Dictionary of Nomenclature of Celestial Objects
(Last update: 02-Jun-2023)

Result of query: info cati CXOGNC$

Details on Acronym:   CXOGNC
  
CXOGNC (Chandra X-ray Observatory Great Nebula in Carina)
 Write:<<CXOGNC  JHHMMSS.ss+DDMMSS.s>>
 N:  about 14000
Object:(X)  (SIMBAD class: X = X-ray Source)
  Note:The Chandra Carina Complex Project.
   Ref:=2011ApJS..194....2B
     byBROOS P.S.
, TOWNSLEY L.K., FEIGELSON E.D., GETMAN K.V., GARMIRE G.P., PREIBISCH T., SMITH N., BABLER B.L., HODGKIN S., INDEBETOUW R., IRWIN M., KING R.R., LEWIS J., MAJEWSKI S.R., McCAUGHREAN M.J., MEADE M.R., ZINNECKER H.
 Astrophys. J., Suppl. Ser., 194, 2 (2011)

    A catalog of Chandra X-ray sources in the Carina nebula.

oTables 1, 6: <CXOGNC JHHMMSS.ss+DDMMSS.s> N=14369.  Pennsylvania State University
=E=Catalogue in electronic form as <J/ApJS/194/2/>
 Originof the Acronym: p = Pre-registered to IAU Comm.5