Dictionary of Nomenclature of Celestial Objects
(Last update: 02-Nov-2023)

Result of query: info cati MCS$

Details on Acronym:   MACS
  
MACS   (Massive Cluster Survey)
  ***** Avoid the usage of MACS,  prefer MCS
 Originof the Acronym: A = Assigned by the author(s)

Details on Acronym:   MCS
  
MCS    (Massive Cluster Survey)= (MACS) 
 Write:<<MCS  JHHMM.m+DDMM>>
 N:  38
Object:Cl of G  (SIMBAD class: ClG = Cluster of Galaxies)
  Note:X-ray-selected galaxy clusters from the Massive Cluster Survey (MACS).
    Only the first references from the survey are listed here.
   Ref:=2003ApJ...583..559L
     byLAROQUE S.J.
, JOY M., CARLSTROM J.E., EBELING H., BONAMENTE M., DAWSON K.S., EDGE A., HOLZAPFEL W.L., MILLER A.D., NAGAI D., PATEL S.K., REESE E.D.
 Astrophys. J., 583, 559-565 (2003)

    Sunyaev-Zeldovich effect imaging of MACS galaxy clusters at z>0.5.

oMACS sources are MCS in SIMBAD (MACS in SIMBAD = Magellanic Catalog of    Stars). Parag. 2.3 : Bright source 0137+331 is QSO B0134+3253.
oTable 1: <MCS JHHMM.m+DDMM> N=8.
   Ref:=2003MNRAS.339..913E
     byEDGE A.C.
, EBELING H., BREMER M., ROETTGERING H., VAN HAARLEM M.P., RENGELINK R., COURTNEY N.J.D.
 Mon. Not. R. Astron. Soc., 339, 913-924 (2003)

    The discovery of two distant, massive clusters of galaxies in the
    ROSAT All-Sky Survey.
oMACS sources are MCS in SIMBAD (MACS in SIMBAD = Magellanic Catalog of    Stars).
oTable 2, last col.: <MCS JHHMM.m+DDMM> N=37 added.
=E=Catalogue in electronic form as J/MNRAS/339/913
 Originof the Acronym: S = Created by Simbad, the CDS Database

Details on Acronym:   MCS
  
MCS    (Michigan obs., Curtis Schmidt)
  ***** Avoid the usage of MCS,  prefer UM