Dictionary of Nomenclature of Celestial Objects
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Result of query: info cati BAX$

Details on Acronym:   BAX
  
BAX (Base de Donnees Amas de Galaxies X)
Write:<<BAX DDD.dddd+DD.dddd>>
N: 1713
Object:Cluster of G  (SIMBAD class: ClG = Cluster of Galaxies)
Note:Multiwavelength database dedicated to X-ray clusters and groups of galaxies: http://bax.ast.obs-mip.fr
Ref:=2004A&A...424.1097S
bySADAT R. , BLANCHARD A., KNEIB J.-P., MATHEZ G., MADORE B., MAZZARELLA J.M.
 Astron. Astrophys., 424, 1097-1100 (2004)
  Introducing BAX: A database for X-ray clusters and groups of galaxies.
obax.dat: <BAX DDD.dddd+DD.dddd> N=1713.
=E=Catalogue in electronic form as B/bax
Originof the Acronym: A = Assigned by the author(s)