Dictionary of Nomenclature of Celestial Objects
(Last update: 26-Apr-2024)

Result of query: info cati APOP$

Details on Acronym:   APOP
  
APOP (Absolute Proper motions Outside the Plane)
Write:<<APOP NNNNN+NNNNNNN>>
N: 100774153
Object:?  (SIMBAD class: Unknown = Object of Unknown Nature)
Note:A new catalog of absolute proper motions and updated positions derived from the same Space Telescope Science Institute digitized Schmidt survey plates utilized for the construction of the Guide Star Catalog II. The catalog covers 22,525 sq. degrees and lists N=100774153 objects to the limiting magnitude of RF∼20.8.
Ref:=2015AJ....150..137Q
byQI Z. , YU Y., BUCCIARELLI B., LATTANZI M.G., SMART R.L., SPAGNA A., McLEAN B.J., TANG Z., JONES H.R.A., MORBIDELLI R., NICASTRO L., VECCHIATO A.
 Astron. J., 150, 137 (2015)
  Absolute proper motions outside the plane (APOP)-a step toward the GSC2.4.
o<APOP NNNNN+NNNNNNN> N=100774150.
=E=Catalogue in electronic form as <I/331/>
Originof the Acronym: A = Assigned by the author(s)