauliny-Toth A deep survey of selected regions for extragalactic sources at 4.85GHz
EGRET1       GRO1       x    n        1994ApJS...94..551Fichtel+ The  Fisrt energetic Gamma-ray experiment telescope (EGRET) source catalog
EGRET2       GRO2       x    n        1995ApJS..101..259Tompson+ The Second EGRET Catalog of high-energy gamma-ray sources
EINSTEIN     ENHRI      x    n        Wilkes EINSTEIN DATABASE
EINSTEIN     ENOBS      x    n        The Einstein Observatory Catalog of SNRs (Seward, 1990)
EINSTEIN     ENQSO      x    n        The Einstein Observatory Catalog of QSOs (Wilkes, 1990)
EINSTEIN     EINS       x    n        The Einstein Observatory Catalog of SRCs (Seward, 1990)
EXSS         EXSS       x    n        1997AJ....113.2134Oppenheimer+A survey of the EINSTEIN IPC Database for extended X-ray sources
EIN_Slew     E_sl       x    n        1992ApJS...80..257Elvis+ The Einstein Slew Survey
EIN_2Sig     EIN2S      x    n        1996ApJ...461..127Moran+ The Einstein Two-Sigma Catalog
ESO          ESO        o    n        1982ESO...........Lauberts The ESO/Uppsala Survey of the ESO(B) Atlas
FIRST        FIRST      r   1.5       1997ApJ...........White&Becker+ 1995: FIRST survey catalog (v.5,02/98)
FIRST        FIRST      r   1.5       1997ApJ...........White&Becker+ 1995: FIRST survey catalog (v.5,02/98)
GALCEN       GALCEN     r   1.4       1978A&AS...35....1Downes+ Compact radio sources in the Galactic center region
GAL_avoid    GAvZ1      o    n        1995A&AS..110..269Weinberger+,  Part  I   |b| =< 5
GAL_avoid    GAvZ2      o    n        1996A&AS..117....1Seeberger+,   Part II,  180