Dictionary of Nomenclature of Celestial Objects
(Last update: 26-Apr-2024)

Result of query: info cati HCF97] 2138-431A$
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Details on Acronym:   [HCF97]
  
[HCF97] (Hawkins+Clements+Fried+, 1998)
Write:<<[HCF97] HHMM+DDdA>>
N: 3
Object:QSO  (SIMBAD class: QSO = Quasar)
Stat:is completely incorporated in Simbad
Note:N=1 gravitational lens candidate, '[HCF97] 2138-431', with 2 quasar images components '[HCF97] 2138-431A' and 'B'
Ref:=1997MNRAS.291..811H
byHAWKINS M.R.S. , CLEMENTS D., FRIED J.W., HEAVENS A.F., VERON P., MINTY E.M., VAN DER WERF P.
 Mon. Not. R. Astron. Soc., 291, 811-818 (1997)
  The double quasar Q2138-431: lensing by a dark galaxy?
o<[HCF97] 2138-431>, <[HCF97] 2138-431A>, <[HCF97] 2138-431B>, N=3
Originof the Acronym: S = Created by Simbad, the CDS Database