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

Result of query: info cati NMBS$

Details on Acronym:   NMBS
  
NMBS (NEWFIRM Medium-Band Survey)
Write:<<NMBS {A|C}NNNNN>>
N: 31306+27572
Object:(NIR)  (SIMBAD class: NearIR = Near-IR Source (λ < 3 µm))
Note:Mayall 4m telescope NEWFIRM (NOAO Extremely Wide-Field Infrared Imager) deep near-IR observations of the AEGIS and COSMOS fields.
in source:NAME COSMOS Field
Ref:=2011ApJ...735...86W
byWHITAKER K.E. , LABBE I., VAN DOKKUM P.G., BRAMMER G., KRIEK M., MARCHESINI D., QUADRI R.F., FRANX M., MUZZIN A., WILLIAMS R.J., BEZANSON R., ILLINGWORTH G.D., LEE K.-S., LUNDGREN B., NELSON E.J., RUDNICK G., TAL T., WAKE D.A.
 Astrophys. J., 735, 86 (2011)
  The NEWFIRM Medium-Band Survey: photometric catalogs, redshifts, and the bimodal color distribution of galaxies out to z ~ 3.
ocosmos.dat: <NMBS CNNNNN> N=31306 among (Nos 1-36802). aegis.dat: <NMBS ANNNNN> N=27572 among (Nos 1-35018).
=E=Catalogue in electronic form as J/ApJ/735/86
Originof the Acronym: A = Assigned by the author(s)