Dictionary of Nomenclature of Celestial Objects
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Result of query: info cati SNUQSO$

Details on Acronym:   SNUQSO
  
SNUQSO (Seoul National University, Bright Quasar Survey in Optical)
Write:<<SNUQSO JHHMMSS.s+DDMMSS>>
<<SNUQSO JHHMMSS.ss+DDMMSS.s>>
N: about 100
Object:AGN + QSO  (SIMBAD class: QSO = Quasar)
Note:Bright Quasar Survey using optical observing facilities. Authors are targeting quasar candidates that are too bright (i < 15 mag) for spectroscopic observation within SDSS, or other bright quasar targets at low galactic latitude which are chosen by own method using multi-wavelength data.
See [ILC2007] (2007ApJ...664...64I, first ref. with SNUQSO objects).
Ref:=2007ApJ...664...64I
byIM M. , LEE I., CHO Y., CHOI C., KO J., SONG M.
 Astrophys. J., 664, 64-70 (2007)
  Seoul national university bright quasar survey in optical (SNUQSO). II. Discovery of 40 bright quasars near the Galactic plane.
oTable 1, col(1): <[ILC2007] NN> (Nos 1-40) = Table 1, col(2): <SNUQSO JHHMMSS.ss+DDMMSS.s> N=40.
Originof the Acronym: p = Pre-registered to IAU Comm.5