Dictionary of Nomenclature of Celestial Objects
(Last update: 22-Mar-2024)

Result of query: info cati SWXCS$

Details on Acronym:   SWXCS
  
SWXCS (SWift X-ray Cluster Survey)
Write:<<SWXCS JHHMMSS+DDMM.m>>
N: 263
Object:X-ray Cluster of Galaxies  (SIMBAD class: ClG = Cluster of Galaxies)
Note:This is a new X-ray cluster survey based on the archival data of the X-ray Telescope (XRT) onboard the Swift satellite. It consists mainly of new X-ray sources, and its first data release includes 72 sources presented in the paper http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2012A%26A...547A..57T
See 2015ApJS.216...28L for the final catalog.

The website of the project is: http://adlibitum.oats.inaf.it/sxcs/

Ref:=2012A&A...547A..57T
byTUNDO E. , MORETTI A., TOZZI P., TENG L., ROSATI P., TAGLIAFERRI G., CAMPANA S.
 Astron. Astrophys., 547A, 57-57 (2012)
  The Swift X-ray Telescope Cluster Survey: data reduction and cluster catalog for the GRB fields.
Ref:=2014A&A...567A..89T
byTOZZI P. , MORETTI A., TUNDO E., LIU T., ROSATI P., BORGANI S., TAGLIAFERRI G., CAMPANA S., FUGAZZA D., D'AVANZO P.
 Astron. Astrophys., 567A, 89-89 (2014)
  The Swift X-ray Telescope Cluster Survey. II. X-ray spectral analysis. INAF - Osservatorio Astrofisico di Arcetri - Italy
=E=Catalogue in electronic form as <J/A+A/567/A89/>
=E=Catalogue in electronic form as <J/A+A/547/A57/>
Originof the Acronym: p = Pre-registered to IAU Comm.5