Dictionary of Nomenclature of Celestial Objects
(Last update: 22-Mar-2024)

Result of query: info cati MXB$

Details on Acronym:   MX
  
MX (Massachusetts univ., X-ray)
***** Avoid the usage of MX, prefer MXB
Originof the Acronym: L (2004ApJ...613L.133C)

Details on Acronym:   MXB
  
MXB (Massachusetts univ., X-ray Burster)= (MX)
Write:<<MXB HHMM+DD>>
<<MXB HHMM+DDd>>
Object:(X)  (SIMBAD class: X = X-ray Source)
Note:1981SSRv...28....3L: first ref. with 18 'MXB' objects.
Ref:=1981SSRv...28....3L
byLEWIN W.H.G. , JOSS P.C.
 Space Sci. Rev., 28, 3-87 (1981)
  X-ray bursters and the X-ray sources of the galactic bulge.
oTable IV: <MXB HHMM+DD>, <MXB HHMM+DDd> N=18
Originof the Acronym: A = Assigned by the author(s)