Dictionary of Nomenclature of Celestial Objects
(Last update: 04-Dec-2023)

Result of query: info cati VCS2$

Details on Acronym:   VCS2
  
VCS2   (Very long baseline array Calibrator Survey, 2)
 Write:<<VCS2  JHHMM+DDMM>>
 N:  276
Object:(Rad)  (SIMBAD class: Radio = Radio Source)
  Stat:is completely incorporated in Simbad
  Note:Extension of the VCS1 catalog.
    See also IVS.
   Ref:=2003AJ....126.2562F
     byFOMALONT E.B.
, PETROV L., MacMILLAN D.S., GORDON D., MA C.
 Astron. J., 126, 2562-2566 (2003)

    The second VLBA calibrator survey: VCS2.

oTable 3, col(1): <VCS2 JHHMM+DDMM> N=276 = Table 3, col(2): <IVS    BHHMM+DDd> N=276.
 Originof the Acronym: A = Assigned by the author(s)