Dictionary of Nomenclature of Celestial Objects
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Details on Acronym:   F2M
  
F2M    (FIRST+2MASS)
 Write:<<F2M  JHHMMSS.ss+DDMMSS.s>>
 N:  69+137+395
Object:QSO + Poss. QSO  (SIMBAD class: QSO_Candidate = Quasar Candidate)
  Note:Combined radio and optical + IR observations of FIRST and 2MASS    objects to search for QSOs.
   Ref:=2004ApJ...607...60G
     byGLIKMAN E.
, GREGG M.D., LACY M., HELFAND D.J., BECKER R.H., WHITE R.L.
 Astrophys. J., 607, 60-75 (2004)

    FIRST-2MASS sources below the APM detection threshold: a population of
    highly reddened quasars.
oTable 2: <F2M JHHMMSS.ss+DDMMSS.s> N=69.
   Ref:=2007ApJ...667..673G
     byGLIKMAN E.
, HELFAND D.J., WHITE R.L., BECKER R.H., GREGG M.D., LACY M.
 Astrophys. J., 667, 673-703 (2007)

    The FIRST-2MASS Red Quasar Survey.

oTables 1, 2: <F2M JHHMMSS.ss+DDMMSS.s> N=137 added.
   Ref:=2012ApJ...757...51G
     byGLIKMAN E.
, URRUTIA T., LACY M., DJORGOVSKI S.G., MAHABAL A., MYERS A.D., ROSS N.P., PETITJEAN P., GE J., SCHNEIDER D.P., YORK D.G.
 Astrophys. J., 757, 51 (2012)

    FIRST-2MASS red quasars: transitional objects emerging from the dust.

oTable 1: <F2M JHHMMSS.ss+DDMMSS.s> N=395.
=E=Catalogue in electronic form as J/ApJ/607/60
=E=Catalogue in electronic form as J/ApJ/667/673
=E=Catalogue in electronic form as <J/ApJ/757/51/>
 Originof the Acronym: A = Assigned by the author(s)