Dictionary of Nomenclature of Celestial Objects
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Result of query: info cati MVD2012]$

Details on Acronym:   [MVD2012]
  
[MVD2012] (Mateu+Vivas+Downes+, 2012)
Write:<<[MVD2012] NNNN>>
N: 1877+210
Object:RR Lyr  (SIMBAD class: RRLyrae = RR Lyrae Variable)
Note:Observations of N=210 RR Lyrae stars with the QUEST camera at the Venezuela National Astronomical Observatory, as part of the QUEST RR Lyrae Survey at low Galactic latitude.
CTIO SMARTS observations of N=1877 second-order standards.
Ref:=2012MNRAS.427.3374M
byMATEU C. , VIVAS A.K., DOWNES J.J., BRICENO C., ZINN R., CRUZ-DIAZ G.
 Mon. Not. R. Astron. Soc., 427, 3374-3395 (2012)
  The QUEST RR Lyrae Survey - III. The low Galactic latitude catalogue.
oTable 2: <[MVD2012] NNNN> (Nos 4000-5876). Tables 6-8: <[MVD2012] NNNN> N=163+47+160 among (Nos 3-85, 563-636, 1000-1158).
=E=Catalogue in electronic form as J/MNRAS/427/3374
Originof the Acronym: S = Created by Simbad, the CDS Database