Dictionary of Nomenclature of Celestial Objects
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Result of query: info cati 2MASS6xp$

Details on Acronym:   2MASS6xp
  
2MASS6xp (2Micron All-Sky Survey, x6, provisional)
Write:<<2MASS6xp JHHMMSSss+DDMMSSs>>
N: 69115
Object:(IR)  (SIMBAD class: Infrared = Infra-Red Source)
Note:Provisional Point-source catalog of the Lockman Hole, using the 2MASS observing system with a strategy to integrate 6 times longer than normal (6 x images).
in source:NAME Lockman Hole
Ref:=2003AJ....125.2521B
byBEICHMAN C.A. , CUTRI R., JARRETT T., STIENING R., SKRUTSKIE M.
 Astron. J., 125, 2521-2530 (2003)
  A deep 2MASS survey of the Lockman Hole.
oTable 6: <2MASS6xp JHHMMSSss+DDMMSSs> N=69115.
=E=Catalogue in electronic form as J/AJ/125/2521
Originof the Acronym: A = Assigned by the author(s)