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

Result of query: info cati VLSS$

Details on Acronym:   VLSS
  
VLSS   (VLA Low-frequency Sky Survey)
 Write:<<VLSS  JHHMM.m+DDMM>>  

        <<VLSS  JHHMM.m+DDMMA>>
 N:  68308
Object:(Rad)  (SIMBAD class: Radio = Radio Source)
  Note:The VLA Low-Frequency Sky Survey (VLSS) is a 74MHz continuum survey    covering the entire sky north of -30deg declination.    Using the VLA in B- and BnA-configurations, we will map the entire survey    region at a resolution of 80" and with an average rms noise of 0.1 Jyperbeam.
   Ref:=2007AJ....134.1245C
     byCOHEN A.S.
, LANE W.M., COTTON W.D., KASSIM N.E., LAZIO T.J.W., PERLEY R.A., CONDON J.J., ERICKSON W.C.
 Astron. J., 134, 1245-1262 (2007)

    The VLA low-frequency sky survey.

oCatalog: <VLSS JHHMM.m+DDMM> N=68300, <VLSS JHHMM.m+DDMMA> N=8.
=E=Catalogue in electronic form as VIII/79
=E=Catalogue in electronic form as <VIII/79A/>
 Originof the Acronym: p = Pre-registered to IAU Comm.5