Dictionary of Nomenclature of Celestial Objects
(Last update: 17-Mar-2023)

Result of query: info cati 6dFGS gJHHMMSS.s+DDMMSS$

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Details on Acronym:   6dFGS
  
6dFGS  (6-degree Field Galaxy Survey)
 Write:<<6dFGS  gJHHMMSS.s+DDMMSS>>

<<6dFGS  JHHMMSSs+DDMMSS>>	(not recognised by Simbad, but found in literature)
 N:  124647
Object:G  (SIMBAD class: Galaxy)
  Note:Galaxies from the 6dFGS.
    The authors used a format gHHMMSS+DDMMSS where the letter g stands for galaxy,    then 2000 coordinates, so the letter 'J' is added.
    2009MNRAS.399..683J: The 6dF Galaxy Survey Redshift Catalogue Data Release 3    (final release).
   Ref:=2009MNRAS.399..683J
     byJONES D.H.
, READ M.A., SAUNDERS W., COLLESS M., JARRETT T., PARKER Q.A., FAIRALL A.P., MAUCH T., SADLER E.M., WATSON F.G., BURTON D., CAMPBELL L.A., CASS P., CROOM S.M., DAWE J., FIEGERT K., FRANKCOMBE L., HARTLEY M., HUCHRA J., JAMES D., KIRBY E., LAHAV O., LUCEY J., MAMON G.A., MOORE L., PETERSON B.A., PRIOR S., PROUST D., RUSSELL K., SAFOURIS V., WAKAMATSU K.-I., WESTRA E., WILLIAMS M.
 Mon. Not. R. Astron. Soc., 399, 683-698 (2009)

    The 6dF galaxy survey: final redshift release (DR3) and southern
    large-scale structures.
o<6dFGS gJHHMMSS.s+DDMMSS> N=124647.
=E=Catalogue in electronic form as VII/259/6dfgs
 Originof the Acronym: A = Assigned by the author(s)