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Table 2
Symbols used in classification entry to the catalogue of FORS1 magnetic field measurements.
| Symbol | Description |
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| First field: evolution state | |
| PM | (probable or certain) pre-main-sequence star |
| MS | main sequence star, MK luminosity class IV or V |
| GS | giant star, MK luminosity class III |
| SG | supergiant star, MK luminosity class I or II |
| SD | (hot) subdwarf |
| CP | central star of planetary nebula |
| WD | white dwarf |
| ?? | star of unknown evolutionary state |
| Second field: temperature class | |
| A5, B9, etc. | temperature (spectral) class according to MK or HD system |
| DA7, DB3, etc. | temperature class according to white dwarf system of Sion et al. (1983) |
| CV | cataclysmic variable system (nova, dwarf nova, etc.) |
| Third field: distinctive characteristics | |
| AM | metallic-line (Am) star |
| AP | star of the Ap (peculiar A) spectroscopic class |
| BCEP | early B-type β Cep pulsating star |
| CSD | star showing evidence of a circumstellar debris disk |
| CV | cataclysmic variable system (nova, dwarf nova, etc.) |
| DSCT | δ Sct star, a late A-type pulsating main sequence star |
| E | presence of emission lines, especially in Hα |
| EB | eclipsing binary system |
| FKCOM | FK Com variable (rapidly rotating cool giant) |
| FLS | flare star |
| FP | O stars with the Of?p peculiarity |
| HES | a star showing abnormally strong He lines for its effective temperature |
| HEW | a star showing abnormally weak He lines for its effective temperature |
| HGMN | a late B-type star showing the HgMn class of spectral peculiarities |
| HIPM | a high proper motion star |
| LPS | standard of linear polarisation |
| M | a star in which a magnetic field has definitely been detected (not necessarily with FORS1) |
| NOV | nova |
| P | peculiar (often chemically peculiar) |
| ROAP | rapidly oscillating Ap star (roAp star) |
| SB | spectroscopic binary system |
| SPB | slowly pulsating B star |
| V | variable |
| XRB | X-ray binary system |
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