Dictionary of Nomenclature of Celestial Objects
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Result of query: info cati 87GB$

Details on Acronym:   87GB
  
87GB   (1987, Green Bank obs.)
 Write:<<87GB  HHMMSS.s+DDMMSS>>
 N:  54579
Object:(Rad)  (SIMBAD class: Radio = Radio Source)
  Note:The 91 m telescope in Green Bank was used during 1987 to map    6.0 sr of sky.    N = 54579 discrete sources with angular sizes diameter < 10'.5    and stronger than  S  about 25 mJy derived from the maps
   Ref:=1991ApJS...75.1011G
     byGREGORY P.C.
, CONDON J.J.
 Astrophys. J., Suppl. Ser., 75, 1011-1291 (1991)

    The 87GB catalog of radio sources covering 0° < del <+75° at 4.85 GHz.

oTable 2: <87GB HHMMSS.s+DDMMSS> N=54579
=E=Catalogue in electronic form as VIII/14
 Originof the Acronym: A = Assigned by the author(s)