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Table 2

Number of selected objects after each selection criterion.

Selection criterion Number of Number of RCB stars
WISE objects known RCBs eliminated

0: Located in WISE-PDR1 sky area 52
1: Catalogued by WISE 257 310 278 50 OGLE-GC-RCB-1 & -2
Catalogued in the [22] band 12 192 351 50
2: Catalogued in all four WISE bands 9 636 678 49 RY Sgr
3: Catalogued in all three 2MASS bands 6 832 051 49
4: Cut on ([4.6]  −  [12]  vs.  [12]  −  [22]) 337 359 47 DY Cen and MV Sgr
5: Cut on (J − H vs. H − K) 9660 45 Y Mus and XX Cam
6: Cut on ([4.6] − [12]  vs.  [12] − [22]) 4146 42 EROS2-RCB-CG-3 & -5 and SV Sge
7: Cut on (K vs. J − K) 3058 42
8: Cut on (J − K vs. J −  [12]) 1643 40 EROS2-RCB-CG-12 and MACHO-308-38099.66

Final (without the known RCBs + HD 175893) 1602

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