Dictionary of Nomenclature of Celestial Objects
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Result of query: info cati CCOS$

Details on Acronym:   CCOS
  
CCOS (Centaurus Compact Object Source)
Write:<<CCOS JHHMM.mm+DDMM.mm>>
N: 27
Object:G in ClG  (SIMBAD class: GtowardsCl = Galaxy towards a Cluster of Galaxies)
Stat:is completely incorporated in Simbad
Note:VLT VIMOS observations of the Centaurus cluster: N=27 compact objects with radial velocities consistent with them being cluster members.
in source:ACO 3526 = Centaurus Cluster
Ref:=2007A&A...472..111M
byMIESKE S. , HILKER M., JORDAN A., INFANTE L., KISSLER-PATIG M.
 Astron. Astrophys., 472, 111-119 (2007)
  A search for ultra-compact dwarf galaxies in the Centaurus galaxy cluster.
oTable 1: <CCOS JHHMM.mm+DDMM.mm> N=27.
=E=Catalogue in electronic form as J/A+A/472/111
Originof the Acronym: A = Assigned by the author(s)