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 |