***** File COUNTRY.TXT                                                        
                                                                              
     The following table provides 2-digit Country Codes which the IHW adopted 
in the construction of SYSTEM Codes when an IAU Observatory Number did not    
exist for a particular observatory or facility.  The Country Codes are on the 
left-hand side, and on the right is the resulting, generic SYSTEM Code.  'd' =
IHW Discipline number and 'nn' = running observatory number within the        
particular country; the '500' following Discipline number indicates that no   
IAU Observatory Number exists.                                                
                                                                              
     The reader is referred to the OBSCODES.TXT file within this directory    
for:  a more complete description of how SYSTEM Codes were constructed, a few 
words of caution about occasional inconsistencies in the SYSTEM Codes, and,   
most importantly, tables of contributing IHW observatories on a Discipline by 
Discipline basis.  Included in the latter are SYSTEM Codes, observatory names 
and locations, telescope/instrument descriptions, etc.  OBSCODES.TXT is       
considered the most important file in this directory.                         
                                                                              
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             Assigned Country Codes                                           
                Sorted by Name                                                
                                                                              
                   05/15/88                                                   
                                                                              
98   Air borne (ground based)         = d50098nn                              
01   Antarctica                       = d50001nn                              
27   Argentina                        = d50027nn                              
83   Ascension Island                 = d50083nn                              
26   Australia                        = d50026nn                              
                                                                              
28   Austria                          = d50028nn                              
71   Barbados                         = d50071nn                              
29   Belgium                          = d50029nn                              
30   Bermuda                          = d50030nn                              
31   Bolivia                          = d50031nn                              
                                                                              
64   Botswana                         = d50064nn                              
02   Brazil                           = d50002nn                              
03   Bulgaria                         = d50003nn                              
21   Canada                           = d50021nn                              
74   Canary Islands                   = d50074nn                              
                                                                              
32   Chile                            = d50032nn                              
33   Colombia                         = d50033nn                              
34   Costa Rica                       = d50034nn                              
79   Cuba                             = d50079nn                              
35   Czechoslovakia                   = d50035nn                              
                                                                              
22   Denmark                          = d50022nn                              
66   Egypt                            = d50066nn                              
25   Federal Republic of Germany      = d50025nn                              
81   Fiji                             = d50081nn                              
19   Finland                          = d50019nn                              
                                                                              
04   France                           = d50004nn                              
73   Galapagos Islands                = d50073nn                              
23   German Dem. Republic             = d50023nn                              
36   Greece                           = d50036nn                              
76   Hawaiian Islands                 = d50076nn                              
                                                                              
37   Hong Kong                        = d50037nn                              
38   Hungary                          = d50038nn                              
05   India                            = d50005nn                              
06   Indonesia                        = d50006nn                              
39   Ireland                          = d50039nn                              
                                                                              
40   Israel                           = d50040nn                              
07   Italy                            = d50007nn                              
08   Japan                            = d50008nn                              
41   Korea                            = d50041nn                              
42   Kuwait                           = d50042nn                              
                                                                              
68   Lesotho                          = d50068nn                              
20   Lithuania                        = d50020nn                              
43   Malaysia                         = d50043nn                              
78   Maldive Islands                  = d50078nn                              
44   Malta                            = d50044nn                              
                                                                              
82   Mariana Islands (Guam & Saipan)  = d50082nn                              
45   Mauritius                        = d50045nn                              
09   Mexico                           = d50009nn                              
65   Namibia                          = d50065nn                              
46   Netherlands                      = d50046nn                              
                                                                              
75   Netherlands Antilles             = d50075nn                              
48   New Zealand                      = d50048nn                              
72   Northern Ireland                 = d50072nn                              
47   Norway                           = d50047nn                              
80   Panama                           = d50080nn                              
                                                                              
                                                                              
49   Papua New Guinea                 = d50049nn                              
10   People's Rep. of China           = d50010nn                              
67   Peru                             = d50067nn                              
50   Phillipines                      = d50050nn                              
11   Poland                           = d50011nn                              
                                                                              
51   Portugal                         = d50051nn                              
77   Puerto Rico                      = d50077nn                              
70   Reunion Island                   = d50070nn                              
60   Romania                          = d50060nn                              
52   Rwanda                           = d50052nn                              
                                                                              
12   Scotland                         = d50012nn                              
89   Sea borne (Atlantic Ocean)       = d50089nn                              
87   Sea borne (Carribean)            = d50087nn                              
88   Sea borne (Gulf of Mexico)       = d50088nn                              
53   Singapore                        = d50053nn                              
                                                                              
13   South Africa                     = d50013nn                              
99   Space borne (non ground based)   = d50099nn                              
14   Spain                            = d50014nn                              
63   Sudan                            = d50063nn                              
54   Sweden                           = d50054nn                              
                                                                              
18   Switzerland                      = d50018nn                              
61   (Tahiti) Society Islands         = d50061nn                              
55   Taiwan                           = d50055nn                              
69   Tanzania                         = d50069nn                              
56   Trinidad & Tobago                = d50056nn                              
                                                                              
57   Turkey                           = d50057nn                              
24   USSR                             = d50024nn                              
15   United Kingdom                   = d50015nn                              
16   United States                    = d50016nn                              
62   Uruguay                          = d50062nn                              
                                                                              
17   Venezuela                        = d50017nn                              
58   Yugoslavia                       = d50058nn                              
59   Zimbabwe                         = d50059nn                              
                                                                              
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           Assigned Country Codes                                             
              Sorted by Code                                                  
                                                                              
01   Antarctica                       = d50001nn                              
02   Brazil                           = d50002nn                              
03   Bulgaria                         = d50003nn                              
04   France                           = d50004nn                              
05   India                            = d50005nn                              
                                                                              
06   Indonesia                        = d50006nn                              
07   Italy                            = d50007nn                              
08   Japan                            = d50008nn                              
09   Mexico                           = d50009nn                              
10   People's Rep. of China           = d50010nn                              
                                                                              
11   Poland                           = d50011nn                              
12   Scotland                         = d50012nn                              
13   South Africa                     = d50013nn                              
14   Spain                            = d50014nn                              
15   United Kingdom                   = d50015nn                              
                                                                              
16   United States                    = d50016nn                              
17   Venezuela                        = d50017nn                              
18   Switzerland                      = d50018nn                              
19   Finland                          = d50019nn                              
20   Lithuania                        = d50020nn                              
                                                                              
21   Canada                           = d50021nn                              
22   Denmark                          = d50022nn                              
23   German Dem. Republic             = d50023nn                              
24   USSR                             = d50024nn                              
25   Federal Republic of Germany      = d50025nn                              
                                                                              
26   Australia                        = d50026nn                              
27   Argentina                        = d50027nn                              
28   Austria                          = d50028nn                              
29   Belgium                          = d50029nn                              
30   Bermuda                          = d50030nn                              
                                                                              
31   Bolivia                          = d50031nn                              
32   Chile                            = d50032nn                              
33   Colombia                         = d50033nn                              
34   Costa Rica                       = d50034nn                              
35   Czechoslovakia                   = d50035nn                              
                                                                              
36   Greece                           = d50036nn                              
37   Hong Kong                        = d50037nn                              
38   Hungary                          = d50038nn                              
39   Ireland                          = d50039nn                              
40   Israel                           = d50040nn                              
                                                                              
41   Korea                            = d50041nn                              
42   Kuwait                           = d50042nn                              
43   Malaysia                         = d50043nn                              
44   Malta                            = d50044nn                              
45   Mauritius                        = d50045nn                              
                                                                              
46   Netherlands                      = d50046nn                              
47   Norway                           = d50047nn                              
48   New Zealand                      = d50048nn                              
49   Papua New Guinea                 = d50049nn                              
50   Phillipines                      = d50050nn                              
                                                                              
51   Portugal                         = d50051nn                              
52   Rwanda                           = d50052nn                              
53   Singapore                        = d50053nn                              
54   Sweden                           = d50054nn                              
55   Taiwan                           = d50055nn                              
                                                                              
56   Trinidad & Tobago                = d50056nn                              
57   Turkey                           = d50057nn                              
58   Yugoslavia                       = d50058nn                              
59   Zimbabwe                         = d50059nn                              
60   Romania                          = d50060nn                              
                                                                              
61   Tahiti                           = d50061nn                              
62   Uruguay                          = d50062nn                              
63   Sudan                            = d50063nn                              
64   Botswana                         = d50064nn                              
65   Namibia                          = d50065nn                              
                                                                              
66   Egypt                            = d50066nn                              
67   Peru                             = d50067nn                              
68   Lesotho                          = d50068nn                              
69   Tanzania                         = d50069nn                              
70   Reunion Island                   = d50070nn                              
                                                                              
71   Barbados                         = d50071nn                              
72   Northern Ireland                 = d50072nn                              
73   Galapagos Islands                = d50073nn                              
74   Canary Islands                   = d50074nn                              
75   Netherlands Antilles             = d50075nn                              
                                                                              
76   Hawaiian Islands                 = d50076nn                              
77   Puerto Rico                      = d50077nn                              
78   Maldive Islands                  = d50078nn                              
79   Cuba                             = d50079nn                              
80   Panama                           = d50080nn                              
                                                                              
81   Fiji                             = d50081nn                              
82   Mariana Islands (Guam & Saipan)  = d50082nn                              
83   Ascension Island                 = d50083nn                              
87   Sea borne (Carribean)            = d50087nn                              
88   Sea borne (Gulf of Mexico)       = d50088nn                              
                                                                              
89   Sea borne (Atlantic Ocean)       = d50089nn                              
98   Air borne (ground based)         = d50098nn                              
99   Space borne (non ground based)   = d50099nn                              
