Dictionary of Nomenclature of Celestial Objects
(Last update: 26-Sep-2023)

Result of query: info cati 2MASSW$

Details on Acronym:   2MASSW
  
2MASSW (2Micron All-Sky Survey Working database)
 Write:<<2MASSW  JHHMMSSs+DDMMSS>>
Object:(IR)  (SIMBAD class: Infrared = Infra-Red Source)
  Note:2 Micron All-Sky Survey 2MASS
    1999ApJ...519..345L and 1999ApJ...519..802K:    1st refs containing N=64 '2MASSW' objects.
   Ref:=1999ApJ...519..345L
     byLIEBERT J.
, KIRKPATRICK J.D., REID I.N., FISHER M.D.
 Astrophys. J., 519, 345-353 (1999)

    A 2MASS ultracool M dwarf observed in a spectacular flare.

o<2MASSW JHHMMSSs+DDMMSS> N=1.
   Ref:=1999ApJ...519..802K
     byKIRKPATRICK J.D.
, REID I.N., LIEBERT J., CUTRI R.M., NELSON B., BEICHMAN C.A., DAHN C.C., MONET D.G., GIZIS J.E., SKRUTSKIE M.F.
 Astrophys. J., 519, 802-833 (1999)

    Dwarfs cooler than ``M'': the definition of spectral type ``L'' using
    discoveries from the 2 micron all-sky survey (2MASS).
oTables 1, 2: <2MASSs JHHMMSSs+DDMMSS> N=12, <2MASSW JHHMMSSs+DDMMSS>    N=64.
 Originof the Acronym: A = Assigned by the author(s)