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

Result of query: info cati XDCS$

Details on Acronym:   XDCS
  
XDCS (X-ray Dark Cluster Survey)
Write:<<XDCS cmJHHMMSS.s+DDMMSS>>
<<XDCS mfJHHMMSS.s+DDMMSS>>
N: 20+12
Object:Cluster of G  (SIMBAD class: ClG = Cluster of Galaxies)
Stat:is completely incorporated in Simbad
Note:X-ray Dark Cluster Survey.
Optically selected candidates to [VMF98] clusters. Two algorithms are used (mf = Matched-Filter, cm = CMR-finder) and authors obtain two distinct catalogues.
Ref:=2004MNRAS.348..551G
byGILBANK D.G. , BOWER R.G., CASTANDER F.J., ZIEGLER B.L.
 Mon. Not. R. Astron. Soc., 348, 551-580 (2004)
  Exploring the selection of galaxy clusters and groups: an optical survey for X-ray dark clusters.
oTables 3, 4, 6: <XDCS cmJHHMMSS.s+DDMMSS> N=10+4+6, <XDCS mfJHHMMSS.s+DDMMSS> N=12.
Originof the Acronym: S = Created by Simbad, the CDS Database