Dictionary of Nomenclature of Celestial Objects
(Last update: 24-Apr-2024)

Result of query: info cati F2MS$

Details on Acronym:   F2MS
  
F2MS (FIRST+2MASS+SDSS)
Write:<<F2MS JHHMM+DDMM>>
<<F2MS HHMM+DDMM>> (not recognised by Simbad, but found in literature)
N: 52
Object:QSO  (SIMBAD class: QSO = Quasar)
Stat:is completely incorporated in Simbad
Note:Red quasars from a survey combining the FIRST radio survey, the 2MASS Infrared Survey and the Sloan Digital Sky Survey. Keck ESI spectroscopic follow-up.
See also [UBW2009].
Ref:=2009ApJ...698.1095U
byURRUTIA T. , BECKER R.H., WHITE R.L., GLIKMAN E., LACY M., HODGE J., GREGG M.D.
 Astrophys. J., 698, 1095-1109 (2009)
  The FIRST-2MASS red quasar survey. II. An anomalously high fraction of LoBALs in searches for dust-reddened quasars.
oTable 1: <[UBW2009] NNN> (Nos 1-122). Tables 2-3: <F2MS JHHMM+DDMM> N=51+21.
=E=Catalogue in electronic form as <J/ApJ/698/1095/>
Originof the Acronym: A = Assigned by the author(s)