Dictionary of Nomenclature of Celestial Objects
(Last update: 11-Mar-2024)

Result of query: info cati RIXOS$

Details on Acronym:   RIXOS
  
RIXOS (ROSAT International X-ray Optical Survey)
Write:<<RIXOS FFF-NNN>>
N: 395
Object:(X)  (SIMBAD class: X = X-ray Source)
Note:ROSAT PSPC observations.
Finding charts in Fig.3.
Catalogue of Mason+ in ref. 2000MNRAS.311..456M, but many objects in the literature since 1996.
Ref:=2000MNRAS.311..456M
byMASON K.O. , CARRERA F.J., HASINGER G., ANDERNACH H., ARAGON-SALAMANCA A., BARCONS X., BOWER R., BRANDT W.N., BRANDUARDI-RAYMONT G., BURGOS-MARTIN J., CABRERA-GUERRA F., CARBALLO R., CASTANDER F., ELLIS R.S., GONZALEZ-SERRANO J.I., MARTINEZ-GONZALEZ E., MARTIN-MIRONES J.M., McMAHON R.G., MITTAZ J.P.D., NICHOLSON K.L., PAGE M.J., PEREZ-FOURNON I., PUCHNAREWICZ E.M., ROMERO-COLMENERO E., SCHWOPE A.D., VILA B., WATSON M.G., WONNACOTT D.
 Mon. Not. R. Astron. Soc., 311, 456-484 (2000)
  The ROSAT International X-ray/Optical Survey (RIXOS): source catalogue.
oTable 2: <RIXOS FFF-NNN> N=396.
=E=Catalogue in electronic form as <J/MNRAS/311/456/>
Originof the Acronym: A = Assigned by the author(s)