Dictionary of Nomenclature of Celestial Objects
(Last update: 11-Mar-2024)

Result of query: info cati 6C$

Details on Acronym:   6C
  
6C (6th Cambridge catalog)
Write:<<6C HHMM+DDMM>>
<<6C HHMMSS+DDMMSS>>
N: 1761+22448
Object:(Rad)  (SIMBAD class: Radio = Radio Source)
Note:The 6th Cambridge Survey of radio-sources covers most of the sky north of Dec = 30' with an angular resolution of 4.2 x4.2 cosec Dec arcmin(2) and a limiting flux density of 120 mJy at 151MHz.
Ref:=1985MNRAS.217..717B
byBALDWIN J.E. , BOYSEN R.C., HALES S.E.G., JENNINGS J.E., WAGGETT P.C., WARNER P.J., WILSON D.M.A.
 Mon. Not. R. Astron. Soc., 217, 717-730 (1985)
  The 6C survey of radio sources - I. Declination zone δ > +80.
o(Erratum) microfiche
oTable 4: <6C HHMM+DDMM> or <6C HHMMSS+DDMMSS> or <6C BHHMMSS.s+DDMMSS>, N=1761
Ref:=1988MNRAS.234..919H
byHALES S.E.G. , BALDWIN J.E., WARNER P.J.
 Mon. Not. R. Astron. Soc., 234, 919-936 (1988)
  The 6C survey of radio sources - II. The zone 30 <δ<51, 08h30m <α<17h30m.
o<6C HHMM+DDMM> or <6C HHMMSS+DDMMSS> or <6C BHHMMSS.s+DDMMSS>, N=8278
Ref:=1990MNRAS.246..256H
byHALES S.E.G. , MASSON C.R., WARNER P.J., BALDWIN J.E.
 Mon. Not. R. Astron. Soc., 246, 256-262 (1990)
  The 6C survey of radio sources - III. The zone 48<Dec<68, 05h25<RA<18h17.
o<6C HHMM+DDMM> or <6C HHMMSS+DDMMSS> or <6C BHHMMSS.s+DDMMSS>, N=8749
Ref:=1991MNRAS.251...46H
byHALES S.E.G. , MAYER C.J., WARNER P.J., BALDWIN J.E.
 Mon. Not. R. Astron. Soc., 251, 46-53 (1991)
  The 6C survey of radio sources - IV. The zone 67 < δ< 82, 0h < α < 24h.
o<6C HHMM+DDMM> or <6C HHMMSS+DDMMSS> or <6C BHHMMSS.s+DDMMSS>, N=5421
Ref:=1993MNRAS.262.1057H
byHALES S.E.G. , MASSON C.R., WARNER P.J., BALDWIN J.E., GREEN D.A.
 Mon. Not. R. Astron. Soc., 262, 1057-1061 (1993)
  The 6C survey of radio sources - V. The zones 6C-Va (48<δ<68, 01h34m<α<06h14m) and 6C-VB (48<δ<68, 17h16m<α<20h24m).
o<6C HHMM+DDMM> or <6C HHMMSS+DDMMSS> or <6C BHHMMSS.s+DDMMSS>, N=3458
Ref:=1993MNRAS.263...25H
byHALES S.E.G. , BALDWIN J.E., WARNER P.J.
 Mon. Not. R. Astron. Soc., 263, 25-30 (1993)
  The 6C survey of radio sources. VI. The continuous zone30<δ<51, Oh<α<09h05m and 22h<α<24h.
o<6C HHMM+DDMM> or <6C HHMMSS+DDMMSS> or <6C BHHMMSS.s+DDMMSS>, N=6752
=E=Catalogue in electronic form as VIII/18
=E=Catalogue in electronic form as VIII/21
=E=Catalogue in electronic form as VIII/22
=E=Catalogue in electronic form as VIII/23
=E=Catalogue in electronic form as VIII/24
=E=Catalogue in electronic form as VIII/25
Originof the Acronym: A = Assigned by the author(s)