Dictionary of Nomenclature of Celestial Objects
(Last update: 26-Sep-2023)

Result of query: info cati BM83]$

Details on Acronym:   [BM83]
  
[BM83] (Bradt+McClintock, 1983)= (X) 
 Write:<<[BM83]  XHHMM+DDd>>
 N:  127
Object:(X)  (SIMBAD class: X = X-ray Source)
  Stat:is completely incorporated in Simbad
  Note:Table 1:    Bright or compact discrete galactic X-ray sources    N = 96 optical identifications
    Table 3:    Bright source digest, N=115.    Updates Bradt H.V.+, 1979, in X-ray Astronomy, ed Baity W.A.,    Peterson L.E., Oxford-Pergamon p. 3 (53 optical identif.)
   Ref:=1983ARA&A..21...13B
     byBRADT H.V.D.
, McCLINTOCK J.E.
 Annual Rev. Astron. Astrophys., 21, 13-66 (1983)

    The optical counterparts of compact galactic X-ray sources.

oTables 1, 3: <[BM83] XHHMM+DDd> N=127.
 Originof the Acronym: S = Created by Simbad, the CDS Database

Details on Acronym:   X
  
X      (X-ray source)
  ***** Avoid the usage of X,  prefer [BM83]
 Originof the Acronym: A = Assigned by the author(s)