Dictionary of Nomenclature of Celestial Objects
(Last update: 11-Mar-2024)

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)