Dictionary of Nomenclature of Celestial Objects
(Last update: 19-Apr-2024)

Result of query: info cati BTC40 JHHMM+DDMM$
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Details on Acronym:   BTC40
  
BTC40 (Big Throughput Camera, 40deg2 survey)
Write:<<BTC40 JHHMM+DDMM>>
N: 40
Object:Poss. QSO  (SIMBAD class: QSO_Candidate = Quasar Candidate)
Stat:is completely incorporated in Simbad
Note:BTC40 survey on the CTIO 4m telescope to search for QSOs of 4.8<z<6.
Ref:=2002AJ....124.2971M
byMONIER E.M. , KENNEFICK J.D., HALL P.B., OSMER P.S., SMITH M.G., DALTON G.B., GREEN R.F.
 Astron. J., 124, 2971-2979 (2002)
  The BTC40 survey for quasars at 4.8<z<6.
oTable 4, object 3 = BTC40 J0001-4024 not 4025. Table 4, col(1): numbering NN not in SIMBAD.
oTable 2: <BTC40 JHHMM+DDMM> N=40.
Originof the Acronym: A = Assigned by the author(s)