Dictionary of Nomenclature of Celestial Objects
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Result of query: info cati QUEST$

Details on Acronym:   QUEST
  
QUEST (Quasar Equatorial Survey Team)
Write:<<QUEST JHHMMSS.s+DDMMSS.s>>
Object:QSO  (SIMBAD class: QSO = Quasar)
Note:Observations of the high galactic latitude equatorial sky with the QUEST (Quasar Equatorial Survey Team) Phase 1 camera.
2004ApJ...606..741R: First paper from QUEST catalogue. See also [RMA2004] and QUEST1.
Ref:=2004ApJ...606..741R
byRENGSTORF A.W. , MUFSON S.L., ABAD C., ADAMS B., ANDREWS P., BAILYN C., BALTAY C., BONGIOVANNI A., BRICENO C., BRUZUAL G., COPPI P., DELLA PRUGNA F., EMMET W., FERRIN I., FUENMAYOR F., GEBHARD M., HERNANDEZ J., HONEYCUTT R.K., MAGRIS G., MUSSER J., NARANJO O., OEMLER A., ROSENZWEIG P., SABBEY C.N., SANCHEZ Ge., SANCHEZ Gu., SCHAEFER B., SCHENNER H., SINNOTT J., SNYDER J.A., SOFIA S., STOCK J., VAN ALTENA W., VIVAS A.K.
 Astrophys. J., 606, 741-748 (2004)
  New quasars detected via variability in the QUEST1 survey.
oTable 2: <QUEST JHHMMSS.s+DDMMSS.s> N=30 = <[RMA2004] JHHMMSS.s+DDMMSS.s> N=30.
Ref:=2004ApJ...617..184R
byRENGSTORF A.W. , MUFSON S.L., ANDREWS P., HONEYCUTT R.K., VIVAS A.K., ABAD C., ADAMS B., BAILYN C., BALTAY C., BONGIOVANNI A., BRICENO C., BRUZUAL G., COPPI P., DELLA PRUGNA F., EMMET W., FERRIN I., FUENMAYOR F., GEBHARD M., HERNANDEZ J., MAGRIS G., MUSSER J., NARANJO O., OEMLER A., ROSENZWEIG P., SABBEY C.N., SANCHEZ Ge., SANCHEZ Gu., SCHAEFER B., SCHENNER H., SINNOTT J., SNYDER J.A., SOFIA S., STOCK J., VAN ALTENA W.
 Astrophys. J., 617, 184-191 (2004)
  QUEST1 variability survey. II. Variability determination criteria and 200k light curve catalog.
oCatalogue: <QUEST JHHMMSS.s+DDMMSS.s> = <QUEST1 NNNNNN> N=198213.
=E=Catalogue in electronic form as II/266
=E=Catalogue in electronic form as J/ApJ/617/184
Originof the Acronym: A = Assigned by the author(s)

Details on Acronym:   QUEST
  
QUEST (Quasar Equatorial Survey Team)
***** Avoid the usage of QUEST, prefer [SOC2001]
Originof the Acronym: A = Assigned by the author(s)