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

Result of query: info cati VCS1$

Details on Acronym:   VCS1
  
VCS1   (Verylong baseline array Calibrator Survey)
 Write:<<VCS1  JHHMM+DDMM>>
 N:  1332+72
Object:(Rad)  (SIMBAD class: Radio = Radio Source)
  Stat:is completely incorporated in Simbad
  Note:N=1332+72 extragalactic radio-sources in the northern sky,    used as VLBA calibrators.
    Table 4: VCS1 sources are also ICRF sources.
    See also IVS 1950 designation for VCS1 sources.
    Extension of VCS1 in VCS2.
   Ref:=2002ApJS..141...13B
     byBEASLEY A.J.
, GORDON D., PECK A.B., PETROV L., MacMILLAN D.S., FOMALONT E.B., MA C.
 Astrophys. J., Suppl. Ser., 141, 13-21 (2002)

    The VLBA calibrator Survey–VCS1.

oTables 2, 4: <VCS1 JHHMM+DDMM> N=1332+72 = <IVS BHHMM+DDd> N=1332+72.
=E=Catalogue in electronic form as J/ApJS/141/13
 Originof the Acronym: A = Assigned by the author(s)