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

Result of query: info cati PSS$

Details on Acronym:   DPOSS
  
DPOSS (Digital Palomar Sky Survey)
***** Avoid the usage of DPOSS, prefer PSS
Originof the Acronym: L = Found in the literature

Details on Acronym:   [KDD95]
  
[KDD95] (Kennefick+De Carvalho+Djorgovski+, 1995)
***** Avoid the usage of [KDD95], prefer PSS
Originof the Acronym: S = Created by Simbad, the CDS Database
Historyof this Acronym: replaced by PSS

Details on Acronym:   P
  
P (Palomar survey)
***** Avoid the usage of P, prefer PSS
Originof the Acronym: A = Assigned by the author(s)

Details on Acronym:   PSS
  
PSS (Palomar Sky Survey)= (P)
Write:<<PSS FFF-NN>>
N: 437
Object:Phe Seq. *  (SIMBAD class: Star)
Stat:is completely incorporated in Simbad
Note:Table 4: N=437 stars in 49 Palomar Sky Survey fields
Finding Charts
Ref:=1991AJ....102..395H
byHUMPHREYS R.M. , LANDAU R., GHIGO F.D., ZUMACH W., LA BONTE A.E.
 Astron. J., 102, 395-427 (1991)
  BVR photoelectric sequences for selected fields in the Palomar sky survey and the magnitude-diameter relation.
oTable 4: <PSS FFF-NN> N=437
Originof the Acronym: D = Assigned by the Dictionary of Acronyms

Details on Acronym:   PSS
  
PSS (Palomar Sky Survey)= DPOSS = [KDD95]
Write:<<PSS JHHMM+DDMM>>
Object:QSO  (SIMBAD class: QSO = Quasar)
Note:QSOs in the second Palomar Sky Survey. First references with objects from this survey.
Ref:=1995AJ....110...78K
byKENNEFICK J.D. , DE CARVALHO R.R., DJORGOVSKI S.G., WILBER M.M., DICKSON E.S., WEIR N., FAYYAD U., RODEN J.
 Astron. J., 110, 78-86 (1995)
  The discovery of five quasars at z>4 using the Second Palomar Sky Survey.
oTable 2: <PSS JHHMM+DDMM> N=5.
Ref:=1995AJ....110.2553K
byKENNEFICK J.D. , DJORGOVSKI S.G., DE CARVALHO R.R.
 Astron. J., 110, 2553-2565 (1995)
  The luminosity function of z>4 quasars from the second Palomar sky survey.
oTable 2: <PSS JHHMM+DDMM> N=4.
Ref:=2001A&A...374..371O
byOMONT A. , COX P., BERTOLDI F., McMAHON R.G., CARILLI C., ISAAK K.G.
 Astron. Astrophys., 374, 371-381 (2001)
  A 1.2 mm MAMBO/IRAM-30 m survey of dust emission from the highest redshift PSS quasars.
oH1413+117 = [HB93] 1413+117, APM08279+5255 = IRAS F08279+5255
oTables 1, 2: <PSS JHHMM+DDMM> N=21+44.
Originof the Acronym: A = Assigned by the author(s)