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

Result of query: info cati BFM2002]$

Details on Acronym:   [BFM2002]
  
[BFM2002] (Bernstein+Freedman+Madore, 2002)
Write:<<[BFM2002] JHHMMSS.ss+DDMMSS.s>>
N: 140+687+644
Object:?  (SIMBAD class: Unknown = Object of Unknown Nature)
Note:HST WFPC2 observations:
search for EBL sources (Extragalactic Background Light).
Second author says: the objects should be refered as [BFM2003] JHHMMSS.ss+DDMMSS.s.
See also EBL.
Ref:=2002ApJ...571...56B
byBERNSTEIN R.A. , FREEDMAN W.L., MADORE B.F.
 Astrophys. J., 571, 56-84 (2002)
  The first detections of the extragalactic background light at 3000, 5500, and 8000 Å. I. Results.
o(Erratum) erratum vol. 632, p. 713 (2005)
oTable 2: <EBL NNN-N-NNN> N=140+687+644 = <[BFM2002] JHHMMSS.ss-DDMMSS.s> N=140+687+644.
=E=Catalogue in electronic form as J/ApJ/571/56
Originof the Acronym: A = Assigned by the author(s)