Dictionary of Nomenclature of Celestial Objects
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Result of query: info cati 3EG$

Details on Acronym:   3EG
  
3EG    (3rd EGRET Gamma-ray catalog)
 Write:<<3EG  JHHMM+DDMM>>
 N:  271
Object:(Gamma)  (SIMBAD class: gamma = Gamma-ray Source)
  Stat:is completely incorporated in Simbad
  Note:Data from 1991 April 22 to 1995 October 3.    See the revised catalogue EGR.
   Ref:=1999ApJS..123...79H
     byHARTMAN R.C.
, BERTSCH D.L., BLOOM S.D., CHEN A.W., DEINES-JONES P., ESPOSITO J.A., FICHTEL C.E., FRIEDLANDER D.P., HUNTER S.D., McDONALD L.M., SREEKUMAR P., THOMPSON D.J., JONES B.B., LIN Y.C., MICHELSON P.F., NOLAN P.L., TOMPKINS W.F., KANBACH G., MAYER-HASSELWANDER H.A., MUCKE A., POHL M., REIMER O., KNIFFEN D.A., SCHNEID E.J., VON MONTIGNY C., MUKHERJEE R., DINGUS B.L.
 Astrophys. J., Suppl. Ser., 123, 79-202 (1999)

    The third EGRET catalog of high-energy γ-ray sources.

o<3EG JHHMM+DDMM> N=271.
=E=Catalogue in electronic form as J/ApJS/123/79
 Originof the Acronym: A = Assigned by the author(s)