Dictionary of Nomenclature of Celestial Objects
(Last update: 05-Dec-2023)

Result of query: info cati MALS$

Details on Acronym:   MALS
  
MALS   (MeerKAT Absorption Line Survey)
 Write:<<MALS  JHHMM+DDMM>>
 N:  103
Object:Poss. QSO  (SIMBAD class: QSO_Candidate = Quasar Candidate)
  Stat:is completely incorporated in Simbad
  Note:NOT spectroscopic observations of N=103 radio-bright quasars at high-redshift of the    northern hemisphere using the NRAO VLA Sky, SUMSS and WISE surveys.
   Ref:=2018ApJS..235...10K
     byKROGAGER J.-K.
, GUPTA N., NOTERDAEME P., RANJAN A., FYNBO J.P.U., SRIANAND R., PETITJEAN P., COMBES F., MAHABAL A.
 Astrophys. J., Suppl. Ser., 235, 10-10 (2018)

    MALS-NOT: identifying radio-bright quasars for the MeerKAT Absorption
    Line Survey.
oTable 1, 3: <MALS JHHMM+DDMM> N=103.
 Originof the Acronym: S = Created by Simbad, the CDS Database