Dictionary of Nomenclature of Celestial Objects
(Last update: 10-Apr-2024)

Result of query: info cati FBQS JHHMM+DDMM$
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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)