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

Details on Acronym:   CXOSEXSI
  
CXOSEXSI (Chandra X-ray Observatory, Serendipitous Extragal. X-ray Source Identif.)
 Write:<<CXOSEXSI  JHHMMSS.s+DDMMSS>>
 N:  1034+877
Object:(X)  (SIMBAD class: X = X-ray Source)
  Stat:is completely incorporated in Simbad
  Note:SEXSI is a collaboration between researchers at Caltech    and Columbia University to obtain a large sample of Serendipitous    Extragalactic X-ray Source Identifications by extracting complete,    hard (2.0-10.0keV) X-ray source lists from high Galactic latitude    X-ray source lists from high Galactic latitude Chandra Observatory    fields, and then to obtain photometric and spectroscopic identifications.
    2003ApJ...596..944H, Table 4: source catalog, Table 6: soft-band-only    source catalog.
    Optical imaging of the 1034 sources in 2005ApJS..156...35E
   Ref:=2003ApJ...596..944H
     byHARRISON F.A.
, ECKART M.E., MAO P.H., HELFAND D.J., STERN D.
 Astrophys. J., 596, 944-956 (2003)

    The Serendipitous Extragalactic X-ray Source Identification program.
    I. Characteristics of the hard X-ray sample.
oTables 4, 6: <CXOSEXSI JHHMMSS.s+DDMMSS> N=1034+879.
=E=Catalogue in electronic form as J/ApJ/596/944
 Originof the Acronym: p = Pre-registered to IAU Comm.5