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

Result of query: info cati WFY2017]$

Details on Acronym:   [WFY2017]
  
[WFY2017] (Wang+Fan+Yang+, 2017)
Write:<<[WFY2017] JHHMMSS.ss+DDMMSS.ss>>
N: 44
Object:Poss. QSO  (SIMBAD class: Unknown = Object of Unknown Nature)
Note:Mayall z-band Legacy Survey (MzLS), ULAS, VHS, and ALLWISE photometric data of N=44 QSO candidates.
Ref:=2017ApJ...839...27W
byWANG F. , FAN X., YANG J., WU X.-B., YANG Q., BIAN F., McGREER I.D., LI J.-T., LI Z., DING J., DEY A., DYE S., FINDLAY J.R., GREEN R., JAMES D., JIANG L., LANG D., LAWRENCE A., MYERS A.D., ROSS N.P., SCHLEGEL D.J., SHANKS T.
 Astrophys. J., 839, 27-27 (2017)
  First discoveries of z > 6 quasars with the DECam Legacy Survey and UKIRT Hemisphere Survey.
oTable 3: <DELS JHHMMSS.ss+DDMMSS.s> N=3. Table 4: <[WFY2017] JHHMMSS.ss+DDMMSS.s> N=44.
Originof the Acronym: S = Created by Simbad, the CDS Database