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

Result of query: info cati XMMOM$

Details on Acronym:   XMMOM
  
XMMOM (XMM Optical Monitor sources)
Write:<<XMMOM JHHMMSS.s+DDMMSS>>
N: about 70000
Object:(UV), blu  (SIMBAD class: UV = UV-emission Source)
Note:The Optical Monitor is a 30cm UV- and blue-sensitive telescope fixed to ESA's XMM-Newton observatory. The Serendipitous UV Source Survey is a catalogue of 7e5 sources detected during scheduled pointings over the first 8 years of mission time. The catalogue contains positions, magnitudes, morphology and quality information in six colour bands between 1800 and 6500 Angstroms. A temporary and evolving URL is at: http://www.mssl.ucl.ac.uk/~mds/OM-SUSS/Summary.shtml, with a more permanent site to be established.
Ref:=2012MNRAS.426..903P
byPAGE M.J. , BRINDLE C., TALAVERA A., STILL M., ROSEN S.R., YERSHOV V.N., ZIAEEPOUR H., MASON K.O., CROPPER M.S., BREEVELD A.A., LOISEAU N., MIGNANI R., SMITH A., MURDIN P.
 Mon. Not. R. Astron. Soc., 426, 903-926 (2012)
  The XMM-Newton serendipitous ultraviolet source survey catalogue.
o<XMMOM JHHMMSS.s+DDMMSS> N=753578.
=E=Catalogue in electronic form as <II/340/>
=E=Catalogue in electronic form as <II/356/>
=E=Catalogue in electronic form as <II/370/>
Originof the Acronym: p = Pre-registered to IAU Comm.5