Dictionary of Nomenclature of Celestial Objects
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Result of query: info cati DGM2002]$

Details on Acronym:   [DGM2002]
  
[DGM2002] (Dobrzycki+Groot+Macri+, 2002)
Write:<<[DGM2002] JHHMMSS.ss+DDMMSS.s>>
N: 4
Object:QSO  (SIMBAD class: QSO = Quasar)
Stat:is completely incorporated in Simbad
Note:Discovery of 4 QSOs located behind the LMC, identified via spectroscopy of optical counterparts to X-ray sources found seredipitously by the CXO satellite.
All 4 QSOs have archival photometry from the OGLE-II.
Ref:=2002ApJ...569L..15D
byDOBRZYCKI A. , GROOT P.J., MACRI L.M., STANEK K.Z.
 Astrophys. J., 569, 15-18 (2002)
  Discovery of four X-ray quasars behind the Large Magellanic Cloud.
oTable 1: <[DGM2002] JHHMMSS.ss+DDMMSS.s> N=4.
Originof the Acronym: S = Created by Simbad, the CDS Database