Dictionary of Nomenclature of Celestial Objects
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Result of query: info cati 87GB$

Details on Acronym:   87GB
  
87GB (1987, Green Bank obs.)
Write:<<87GB HHMMSS.s+DDMMSS>>
N: 54579
Object:(Rad)  (SIMBAD class: Radio = Radio Source)
Note:The 91 m telescope in Green Bank was used during 1987 to map 6.0 sr of sky. N = 54579 discrete sources with angular sizes diameter < 10'.5 and stronger than S about 25 mJy derived from the maps
Ref:=1991ApJS...75.1011G
byGREGORY P.C. , CONDON J.J.
 Astrophys. J., Suppl. Ser., 75, 1011-1291 (1991)
  The 87GB catalog of radio sources covering 0° < del <+75° at 4.85 GHz.
oTable 2: <87GB HHMMSS.s+DDMMSS> N=54579
=E=Catalogue in electronic form as VIII/14
Originof the Acronym: A = Assigned by the author(s)