Dictionary of Nomenclature of Celestial Objects
(Last update: 26-Sep-2023)

Result of query: info cati SPT-CL$

Details on Acronym:   SPT-CL
  
SPT-CL (Galaxy cluster identified in the South Pole Telescope survey)
 Write:<<SPT-CL  JHHMM+DDMM>>
 N:  about 1000
Object:ClG  (SIMBAD class: ClG = Cluster of Galaxies)
  Note:The South Pole Telescope (SPT, http://pole.uchicago.edu/) is a    10-meter-diameter telescope operating at the NSF South Pole research    station. The telescope is designed for conducting large-area millimeter    and sub-millimeter wave surveys of faint, low contrast emission, as    required to map primary and secondary anisotropies in the cosmic microwave    background.
 Auth.:Thomas Crawford

 Originof the Acronym: p = Pre-registered to IAU Comm.5