Dictionary of Nomenclature of Celestial Objects
(Last update: 24-Apr-2024)

Result of query: info cati BM83]$

Details on Acronym:   [BM83]
  
[BM83] (Bradt+McClintock, 1983)= (X)
Write:<<[BM83] XHHMM+DDd>>
N: 127
Object:(X)  (SIMBAD class: X = X-ray Source)
Stat:is completely incorporated in Simbad
Note:Table 1: Bright or compact discrete galactic X-ray sources N = 96 optical identifications
Table 3: Bright source digest, N=115. Updates Bradt H.V.+, 1979, in X-ray Astronomy, ed Baity W.A., Peterson L.E., Oxford-Pergamon p. 3 (53 optical identif.)
Ref:=1983ARA&A..21...13B
byBRADT H.V.D. , McCLINTOCK J.E.
 Annual Rev. Astron. Astrophys., 21, 13-66 (1983)
  The optical counterparts of compact galactic X-ray sources.
oTables 1, 3: <[BM83] XHHMM+DDd> N=127.
Originof the Acronym: S = Created by Simbad, the CDS Database

Details on Acronym:   X
  
X (X-ray source)
***** Avoid the usage of X, prefer [BM83]
Originof the Acronym: A = Assigned by the author(s)