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

Result of query: info cati 2SXPS$

Details on Acronym:   2SXPS
  
2SXPS  (The Second Swift X-ray Point Source catalogue)
 Write:<<2SXPS  JHHMMSS.s+DDMMSS>>
 N:  206335
Object:(X)  (SIMBAD class: X = X-ray Source)
  Note:The 2SXPS (Swift-XRT Point Source) catalog contains 206,335 point sources    detected by the Swift X-ray Telescope (XRT) in the 0.3–10 keV energy range.    This catalog represents a significant improvement over 1SXPS, with    double the sky coverage (now 3790 deg2), and several significant    developments in source detection and classification.
    More information is available at https://www.swift.ac.uk/2SXPS
   Ref:=2020ApJS..247...54E
     byEVANS P.A.
, PAGE K.L., OSBORNE J.P., BEARDMORE A.P., WILLINGALE R., BURROWS D.N., KENNEA J.A., PERRI M., CAPALBI M., TAGLIAFERRI G., CENKO S.B.
 Astrophys. J., Suppl. Ser., 247, 54-54 (2020)

    2SXPS: an improved and expanded Swift X-ray Telescope point-source
    catalog.
o<2SXPS JHHMMSS.s+DDMMSS> N=206335.
=E=Catalogue in electronic form as <IX/58/>
 Originof the Acronym: A = Assigned by the author(s)