Dictionary of Nomenclature of Celestial Objects
(Last update: 19-Apr-2024)

Result of query: info cati FOCAP$

Details on Acronym:   BFSP
  
BFSP (Boyle+Fong+Shanks+Peterson)
***** Avoid the usage of BFSP, prefer FOCAP
Originof the Acronym: L = Found in the literature

Details on Acronym:   FOCAP
  
FOCAP (Fibre Optic Coupled Aperture Plate)= (BFSP) = (SGP)
Write:<<FOCAP SGPN:NN>>
<<FOCAP QSAN:NN>>
<<FOCAP QNAN:NN>>
N: 420+824+54
Object:QSO + * + ?  (SIMBAD class: Unknown = Object of Unknown Nature)
Note:In the format 'AAAN' stands for fields described in Table 3: SGP1 to 7, QSF1 to 5, QNB1 to 2, QNY1 to 5, QNA1, QNZ1 to 5, QSM1 to 8, QSI2 and 4.
Ref:=1990MNRAS.243....1B
byBOYLE B.J. , FONG R., SHANKS T., PETERSON B.A.
 Mon. Not. R. Astron. Soc., 243, 1-56 (1990)
  A catalogue of faint, UV-excess objects.
oTables 6, 7, 8: <FOCAP AAAN:NN>, N=522+824+54
=E=Catalogue in electronic form as J/MNRAS/243/1
Originof the Acronym: A = Assigned by the author(s)

Details on Acronym:   SGP
  
SGP (South Galactic Pole)
***** Avoid the usage of SGP, prefer FOCAP
Originof the Acronym: L (2006ApJ...640..114P)