Dictionary of Nomenclature of Celestial Objects
(Last update: 22-Mar-2024)

Result of query: info cati BLOX$

Details on Acronym:   BLOX
  
BLOX (Bonn Lensing, Optical, X-ray)
Write:<<BLOX JHHMM.m+DDMM.m>>
N: 155
Object:Poss. ClG  (SIMBAD class: ClG_Candidate = Cluster of Galaxies Candidate)
Note:Authors are conducting a wide-field imaging survey on deep, public XMM-Newton fields to carry out a combined search for galaxy clusters with weak gravitational lensing, optical and X-ray selection. If the three methods give different positions the "BLOX" name will be based on the most reliable position estimate.
Ref:=2007A&A...470..821D
byDIETRICH J.P. , ERBEN T., LAMER G., SCHNEIDER P., SCHWOPE A., HARTLAP J., MATURI M.
 Astron. Astrophys., 470, 821-834 (2007)
  BLOX: the Bonn lensing, optical, and X-ray selected galaxy clusters. I. Cluster catalog construction.
otable1.dat: <BLOX JHHMM.m+DDMM.m> N=155.
=E=Catalogue in electronic form as J/A+A/470/821
Originof the Acronym: p = Pre-registered to IAU Comm.5