The Asiago Database on Photometric Systems (ADPS)^*

I. Census parameters for 167 photometric systems

¹ Osservatorio Astronomico di Padova, Sede di Asiago, I-36012 Asiago (VI), Italy
² Osservatorio Astrofisico di Asiago, Dipartimento di Astronomia, Università di Padova, I-36012 Asiago (VI), Italy
³ CISAS, Centro Interdipartimentale di Studi ed Attività Spaziali, Padova, Italy

Send offprint request to: U. Munari; e-mail: munari@pd.astro.it

Received: 9 May 2000
Accepted: 14 August 2000

Abstract

The Asiago Database on Photometric Systems (ADPS) is a compilation of basic information and reference data on 167 optical, ultraviolet and infrared photometric systems. Thirty-four additional systems are briefly described. In compiling this census we have relied on published information only. In Paper II the photometric systems will be inter-compared, calibrated and parameterised by means of synthetic photometry using uniform criteria and the same set of input spectra and extinction laws.