Dictionary of Nomenclature of Celestial Objects
(Last update: 11-Mar-2024)

Result of query: info cati IERS$

Details on Acronym:   ICRS
  
ICRS (International Celestial Reference System)
***** Avoid the usage of ICRS, prefer IERS
Originof the Acronym: L (2007KFNT...23..207K)

Details on Acronym:   IERS
  
IERS (International Earth Rotation Service)
Write:<<IERS BHHMM+DDd>>
Object:Extragalactic (Rad)  (SIMBAD class: Radio = Radio Source)
Note:1998AJ....116..516M: 1st ref. with ICRF objects. See also ICRF
2010A&A...520A.113B: search for additional suitable radio sources for aligning the Gaia and VLBI frames.
Ref:=1998AJ....116..516M
byMA C. , ARIAS E.F., EUBANKS T.M., FEY A.L., GONTIER A.-M., JACOBS C.S., SOVERS O.J., ARCHINAL B.A., CHARLOT P.
 Astron. J., 116, 516-546 (1998)
  The International Celestial Reference Frame as realized by very long baseline interferometry.
oTables 3, 4: <ICRF JHHMMSS.s+DDMMSS> = <IERS BHHMM+DDd> N=212+396.
Ref:=2010A&A...520A.113B
byBOURDA G. , CHARLOT P., PORCAS R.W., GARRINGTON S.T.
 Astron. Astrophys., 520A, 113-113 (2010)
  VLBI observations of optically-bright extragalactic radio sources for the alignment of the radio frame with the future Gaia frame. I. Source detection.
oTables 3-4: <IERS HHMM+DDd> N=398+49.
=E=Catalogue in electronic form as I/251
=E=Catalogue in electronic form as J/A+A/520/A113
Originof the Acronym: A = Assigned by the author(s)