Dictionary of Nomenclature of Celestial Objects
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Result of query: info cati FIRST$

Details on Acronym:   FIRST
  
FIRST (Faint Images of the Radio Sky at Twenty-cm)= (FRS)
Write:<<FIRST JHHMMSS.s+DDMMSS>>
N: 236040+946432
Object:(Rad)  (SIMBAD class: Radio = Radio Source)
Note:FIRST survey produces the radio equivalent (at 20 cm) of the Palomar Observatory Sky Survey over 10000 square degrees of the North Galactic Cap. Using the NRAO Very Large Array (VLA) and an automated mapping pipeline, images are produced with 1.8" pixels, a typical rms of 0.15mJy, and a resolution of 5".
At the 1mJy source detection threshold, there are 90 sources per square degree, 35per100 of which have resolved structure on scales from 2-20".
The FIRST survey is described in Becker+ 1995ApJ...450..559B, and more details are given in 1997ApJ....475..479W.
The final version of the catalog is described in 2015ApJ...801...26H.
Format of objects in the catalogue is 'HHMMSS.sss+DDMMSS.ss', since the actual accuracy of the positions requires this precision, but the authors used the format 'HHMMSS.s+DDMMSS' for designation.
Ref:=1997ApJ...475..479W
byWHITE R.L. , BECKER R.H., HELFAND D.J., GREGG M.D.
 Astrophys. J., 475, 479-493 (1997)
  A catalog of 1.4 GHz radio sources from the FIRST survey.
o<FIRST JHHMMSS.s+DDMMSS> N=138664
Ref:=2015ApJ...801...26H
byHELFAND D.J. , WHITE R.L., BECKER R.H.
 Astrophys. J., 801, 26 (2015)
  The last of FIRST: the final catalog and source identifications.
o<FIRST JHHMMSS.s+DDMMSS> N=946432.
=E=Catalogue in electronic form as <VIII/59/>
=E=Catalogue in electronic form as <VIII/71/>
=E=Catalogue in electronic form as <VIII/90/>
=E=Catalogue in electronic form as <VIII/92/>
Originof the Acronym: A = Assigned by the author(s)

Details on Acronym:   FRS
  
FRS (Faint Images of the Radio Sky at Twenty-cm)
***** Avoid the usage of FRS, prefer FIRST
Originof the Acronym: L (2000ApJ...532..700A)