Dictionary of Nomenclature of Celestial Objects
(Last update: 26-Sep-2023)

Result of query: info cati BAX$

Details on Acronym:   BAX
  
BAX    (Base de Donnees Amas de Galaxies X)
 Write:<<BAX  DDD.dddd+DD.dddd>>
 N:  1713
Object:Cluster of G  (SIMBAD class: ClG = Cluster of Galaxies)
  Note:Multiwavelength database dedicated to X-ray clusters and groups    of galaxies: http://bax.ast.obs-mip.fr
   Ref:=2004A&A...424.1097S
     bySADAT R.
, BLANCHARD A., KNEIB J.-P., MATHEZ G., MADORE B., MAZZARELLA J.M.
 Astron. Astrophys., 424, 1097-1100 (2004)

    Introducing BAX: A database for X-ray clusters and groups of galaxies.

obax.dat: <BAX DDD.dddd+DD.dddd> N=1713.
=E=Catalogue in electronic form as B/bax
 Originof the Acronym: A = Assigned by the author(s)