This directory contains the Current Web version (12/02/2008) of The Catalog of Spectroscopically Identified White Dwarfs 
by G.P. McCook and E.M. Sion which is an updated version of the original catalog  published in
The Astronomical Journal Supplement Series, 121:1-130,1999 March.
The WD's in the files - WD00-07, WD08-15 and WD16-23 were all in the AJS 1999,Vol 121,pg 1-130
The WD's in the file - WDNewStars.txt have been added since and are only in the web version of the Catalog

WARNING: Due to increased RA (now HHMMSSs) the format of the 4 files containing the catalog on our FTP server has changed slightly. 
          ALL 2000 coordinates, previously in col 46 to 58, are now in Col 46 to 59 and this field is always 14 characters long with no trailing blanks.  
          The first Name field also starts in Col 46 but names are always less then 14 characters long with trailing blanks. 
          The second Name field, previously starting in col 59 now starts in Col 60 and is a maximum of 12 characters long including any trailing blanks.  
          All other fields remain unchanged.  gmc 12/2/2008