Dictionary of Nomenclature of Celestial Objects
(Last update: 05-Dec-2023)

Result of query: info cati 2WHSP$

Details on Acronym:   2WHSP
  
2WHSP  (Second WISE High Synchrotron Peaked blazar)
 Write:<<2WHSP  JHHMMSS.s+DDMMSS>>
 N:  1691
Object:Poss. Blazar  (SIMBAD class: Blazar_Candidate = Blazar Candidate)
  Note:This second WISE High Synchrotron Peaked blazar (2WHSP) catalog    extends the previous 1WHSP to lower Galactic latitudes    (b<|10°|), with N=1691 blazars expected to emit at VHE    energies by means of multi-frequency data.
    See also 3HSP.
   Ref:=2017A&A...598A..17C
     byCHANG Y.-L.
, ARSIOLI B., GIOMMI P., PADOVANI P.
 Astron. Astrophys., 598A, 17-17 (2017)

    2WHSP: A multi-frequency selected catalogue of high energy and very high energy γ-ray blazars and blazar candidates.

oTable 2: <2WHSP JHHMMSS.s+DDMMSS> N=1691.
=E=Catalogue in electronic form as <J/A+A/598/A17/>
 Originof the Acronym: A = Assigned by the author(s)