Details on Acronym: ATO | |
| ATO | (ATLAS object)= (ATLAS) |
| Write: | <<ATO JDDD.dddd+DD.ddddA>> |
| N: | about 500000000 |
| Object: | Unknown (SIMBAD class: Optical = Optical Source) |
| Note: | The Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System (ATLAS, http://fallingstar.com) surveys the entire visible sky four times every two days and collects high quality photometry on all objects brighter than m∼19. We are about to publish light curves of ∼5 million variable stars, submitting data to STScI and Vizier for dissemination. The variability of most of these stars was not previously recognized. |
| Ref: | =2018AJ....156..241H |
| by | HEINZE A.N. , TONRY J.L., DENNEAU L., FLEWELLING H., STALDER B., REST A., SMITH K.W., SMARTT S.J., WEILAND H. |
| Astron. J., 156, 241-241 (2018) | |
| A first catalog of variable stars measured by the Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System (ATLAS). | |
| o | Table 4 : All objects with Class = MIRA, LPV, PULSE, MPULSE, CBF, CBH, DBF, DBH, SINE, NSINE, MSINE have been ingested in SIMBAD. |
| o | Table 4: <ATO JDDD.dddd+DD.ddddA> N=4726882. Institute for Astronomy, University of Hawaii |
| =E= | Catalogue in electronic form as <J/AJ/156/241/> |
| Origin | of the Acronym: p = Pre-registered to IAU Comm.5 |