Dictionary of Nomenclature of Celestial Objects
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Result of query: info cati MCS2012]$

Details on Acronym:   [MCS2012]
  
[MCS2012] (Masters+Capak+Salvato+, 2012)
 Write:<<[MCS2012]  NNNNNNN>>
 N:  155
Object:QSO  (SIMBAD class: QSO = Quasar)
  Note:Identification of N=155 high-redshift quasars    at 3.1<z<5 in the COSMOS field.
    See also COSMOS.
 in source:NAME COSMOS Field
   Ref:=2012ApJ...755..169M
     byMASTERS D.
, CAPAK P., SALVATO M., CIVANO F., MOBASHER B., SIANA B., HASINGER G., IMPEY C.D., NAGAO T., TRUMP J.R., IKEDA H., ELVIS M., SCOVILLE N.
 Astrophys. J., 755, 169 (2012)

    Evolution of the quasar luminosity function over 3 < z < 5 in the
    COSMOS survey field.
oTable 3: <[MCS2012] NNNNNNN> N=155 among (Nos 115356-1970813).
=E=Catalogue in electronic form as J/ApJ/755/169
 Originof the Acronym: S = Created by Simbad, the CDS Database