Dictionary of Nomenclature of Celestial Objects
(Last update: 15-Sep-2023)

Result of query: info cati FOCA$

Details on Acronym:   FOCA
  
FOCA   (Focal Objective Corrective Anastigmatism)
 Write:<<FOCA  NNNN-NNNN>>
 N:  254
Object:(UV)  (SIMBAD class: UV = UV-emission Source)
  Note:FOCA balloon experiment.    In the format the 4 first digits 'NNNN' stand for:    the number of the flight, two first NN,    flight No. 07 in ref. 1995A&A...303..661D    and an internal number for the plotted direction in the sky,    direction No. 28 in ref. 1995A&A...303..661D.    The last 4 digits 'NFOCA' stand for an identification number.    Table 1: UV sources identified with one G, N=232.    Table 2: UV sources identified with two unresolved G
   Ref:=1995A&A...303..661D
     byDONAS J.
, MILLIARD B., LAGET M.
 Astron. Astrophys., 303, 661-672 (1995)

    Ultraviolet observations of galaxies in nearby clusters. III.
    Star-forming galaxies in the Coma cluster.
oTables 1, 2: <FOCA 0728-NNNN> N=254 among (Nos 79-2076)
 Originof the Acronym: A = Assigned by the author(s)