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

Details on Acronym:   CENSORS
  
CENSORS (Combined EIS-NVSS Survey Of Radio Sources)
Write:<<CENSORS NNN>>
<<CENSORS XN>>
<<CENSORS DN>>
N: 150+3+1
Object:(Rad)  (SIMBAD class: Radio = Radio Source)
Note:New sample of radio-sources designated CENSORS.
CENSORS has been defined by combining the NVSS and the EIS survey.
(Nos 1-150) include only those NVSS sources which are real and fall within the EIS Patch D, 3 sources (Nos X1-X3) not targeted in the original EISD radio observations are added, and (No. D1) one pair of 2 NVSS sources. See also EISD.
Ref:=2003MNRAS.346..627B
byBEST P.N. , ARTS J.N., ROETTGERING H.J.A., RENGELINK R., BROOKES M.H., WALL J.
 Mon. Not. R. Astron. Soc., 346, 627-683 (2003)
  CENSORS: A Combined EIS-NVSS Survey Of Radio Sources - I. Sample definition, radio data and optical identifications.
oTable A1: <EISD NNN> (Nos 1-199). Table C1: <CENSORS NNN> (Nos 1-150), <CENSORS XN> (Nos X1-X3), <CENSORS D1> N=1.
=E=Catalogue in electronic form as J/MNRAS/346/627
Originof the Acronym: A = Assigned by the author(s)