Dictionary of Nomenclature of Celestial Objects
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Result of query: info cati QVS2$

Details on Acronym:   QVS2
  
QVS2 (QUEST1 Variability Survey, version 2)
Write:<<QVS2 NNNNN>>
N: 15684
Object:QSO  (SIMBAD class: QSO = Quasar)
Note:Update to the QUEST1 Variability Survey. See also QUEST identifier.
Ref:=2009ApJS..181..129R
byRENGSTORF A.W. , THOMPSON D.L., 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., Suppl. Ser., 181, 129-134 (2009)
  QUEST1 variability survey. III. Light curve catalog update.
oTable 1: <QVS2 NNNNN> (Nos 1-56684).
=E=Catalogue in electronic form as II/296
Originof the Acronym: A = Assigned by the author(s)