Dictionary of Nomenclature of Celestial Objects
(Last update: 26-Apr-2024)

Result of query: info cati ILI99] APM 08279+5255$
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Details on Acronym:   [ILI99]
  
[ILI99] (Ibata+Lewis+Irwin+, 1999)
Write:<<[ILI99] APM 08279+5255 A>>
N: 3
Object:Lensing image  (SIMBAD class: LensedImage = Gravitationally Lensed Image)
Stat:is completely incorporated in Simbad
Note:HST NICMOS observations.
N=3 lensed images of the QSO APM 08279+5255.
in source:NAME APM 08279+5255
Ref:=1999AJ....118.1922I
byIBATA R.A. , LEWIS G.F., IRWIN M.J., LEHAR J., TOTTEN E.J.
 Astron. J., 118, 1922-1930 (1999)
  NICMOS and VLA observations of the gravitationally lensed ultraluminous BAL quasar APM 08279+5255: detection of a third image.
o<[ILI99] APM 08279+5255 A> (Nos A-C).
Originof the Acronym: S = Created by Simbad, the CDS Database