Dictionary of Nomenclature of Celestial Objects
(Last update: 22-Mar-2024)

Result of query: info cati 1SXPS$

Details on Acronym:   1SXPS
  
1SXPS (The Swift X-ray Point Source catalogue)
Write:<<1SXPS JHHMMSS.s+DDMMSS>>
N: 151524
Object:(X)  (SIMBAD class: X = X-ray Source)
Note:The Swift satellite (http://www.swift.ac.uk) contains an X-ray telescope with a 21'x21' field of view, which has been collecting data from all over the sky for nearly 8 years. This project will find and catalogue all point sources detected by the Swift-XRT.
Ref:=2014ApJS..210....8E
byEVANS P.A. , OSBORNE J.P., BEARDMORE A.P., PAGE K.L., WILLINGALE R., MOUNTFORD C.J., PAGANI C., BURROWS D.N., KENNEA J.A., PERRI M., TAGLIAFERRI G., GEHRELS N.
 Astrophys. J., Suppl. Ser., 210, 8 (2014)
  1SXPS: a deep Swift X-ray telescope point source catalog with light curves and spectra.
o<1SXPS JHHMMSS.s+DDMMSS> N=151524. University of Leicester
=E=Catalogue in electronic form as IX/43
Originof the Acronym: p = Pre-registered to IAU Comm.5