Dictionary of Nomenclature of Celestial Objects
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Result of query: info cati TKB2016] BHBN$
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Details on Acronym:   [TKB2016]
  
[TKB2016] (Torrealba+Koposov+Belokurov+, 2016)
Write:<<[TKB2016] RGBN>>
<<[TKB2016] BHBN>>
N: 9+6
Object:RGB* + BHB*  (SIMBAD class: Star)
Note:Magellan Baade 6.5m telescope IMACS and Keck DEIMOS spectroscopic observations of N=9+6 red giant branch (RGB) and blue horizontal branch (BHB) around Aquarius 2 dwarf galaxy.
Use of archival VLT Survey Telescope (VST) ATLAS and SDSS survey.
in source:NAME Aqr 2
Ref:=2016MNRAS.463..712T
byTORREALBA G. , KOPOSOV S.E., BELOKUROV V., IRWIN M., COLLINS M., SPENCER M., IBATA R., MATEO M., BONACA A., JETHWA P.
 Mon. Not. R. Astron. Soc., 463, 712-722 (2016)
  At the survey limits: discovery of the Aquarius 2 dwarf galaxy in the VST ATLAS and the SDSS data.
o<NAME Aquarius 2> N=1. Table 2: <[TKB2016] RGBN> (Nos RGB1-RGB9), <[TKB2016] BHBN> (Nos BHB1-BHB6).
Originof the Acronym: S = Created by Simbad, the CDS Database