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

Result of query: info cati SSTGLMC$

Details on Acronym:   GLIMPSE
  
GLIMPSE (Galactic Legacy Infrared Mid-Plane Survey Extraordinaire)
  ***** Avoid the usage of GLIMPSE,  prefer SSTGLMC
 Originof the Acronym: L (2005ApJ...629..512U)

Details on Acronym:   GLMC
  
GLMC   (Galactic Legacy infrared Mid-Plane survey, Catalog)
  ***** Avoid the usage of GLMC,  prefer SSTGLMC
 Originof the Acronym: L (2006ApJ...638..241E)

Details on Acronym:   GPSC
  
GPSC   (GLIMPSE Point Source Catalog)
  ***** Avoid the usage of GPSC,  prefer SSTGLMC
 Originof the Acronym: A = Assigned by the author(s)

Details on Acronym:   SSTGLMC
  
SSTGLMC (Spitzer Space Telescope, GLMC)= (GLIMPSE) = (GLMC) = (GPSC) 
 Write:<<SSTGLMC  GLLL.llll+BB.bbbb>>
 N:  about 30000000
Object:(IR)  (SIMBAD class: MidIR = Mid-IR Source (3 to 30 µm))
  Note:The Galactic Legacy Infrared Mid-Plane Survey Extraordinary    (GLIMPSE), which is a Spitzer program, is a fully sampled,    confusion-limited infrared sample of 2/3 of the inner Galactic disk.
    Database: http://www.astro.wisc.edu/glimpse/glimpsedata.html 
    The GLIMPSE Catalog consists of point sources whose selection criteria    are determined by the requirement that the reliability be ≥99.5%.
    See also SSTGLMA for a description of the GLIMPSE Archive sources.
   Ref:=2003PASP..115..953B
     byBENJAMIN R.A.
, CHURCHWELL E., BABLER B.L., BANIA T.M., CLEMENS D.P., COHEN M., DICKEY J.M., INDEBETOUW R., JACKSON J.M., KOBULNICKY H.A., LAZARIAN A., MARSTON A.P., MATHIS J.S., MEADE M.R., SEAGER S., STOLOVY S.R., WATSON C., WHITNEY B.A., WOLFF M.J., WOLFIRE M.G.
 Publ. Astron. Soc. Pac., 115, 953-964 (2003)

    GLIMPSE. I. An SIRTF legacy project to map the inner galaxy.

oCatalog: <SSTGLMC GLLL.llll+BB.bbbb> N=about 30000000. Archive:    <SSTGLMA GLLL.llll+BB.bbbb> N=about 50000000.
=E=Catalogue in electronic form as II/293/glimpse
 Originof the Acronym: L (2007AJ....134.2099R)