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

Result of query: info cati 3A$

Details on Acronym:   3A
  
3A     (Ariel satellite, list 3)= (Ariel) 
 Write:<<3A  HHMM+DDd>>
 N:  251
Object:(X)  (SIMBAD class: X = X-ray Source)
  Stat:is completely incorporated in Simbad
   Ref:=1981MNRAS.197..893M
     byMcHARDY I.M.
, LAWRENCE A., PYE J.P., POUNDS K.A.
 Mon. Not. R. Astron. Soc., 197, 893-919 (1981)

    The Ariel V (3A) catalogue of X-ray sources. II. Sources at high galactic
    latitude (|b| > 10 °).
oTable 1: <3A HHMM+DDd> N=142
   Ref:=1981MNRAS.197..865W
     byWARWICK R.S.
, MARSHALL N., FRASER G.W., WATSON M.G., LAWRENCE A., PAGE C.G., POUNDS K.A., RICKETTS M.J., SIMS M.R., SMITH A.
 Mon. Not. R. Astron. Soc., 197, 865-891 (1981)

    The Ariel V (3A) catalogue of X-ray sources. I. Sources at low galactic
    latitude (|b|<10 °.).
oTable 2: <3A HHMM+DDd> N=109

Details on Acronym:   Ariel
  
Ariel  (Ariel satellite)
  ***** Avoid the usage of Ariel,  prefer 3A