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

Result of query: info cati VCS2 JHHMM+DDMM$
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Details on Acronym:   VCS2
  
VCS2 (Very long baseline array Calibrator Survey, 2)
Write:<<VCS2 JHHMM+DDMM>>
N: 276
Object:(Rad)  (SIMBAD class: Radio = Radio Source)
Stat:is completely incorporated in Simbad
Note:Extension of the VCS1 catalog.
See also IVS.
Ref:=2003AJ....126.2562F
byFOMALONT E.B. , PETROV L., MacMILLAN D.S., GORDON D., MA C.
 Astron. J., 126, 2562-2566 (2003)
  The second VLBA calibrator survey: VCS2.
oTable 3, col(1): <VCS2 JHHMM+DDMM> N=276 = Table 3, col(2): <IVS BHHMM+DDd> N=276.
Originof the Acronym: A = Assigned by the author(s)