Dictionary of Nomenclature of Celestial Objects
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Result of query: info cati FIRST-BNGS$

Details on Acronym:   FIRST-BNGS
  
FIRST-BNGS (FIRST-Bright Natural Guide Star)
Write:<<FIRST-BNGS JHHMM+DDMMWW>>
<<FIRST-BNGS FHHMM+DDMMWW>> (not recognised by Simbad, but found in literature)
N: 64
Object:(Rad)  (SIMBAD class: Radio = Radio Source)
Stat:is completely incorporated in Simbad
Note:VLA FIRST sources with a bright nearby star. UH2.2m and WIYN optical photometry, CFHT and Subaru IRCS NIR photometry, IRTF SpeX, Gemini GMOS and Keck II OSIRIS spectroscopy.
Ref:=2009ApJS..185..124S
bySTALDER B. , CHAMBERS K.C., VACCA W.D.
 Astrophys. J., Suppl. Ser., 185, 124-155 (2009)
  58 radio sources near bright natural guide stars.
oTable 1: <FIRST-BNGS JHHMM+DDMMWW> N=64.
=E=Catalogue in electronic form as J/ApJS/185/124
Originof the Acronym: A = Assigned by the author(s)