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

Result of query: info cati RAT$

Details on Acronym:   RAT
  
RAT    (RApid Temporal survey)
 Write:<<RAT  JHHMM+DDMM>>  

        <<RAT  JHHMMSS.ss+DDMMSS.s>>
 N:  45+66
Object:V*  (SIMBAD class: Variable* = Variable Star)
  Stat:is completely incorporated in Simbad
  Note:INT WFI and MPG/ESO WFI observations for the RApid Temporal    survey. Search for short-period variables stars.
    2005MNRAS.360..314R : First results.
    2011MNRAS.413.2696B : Results from the first 5 years.
   Ref:=2005MNRAS.360..314R
     byRAMSAY G.
, HAKALA P.
 Mon. Not. R. Astron. Soc., 360, 314-321 (2005)

    RApid Temporal Survey (RATS) - I. Overview and first results.

oTable 2: <RAT JHHMM+DDMM> N=45.
   Ref:=2011MNRAS.413.2696B
     byBARCLAY T.
, RAMSAY G., HAKALA P., NAPIWOTZKI R., NELEMANS G., POTTER S., TODD I.
 Mon. Not. R. Astron. Soc., 413, 2696-2708 (2011)

    Stellar variability on time-scales of minutes: results from the first
    5 yr of the rapid temporal survey.
oTables 2-3: <RAT JHHMMSS.ss+DDMMSS.s> N=22+44.
 Originof the Acronym: A = Assigned by the author(s)