Dictionary of Nomenclature of Celestial Objects
(Last update: 10-Apr-2024)

Result of query: info cati 6C*$

Details on Acronym:   6C*
  
6C* (Blundell+Rawlings+Eales+, 1998)
Write:<<6C* HHMM+DDd>>
N: 34
Object:(Rad)  (SIMBAD class: Radio = Radio Source)
Stat:is completely incorporated in Simbad
Note:Sample of steep spectrum radio sources from the 6C survey, designed to find radio galaxies at z>4.
Ref:=1998MNRAS.295..265B
byBLUNDELL K.M. , RAWLINGS S., EALES S.A., TAYLOR G.B., BRADLEY A.D.
 Mon. Not. R. Astron. Soc., 295, 265-279 (1998)
  A sample of 6C radio sources designed to find objects at redshift z>4. I. The radio data.
oTable 1: <6C* HHMM+DDd> N=34.
Originof the Acronym: A = Assigned by the author(s)