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

Result of query: info cati RAT$

Details on Acronym:   RAT
  
RAT (RApid Temporal survey)
Write:<<RAT JHHMM+DDMM>>
<<RAT JHHMMSS.ss+DDMMSS.s>>
N: 45+66
Object:V*  (SIMBAD class: Variable* = Variable Star)
Stat:is completely incorporated in Simbad
Note:INT WFI and MPG/ESO WFI observations for the RApid Temporal survey. Search for short-period variables stars.
2005MNRAS.360..314R : First results.
2011MNRAS.413.2696B : Results from the first 5 years.
Ref:=2005MNRAS.360..314R
byRAMSAY G. , HAKALA P.
 Mon. Not. R. Astron. Soc., 360, 314-321 (2005)
  RApid Temporal Survey (RATS) - I. Overview and first results.
oTable 2: <RAT JHHMM+DDMM> N=45.
Ref:=2011MNRAS.413.2696B
byBARCLAY T. , RAMSAY G., HAKALA P., NAPIWOTZKI R., NELEMANS G., POTTER S., TODD I.
 Mon. Not. R. Astron. Soc., 413, 2696-2708 (2011)
  Stellar variability on time-scales of minutes: results from the first 5 yr of the rapid temporal survey.
oTables 2-3: <RAT JHHMMSS.ss+DDMMSS.s> N=22+44.
Originof the Acronym: A = Assigned by the author(s)