Details on Acronym: APM | |
APM | (Automatic Plate Measuring machine) |
***** | Avoid the usage of APM, prefer APMBGC |
Origin | of the Acronym: L = Found in the literature |
Details on Acronym: APMBGC | |
APMBGC | (Automatic Plate Measuring machine, Bright Galaxy Catalogue)= (APM) |
Write: | <<APMBGC FFF+xxx+yyy>> |
N: | 15827 |
Object: | G (SIMBAD class: Galaxy) |
Note: | Format 'FFF+xxx+yyy': 'FFF' stands for the SERC field number '+xxx+yyy' stands for the position of the galaxy on the plate, in millimetres from the centre of the plate. These are preceded by a sign for the galaxy position in the plate: '+' sign for the galaxy to the right (west) of the centre (+xxx) below (south) of the centre (+yyy) '-' sign for the galaxy to the left (east) of the centre (-xxx) above (north) of the centre of the plate (-yyy) |
Ref: | =1996MNRAS.278.1025L |
by | LOVEDAY J. |
Mon. Not. R. Astron. Soc., 278, 1025-1048 (1996) | |
The APM Bright Galaxy Catalogue. | |
o | <APMBGC FFF+xxx+yyy> N=14681 |
Ref: | =1996ApJS..107..201L |
by | LOVEDAY J. , PETERSON B.A., MADDOX S.J., EFSTATHIOU G. |
Astrophys. J., Suppl. Ser., 107, 201-214 (1996) | |
The Stromlo-APM redshift survey. IV. The redshift catalog. | |
o | <APMBGC FFF+xxx+yyy> N=1797 (1147 added). |
=E= | Catalogue in electronic form as J/MNRAS/278/1025 |
=E= | Catalogue in electronic form as J/ApJS/107/201 |
Origin | of the Acronym: A = Assigned by the author(s) |