Dictionary of Nomenclature of Celestial Objects
(Last update: 26-Apr-2024)

Result of query: info cati SPASS$

Details on Acronym:   SPASS
  
SPASS (S-band Polarisation All-Sky Survey)
Write:<<SPASS JHHMMSS+DDMMSS>>
N: 23389
Object:(Rad)  (SIMBAD class: Radio = Radio Source)
Note:The S-band Polarisation All-Sky Survey has observed the entire southern sky using the 64-m Parkes radio telescope at 2.3GHz with an effective bandwidth of 184MHz. The source catalogue contains N=23389 sources and covers a sky area of 16600deg2 , excluding the Galactic plane for latitudes |b|<10deg.
Ref:=2017PASA...34...13M
byMEYERS B.W. , HURLEY-WALKER N., HANCOCK P.J., FRANZEN T.M.O., CARRETTI E., STAVELEY-SMITH L., GAENSLER B.M., HAVERKORN M., POPPI S.
 PASA, 34, 13-13 (2017)
  A southern-sky total intensity source catalogue at 2.3GHz from S-band Polarisation All-Sky Survey data.
o<SPASS JHHMMSS+DDMMSS> N=23389.
=E=Catalogue in electronic form as <J/other/PASA/34.13/>
Originof the Acronym: A = Assigned by the author(s)