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

Result of query: info cati CHSS$

Details on Acronym:   CHSS
  
CHSS   (Century Halo Star Survey)
 Write:<<CHSS  NNNN>>
 N:  4015
Object:*  (SIMBAD class: Star)
  Note:The Century Halo Star Survey (CHSS) is a photometric and    spectroscopic survey from which the authors select relatively    blue stars as probes of the Milky Way halo.
    Additional data from 2MASS is also used. Spectral follow-up    with Whipple Observatory 1.5m telescope.
   Ref:=2003AJ....126.1362B
     byBROWN W.R.
, ALLENDE PRIETO C., BEERS T.C., WILHELM R., GELLER M.J., KENYON S.J., KURTZ M.J.
 Astron. J., 126, 1362-1380 (2003)

    The Century Survey Galactic Halo project. I. Stellar spectral
    analysis.
oTable 7: <CHSS NNN> N=764 among (Nos 1-901).
   Ref:=2005AJ....130.1097B
     byBROWN W.R.
, GELLER M.J., KENYON S.J., KURTZ M.J., ALLENDE PRIETO C., BEERS T.C., WILHELM R.
 Astron. J., 130, 1097-1110 (2005)

    The Century Survey Galactic Halo Project. II. Global properties and
    the luminosity function of field blue horizontal branch stars.
oTables 2, 3: <CHSS NNNN> (Nos 902-1689) added.
   Ref:=2008AJ....135..564B
     byBROWN W.R.
, BEERS T.C., WILHELM R., ALLENDE PRIETO C., GELLER M.J., KENYON S.J., KURTZ M.J.
 Astron. J., 135, 564-574 (2008)

    The Century Survey Galactic Halo Project. III. A complete 4300°^{2}
    survey of blue horizontal branch stars in the metal-weak thick disk and inner    halo.
oTable 2: <CHSS NNNN> (Nos 1690-4015) added.
=E=Catalogue in electronic form as J/AJ/126/1362
=E=Catalogue in electronic form as J/AJ/130/1097
=E=Catalogue in electronic form as J/AJ/135/564
 Originof the Acronym: A = Assigned by the author(s)