Dictionary of Nomenclature of Celestial Objects
(Last update: 15-Sep-2023)

Result of query: info cati MCT$

Details on Acronym:   MCT
  
MCT    (Montreal-Cambridge-Tololo survey)
 Write:<<MCT  HHMM+DDMM>>
Object:(Opt)  (SIMBAD class: Unknown = Object of Unknown Nature)
  Note:1st reference from this survey. In this ref., N=1 (UV) obj.    The survey described by Demers+ 1986AJ vol. 92 p. 878 selects    objects with U-B←0.4.
   Ref:=1990ApJ...351..271D
     byDEMERS S.
, WESEMAEL F., IRWIN M.J., FONTAINE G., LAMONTAGNE R., KEPLER S.O., HOLBERG J.B.
 Astrophys. J., 351, 271-276 (1990)

    Hot ° in the MCT survey. I. MCT 0130-1937, a new, color-selected
    PG 1159 object.
o(Erratum) Erratum vol 357, 291
oFirst ref. from this survey. In this ref. <MCT HHMM+DDMM> N=1
 Originof the Acronym: A = Assigned by the author(s)