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

Result of query: info cati MALS JHHMM+DDMM$
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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