A new catalogue of members and candidate members of the Herbig Ae/Be (HAEBE) stellar group

A new up-to-date catalogue of Herbig Ae/Be (HAEBE) stars and related objects is certainly needed, for both well-seasoned researchers and, in particular, for new investigators starting to study the many interesting astrophysical properties of these very young objects. We present a brief discussion of the current observational characteristics that distinguish this class from their main sequence counterparts. The HAEBE and related stars are listed in five tables, containing 287 objects. Table 1 contains all Ae and Be stars which historically are recognized as true HAEBE stars or potential candidate members. Table 2 gives the stars of spectral type Fe, and emission line stars with very uncertain or unknown spectral type. In Table 3 are given all known Extreme Emission Line Objects (EELOs), of which most have not been identified to belong to any specific group. Table 4a and b list other Bep or B[e] stars with strong IR-excess and unknown spectral type. Table 5 contains the non-emission line possible young objects. Furthermore, Table 6 contains 35 stars rejected from former published lists of HAEBE stars. In these tables we are including coordinates, spectral types, visual magnitudes, ranges in photometric variability and references of several key publications related to each object. Relevant remarks, such as the presence of a nebula in the vicinity of an object, are also given.