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

Result of query: info cati 2RXS$

Details on Acronym:   2RXS
  
2RXS   (2st ROSAT X Survey)
 Write:<<2RXS  JHHMMSS.s+DDMMSS>>
 N:  135118
Object:(X)  (SIMBAD class: X = X-ray Source)
  Note:Second ROSAT all-sky survey source catalogue obtained from the    ROSAT all-sky survey (RASS) observations. It represents an extended    and revised version of the bright and faint source catalogues.
   Ref:=2016A&A...588A.103B
     byBOLLER T.
, FREYBERG M.J., TRUMPER J., HABERL F., VOGES W., NANDRA K.
 Astron. Astrophys., 588A, 103-103 (2016)

    Second ROSAT all-sky survey (2RXS) source catalogue.

o<2RXS JHHMMSS.s+DDMMSS> N=135118.
=E=Catalogue in electronic form as J/A+A/588/A103
 Originof the Acronym: A = Assigned by the author(s)