Dictionary of Nomenclature of Celestial Objects
(Last update: 10-Apr-2024)

Result of query: info cati RCS JHHMM+DDMM$
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Details on Acronym:   RCS
  
RCS (Red-sequence Cluster Survey)= (RCS1)
Write:<<RCS JHHMM+DDMM>>
<<RCS JHHMM.m+DDMM>>
<<RCS JHHMMSS+DDMM.m>>
<<RCS NNNNNNNNNNN>>
N: 4924
Object:Cluster of G  (SIMBAD class: ClG = Cluster of Galaxies)
Note:The RCS is a survey designated primarily to search for galaxy clusters to redshifts as high as z=1.4.
The survey is first described in 2001, ASP Conf. 232, p.126, by Gladders + Yee.
2005ApJS..158..161H: photometric redshift catalog.
Ref:=2002AJ....123....1G
byGLADDERS M.D. , YEE H.K.C., ELLINGSON E.
 Astron. J., 123, 1-9 (2002)
  Discovery of a z =0.77 galaxy cluster with multiple, bright, strong-lensing arcs.
oText: <RCS JHHMM+DDMM> N=1. Table 1, Fig.2: <[GYE2002] J0224-0002 A> (Nos A-D). Fig.3: <[GYE2002] J0224-0002 AN> (Nos R1-R2).
Ref:=2003ApJ...593...48G
byGLADDERS M.D. , HOEKSTRA H., YEE H.K.C., HALL P.B., BARRIENTOS L.F.
 Astrophys. J., 593, 48-55 (2003)
  The incidence of strong-lensing clusters in the Red-sequence Cluster Survey.
oTable 1: <RCS JHHMM.m+DDMM> N=8.
Ref:=2005ApJS..157....1G
byGLADDERS M.D. , YEE H.K.C.
 Astrophys. J., Suppl. Ser., 157, 1-29 (2005)
  The Red-Sequence Cluster Survey. I. The survey and cluster catalogs for patches RCS 0926+37 and RCS 1327+29.
oTables 5, 6: <RCS JHHMMSS+DDMM.m> N=241+184.
Ref:=2005ApJS..158..161H
byHSIEH B.C. , YEE H.K.C., LIN H., GLADDERS M.D.
 Astrophys. J., Suppl. Ser., 158, 161-177 (2005)
  A photometric redshift galaxy catalog from the Red-Sequence Cluster Survey.
oTable 3: <RCS NNNNNNNNNNN> N=4924.
=E=Catalogue in electronic form as J/ApJS/157/1
=E=Catalogue in electronic form as J/ApJS/158/161
Originof the Acronym: A = Assigned by the author(s)