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

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)