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

Result of query: info cati FBQS$

Details on Acronym:   BQ
  
BQ     (Bright QSO)
  ***** Avoid the usage of BQ,  prefer FBQS
 Originof the Acronym: A = Assigned by the author(s)

Details on Acronym:   FBQS
  
FBQS   (FIRST Bright QSO Survey)= (BQ) 
 Write:<<FBQS  JHHMM+DDMM>>
 N:  1318+264
Object:Poss. QSO  (SIMBAD class: QSO_Candidate = Quasar Candidate)
  Stat:is completely incorporated in Simbad
  Note:Faint Images of the Radio Sky at Twenty centimers (FIRST).    Objects are QSO, with some G and *.
   Ref:=1996AJ....112..407G
     byGREGG M.D.
, BECKER R.H., WHITE R.L., HELFAND D.J., McMAHON R.G., HOOK I.M.
 Astron. J., 112, 407-415 (1996)

    The FIRST bright QSO survey.

oTables 1 to 4: <FBQS JHHMM+DDMM> N=173
   Ref:=2000ApJS..126..133W
     byWHITE R.L.
, BECKER R.H., GREGG M.D., LAURENT-MUEHLEISEN S.A., BROTHERTON M.S., IMPEY C.D., PETRY C.E., FOLTZ C.B., CHAFFEE F.H., RICHARDS G.T., OEGERLE W.R., HELFAND D.J., McMAHON R.G., CABANELA J.E.
 Astrophys. J., Suppl. Ser., 126, 133-207 (2000)

    The FIRST bright quasar survey. II. 60 nights and 1200 spectra later.

oTables 2 to 8: <FBQS JHHMM+DDMM> N=1318.
   Ref:=2001ApJS..135..227B
     byBECKER R.H.
, WHITE R.L., GREGG M.D., LAURENT-MUEHLEISEN S.A., BROTHERTON M.S., IMPEY C.D., CHAFFEE F.H., RICHARDS G.T., HELFAND D.J., LACY M., COURBIN F., PROCTOR D.D.
 Astrophys. J., Suppl. Ser., 135, 227-262 (2001)

    The FIRST bright quasar survey. III. The South Galactic Cap.

oTables 1-7: <FBQS JHHMM+DDMM> N=264 new.
=E=Catalogue in electronic form as J/AJ/112/407
=E=Catalogue in electronic form as J/ApJS/126/133
=E=Catalogue in electronic form as J/ApJS/135/227
 Originof the Acronym: A = Assigned by the author(s)