Dictionary of Nomenclature of Celestial Objects
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Result of query: info cati GHVC$

Details on Acronym:   GHVC
  
GHVC   (GASS High Velocity Cloud)
 Write:<<GHVC  GLLL.l+BB.b+VVV>>
 N:  about 2000
Object:HVC  (SIMBAD class: HVCld = High-velocity Cloud)
  Note:We are publishing a catalogue of high velocity clouds as discovered    within the Galactic All Sky Survey (GASS) data. The catalogue paper    is nearing submission and will contain a table of all HVCs found in    GASS. We are submitting this application for a new acronym in order    to facilitate reference to specific GASS HVCs in future follow-up    work. The sensitivity of GASS to large scale structure as well as    the way we identify HVCs using a floodfill sourcefinder makes a GHVC    distinct from an HVC, in that our definition of a source may join    several clouds that are connected at the 2 sigma level. Hence, we    propose the new acronym GHVC to specifically designate a source as    a GASS HVC, to make the origin of such a cloud clear.
   Ref:=2013ApJS..209...12M
     byMOSS V.A.
, McCLURE-GRIFFITHS N.M., MURPHY T., PISANO D.J., KUMMERFELD J.K., CURRAN J.R.
 Astrophys. J., Suppl. Ser., 209, 12 (2013)

    High-velocity clouds in the Galactic All Sky Survey. I. Catalog.

oTable 1: <GHVC GLLL.l+BB.b+VVV> N=1693. Table 2: <GAVC GLLL.l+BB.b+VVV> N=295.  University of Sydney/CSIRO Astronomy and Space Science
=E=Catalogue in electronic form as J/ApJS/209/12
 Originof the Acronym: p = Pre-registered to IAU Comm.5