Dictionary of Nomenclature of Celestial Objects
(Last update: 22-Mar-2024)

Result of query: info cati MCS JHHMM.m+DDMM$
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Details on Acronym:   MACS
  
MACS (Massive Cluster Survey)
***** Avoid the usage of MACS, prefer MCS
Originof the Acronym: A = Assigned by the author(s)

Details on Acronym:   MCS
  
MCS (Massive Cluster Survey)= (MACS)
Write:<<MCS JHHMM.m+DDMM>>
N: 38
Object:Cl of G  (SIMBAD class: ClG = Cluster of Galaxies)
Note:X-ray-selected galaxy clusters from the Massive Cluster Survey (MACS).
Only the first references from the survey are listed here.
Ref:=2003ApJ...583..559L
byLAROQUE S.J. , JOY M., CARLSTROM J.E., EBELING H., BONAMENTE M., DAWSON K.S., EDGE A., HOLZAPFEL W.L., MILLER A.D., NAGAI D., PATEL S.K., REESE E.D.
 Astrophys. J., 583, 559-565 (2003)
  Sunyaev-Zeldovich effect imaging of MACS galaxy clusters at z>0.5.
oMACS sources are MCS in SIMBAD (MACS in SIMBAD = Magellanic Catalog of Stars). Parag. 2.3 : Bright source 0137+331 is QSO B0134+3253.
oTable 1: <MCS JHHMM.m+DDMM> N=8.
Ref:=2003MNRAS.339..913E
byEDGE A.C. , EBELING H., BREMER M., ROETTGERING H., VAN HAARLEM M.P., RENGELINK R., COURTNEY N.J.D.
 Mon. Not. R. Astron. Soc., 339, 913-924 (2003)
  The discovery of two distant, massive clusters of galaxies in the ROSAT All-Sky Survey.
oMACS sources are MCS in SIMBAD (MACS in SIMBAD = Magellanic Catalog of Stars).
oTable 2, last col.: <MCS JHHMM.m+DDMM> N=37 added.
=E=Catalogue in electronic form as J/MNRAS/339/913
Originof the Acronym: S = Created by Simbad, the CDS Database

Details on Acronym:   MCS
  
MCS (Michigan obs., Curtis Schmidt)
***** Avoid the usage of MCS, prefer UM