Details on Acronym: 2XMM | |
2XMM | (Second XMM-Newton X-ray source catalogue) |
Write: | <<2XMM JHHMMSS.s+DDMMSS>> |
N: | about 270000 |
Object: | (X) (SIMBAD class: X = X-ray Source) |
Note: | The 2XMM catalogue includes X-ray sources from public observations spanning the approximately 7 year baseline of the XMM-Newton mission to date. The 2XMM catalogue is the definitive version, superseding the preliminary version, 2XMMp, that was released in July 2006. The 2XMM catalogue is produced by the XMM-Newton Survey Science Centre (SSC), a consortium of institutes in the UK, France, Spain, Germany and Italy. 2009A&A....493..339W describes the creation and characteristics of the 2XMM catalogue. |
Auth.: | ROSEN S. |
Origin | of the Acronym: p = Pre-registered to IAU Comm.5 |