Dictionary of Nomenclature of Celestial Objects
(Last update: 22-Mar-2024)

Result of query: info cati MACHO* FFFNNNN$
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Details on Acronym:   MACHO*
  
MACHO* (MACHO experiment, Star)
Write:<<MACHO* JHHMMSS.s+DDMMSS>>
<<MACHO* JHHMMSS.ss+DDMMSS.s>>
<<MACHO* JHHMMSS.sss+DDMMSS.ss>>
<<MACHO* JHHMMSS.ssss+DDMMSS.sss>>
<<MACHO* FFFNNNNN>>
Object:*  (SIMBAD class: Star)
Note:Stars found by the authors during the MACHO experiment
See also [AAA95], [AAA97a], [AAA97b], [AAA97c], [AAA97d], [AAA98a], [AAA98b].
Ref:=1995AJ....109.1653A
byALCOCK C. , ALLSMAN R.A., AXELROD T.S., BENNETT D.P., COOK K.H., FREEMAN K.C., GRIEST K., MARSHALL S.L., PETERSON B.A., PRATT M.R., QUINN P.J., REIMANN J., RODGERS A.W., STUBBS C.W., SUTHERLAND W., WELCH D.L.
 Astron. J., 109, 1653-1662 (1995)
  The MACHO project LMC variable star inventory. I. Beat Cepheids-conclusive evidence for the excitation of the second overtone in classical Cepheids.
oTable 1 : * HS 353 not identified
oTable 1: <MACHO* JHHMMSS.s-DDMMSS> = <[AAA95] JHHMMSS.s-DDMMSS> N=48
Ref:=1997ApJ...474..217A
byALCOCK C. , ALLSMAN R.A., ALVES D.R., AXELROD T.S., BECKER A.C., BENNETT D.P., COOK K.H., FREEMAN K.C., GRIEST K., GUERN J.A., LEHNER M.J., MARSHALL S.L., MINNITI D., PETERSON B.A., PRATT M.R., QUINN P.J., RODGERS A.W., STUBBS C.W., SUTHERLAND W., WELCH D.L., (The MACHO Collaboration)
 Astrophys. J., 474, 217-None (1997)
  MACHO project photometry of RR Lyrae stars in the Sagittarius dwarf galaxy.
oTable 1: <[AAA97a] JHHMMSS.ss+DDMMSS.s> = <MACHO* JHHMMSS.ss+DDMMSS.s> = <MACHO* FFFNNNN> N=30
Ref:=1997ApJ...482...89A
byALCOCK C. , ALLSMAN R.A., ALVES D., AXELROD T.S., BECKER A.C., BENNETT D.P., COOK K.H., FREEMAN K.C., GRIEST K., GUERN J., LEHNER M.J., MARSHALL S.L., MINNITI D., PETERSON B.A., PRATT M.R., QUINN P.J., RODGERS A.W., SUTHERLAND W., WELCH D.L., (The MACHO Collaboration)
 Astrophys. J., 482, 89-97 (1997)
  The MACHO project Large Magellanic Cloud variable star inventory. III. Multimode RR Lyrae stars, distance to the large Magellanic Cloud, and age of the oldest stars.
oTable 1: N=75 entries, but N=73 RRLyr, two pairs represent the same stars found twice.
oTable 1: <[AAA97c] JHHMMSS.s-DDMMSS> = <MACHO* JHHMMSS.s-DDMMSS> = <MACHO FFF.NNNNN.NNNN> N=75
Ref:=1997ApJ...490L..59A
byALCOCK C. , ALLSMAN R.A., ALVES D.R., AXELROD T.S., BECKER A.C., BENNETT D.P., COOK K.H., FREEMAN K.C., GRIEST K., LEHNER M.J., MARSHALL S.L., MINNITI D., PETERSON B.A., PRATT M.R., QUINN P.J., RODGERS A.W., RORABECK A., STUBBS C.W., SUTHERLAND W., TOMANEY A.B., VANDEHEI T., WELCH D.L.
 Astrophys. J., 490, 59-64 (1997)
  Is the Large Magellanic Cloud microlensing due to an intervening dwarf galaxy?
oTable 1: <[AAA97d] JHHMMSS.sss+DDMMSS.ss> = <MACHO* JHHMMSS.sss+DDMMSS.ss> N=20
Ref:=1998AJ....115.1921A
byALCOCK C. , ALLSMAN R.A., ALVES D.R., AXELROD T.S., BECKER A., BENNETT D.P., COOK K.H., FREEMAN K.C., GRIEST K., LAWSON W.A., LEHNER M.J., MARSHALL S.L., MINNITI D., PETERSON B.A., POLLARD K.R., PRATT M.R., QUINN P.J., RODGERS A.W., SUTHERLAND W., TOMANEY A., WELCH D.L.
 Astron. J., 115, 1921-1933 (1998)
  The MACHO project LMC variable star inventory. VII. The discovery of RV Tauri stars and new type II cepheids in the Large Magellanic Cloud.
oTable 1: The format 'FFF.NNNNN.NNNN' stands for 'MACHO FFF.NNNNN.NNNN' in SIMBAD.
oTable 1: <MACHO* JHHMMSS.s+DDMMSS> = <[AAA98b] JHHMMSS.s+DDMMSS>, N=33.
Originof the Acronym: A = Assigned by the author(s)