Dictionary of Nomenclature of Celestial Objects
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Result of query: info cati TSA98]$

Details on Acronym:   IPC
  
IPC    (Imaging Proportional Counter)
  ***** Avoid the usage of IPC,  prefer [TSA98]
 Originof the Acronym: A = Assigned by the author(s)

Details on Acronym:   [TSA98]
  
[TSA98] (Thompson+Shelton+Arning, 1998)= (IPC) 
 Write:<<[TSA98]  JHHMMSS.ss+DDMMSS.ss>>
 N:  516
Object:(X)  (SIMBAD class: X = X-ray Source)
  Stat:is completely incorporated in Simbad
  Note:Einstein IPC observations of N=516 sources selected from the    N=5934 objects of the IPC database.    In the tables, the format 'NNNN N' stands for an IPC sequence    number and the number of the sourcein this sequence. This format    is not used.
   Ref:=1998AJ....115.2587T
     byTHOMPSON R.J.
, SHELTON R.G., ARNING C.A.
 Astron. J., 115, 2587-2593 (1998)

    Initial results of a comprehensive ultrasoft survey of the Einstein
    IPC database: source list and confirmation of the selection procedure.
oTables 1 et 2: Numbering 'NNNN N' is not used in SIMBAD.
oTables 1 et 2: <[TSA98] JHHMMSS.ss+DDMMSS.ss> N=516.
=E=Catalogue in electronic form as J/AJ/115/2587
 Originof the Acronym: S = Created by Simbad, the CDS Database