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

Details on Acronym:   NuSTAR
  
NuSTAR (Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array)
Write:<<NuSTAR JHHMMSS+DDMM.m>>
N: ?
Object:(X)  (SIMBAD class: X = X-ray Source)
Note:NuSTAR is a NASA high-energy X-ray mission that launched in June 2012. We propose using this designation for NuSTAR-discovered sources that lack counterparts in previous (X-ray) catalogs.
The mission paper is 2013ApJ...770..103H (Harrison et al.).
Ref:=2017ApJ...836...99L
byLANSBURY G.B. , STERN D., AIRD J., ALEXANDER D.M., FUENTES C., HARRISON F.A., TREISTER E., BAUER F.E., TOMSICK J.A., BALOKOVIC M., DEL MORO A., GANDHI P., AJELLO M., ANNUAR A., BALLANTYNE D.R., BOGGS S.E., BRANDT W.N., BRIGHTMAN M., CHEN C.-T.J., CHRISTENSEN F.E., CIVANO F., COMASTRI A., CRAIG W.W., FORSTER K., GREFENSTETTE B.W., HAILEY C.J., HICKOX R.C., JIANG B., JUN H.D., KOSS M., MARCHESI S., MELO A.D., MULLANEY J.R., NOIROT G., SCHULZE S., WALTON D.J., ZAPPACOSTA L., ZHANG W.W.
 Astrophys. J., 836, 99-99 (2017)
  The NuSTAR serendipitous survey: the 40-month catalog and the properties of the distant high-energy X-ray source population.
oTables 5+7: <NuSTAR JHHMMSS+DDMM.m> N=498+64.
Ref:=2015ApJ...808..184M
byMULLANEY J.R. , DEL-MORO A., AIRD J., ALEXANDER D.M., CIVANO F.M., HICKOX R.C., LANSBURY G.B., AJELLO M., ASSEF R., BALLANTYNE D.R., BALOKOVIC' M., BAUER F.E., BRANDT W.N., BOGGS S.E., BRIGHTMAN M., CHRISTENSEN F.E., COMASTRI A., CRAIG W.W., ELVIS M., FORSTER K., GANDHI P., GREFENSTETTE B.W., HAILEY C.J., HARRISON F.A., KOSS M., LAMASSA S.M., LUO B., MADSEN K.K., PUCCETTI S., SAEZ C., STERN D., TREISTER E., URRY C.M., WIK D.R., ZAPPACOSTA L., ZHANG W.
 Astrophys. J., 808, 184 (2015)
  The NuSTAR extragalactic surveys: initial results and catalog from the extended Chandra Deep Field-South.
o<NuSTAR JHHMMSS+DDMM.m> N=66.
Ref:=2015ApJ...808..185C
byCIVANO F. , HICKOX R.C., PUCCETTI S., COMASTRI A., MULLANEY J.R., ZAPPACOSTA L., LAMASSA S.M., AIRD J., ALEXANDER D.M., BALLANTYNE D.R., BAUER F.E., BRANDT W.N., BOGGS S.E., CHRISTENSEN F.E., CRAIG W.W., DEL-MORO A., ELVIS M., FORSTER K., GANDHI P., GREFENSTETTE B.W., HAILEY C.J., HARRISON F.A., LANSBURY G.B., LUO B., MADSEN K., SAEZ C., STERN D., TREISTER E., URRY M.C., WIK D.R., ZHANG W.
 Astrophys. J., 808, 185 (2015)
  The NuSTAR extragalactic surveys: overview and catalog from the COSMOS field.
o<NuSTAR JHHMMSS+DDMM.m> N=91.
Ref:=2018ApJS..235...17M
byMASINI A. , CIVANO F., COMASTRI A., FORNASINI F., BALLANTYNE D.R., LANSBURY G.B., TREISTER E., ALEXANDER D.M., BOORMAN P.G., BRANDT W.N., FARRAH D., GANDHI P., HARRISON F.A., HICKOX R.C., KOCEVSKI D.D., LANZ L., MARCHESI S., PUCCETTI S., RICCI C., SAEZ C., STERN D., ZAPPACOSTA L.
 Astrophys. J., Suppl. Ser., 235, 17-17 (2018)
  The NuSTAR extragalactic surveys: source catalog and the Compton-thick fraction in the UDS field.
o<NuSTAR JHHMMSS+DDMM.m> N=67. JPL/Caltech; NuSTAR Project Scientist
=E=Catalogue in electronic form as <J/ApJ/808/184/>
=E=Catalogue in electronic form as <J/ApJ/808/185/>
=E=Catalogue in electronic form as <J/ApJ/836/99/>
=E=Catalogue in electronic form as <J/ApJS/235/17/>
Originof the Acronym: p = Pre-registered to IAU Comm.5