Dictionary of Nomenclature of Celestial Objects
(Last update: 02-Nov-2023)

Result of query: info cati 2EGS$

Details on Acronym:   2EGS
  
2EGS   (2nd EGRET Gamma-ray catalog, Suppl.)
 Write:<<2EGS  JHHMM+DDMM>>
 N:  28
Object:(Gamma)  (SIMBAD class: gamma = Gamma-ray Source)
  Stat:is completely incorporated in Simbad
  Note:EGRET on the Compton Gamma Ray Observatory,    additional 28 sources to the 2EG catalog.    Sometime found named 2EG
   Ref:=1996ApJS..107..227T
     byTHOMPSON D.J.
, BERTSCH D.L., DINGUS B.L., ESPOSITO J.A., ETIENNE A., FICHTEL C.E., FRIEDLANDER D.P., HARTMAN R.C., HUNTER S.D., KENDIG D.J., MATTOX J.R., McDONALD L.M., MUKHERJEE R., RAMANAMURTHY P.V., SREEKUMAR P., VON MONTIGNY C., FIERRO J.M., JONES B.B., LIN Y.C., MICHELSON P.F., NOLAN P.L., TOMPKINS W., WILLIS T.D., KANBACH G., MAYER-HASSELWANDER H.A., MERCK M., POHL M., KNIFFEN D.A., SCHNEID E.J.
 Astrophys. J., Suppl. Ser., 107, 227-237 (1996)

    Supplement to the second EGRET catalog of high-energy γ-ray sources.

oTable 2: <2EGS JHHMM+DDMM> N=28
 Originof the Acronym: A = Assigned by the author(s)