Dictionary of Nomenclature of Celestial Objects
(Last update: 10-Apr-2024)

Result of query: info cati APX$

Details on Acronym:   APX
  
APX (Alpha Persei, X-ray source)
Write:<<APX NNN>>
<<APX NNNA>>
N: 203+656
Object:(X) + *  (SIMBAD class: X = X-ray Source)
Note:ROSAT PSPC observations of the alpha Persei Cluster = Cl Melotte 20.
(Nos 1-203) X-ray sources detected.
Format 'NNNA' are possible optical counterparts. Finding charts. See also Cl* Melotte 20 AP.
in source:NAME ALPHA PER Cluster
Ref:=1998AN....319..201P
byPROSSER C.F. , RANDICH S.
 Astron. Nachr., 319, 201-214 (1998)
  Identification of new low-mass members of the α Persei open cluster by ROSAT. I.
oTable 1: <APX NN> (Nos 1-73). Table 2, notes finding charts: <APX NNA> N=88.
Ref:=1998AN....319..215P
byPROSSER C.F. , RANDICH S., SIMON T.
 Astron. Nachr., 319, 215-234 (1998)
  Identification of new low-mass members of the α Persei open cluster by ROSAT. II.
oTable 2: <APX NNN> (Nos 74-203). Tables 4, 7: <APX NNNA> N=568.
=E=Catalogue in electronic form as J/other/AN/319.201
Originof the Acronym: A = Assigned by the author(s)