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

Result of query: info cati ACS-GC$

Details on Acronym:   ACS-GC
  
ACS-GC (Advanced Camera for Surveys - General Catalog)
Write:<<ACS-GC NNNNNNNN>>
N: 469501
Object:* + G  (SIMBAD class: Unknown = Object of Unknown Nature)
Note:The Advanced Camera for Surveys General Catalog (ACS-GC) is a photometric and morphological database using publicly available data obtained with the HST Advanced Camera for Surveys. It includes about 470000 astronomical sources (stars+galaxies) derived from the AEGIS, COSMOS, GEMS and GOODS surveys.
Ref:=2012ApJS..200....9G
byGRIFFITH R.L. , COOPER M.C., NEWMAN J.A., MOUSTAKAS L.A., STERN D., COMERFORD J.M., DAVIS M., LOTZ J.M., BARDEN M., CONSELICE C.J., CAPAK P.L., FABER S.M., KIRKPATRICK J.D., KOEKEMOER A.M., KOO D.C., NOESKE K.G., SCOVILLE N., SHETH K., SHOPBELL P., WILLMER C.N.A., WEINER B.
 Astrophys. J., Suppl. Ser., 200, 9 (2012)
  The Advanced Camera for Surveys General Catalog: structural parameters for approximately half a million galaxies.
oCatalog: <ACS-GC NNNNNNNN> N=469501 among (Nos 10000007-90227432).
=E=Catalogue in electronic form as <J/ApJS/200/9/>
Originof the Acronym: A = Assigned by the author(s)