Dictionary of Nomenclature of Celestial Objects
(Last update: 26-Apr-2024)

Result of query: info cati VTC$

Details on Acronym:   VTC
  
VTC (VLA Transient Candidate)
Write:<<VTC JHHMMSS+DDMMSS>>
N: 152
Object:Radio Transient  (SIMBAD class: Radio = Radio Source)
Stat:is completely incorporated in Simbad
Note:Jansky VLA (JVLA) 3GHz observations of N=152 sources in the SDSS Stripe 82 region, as part of the CNSS (Caltech-NRAO Stripe 82 Survey) pilot survey.
Warning: in the format, the right ascension and declination are both rounded, and not truncated.
Ref:=2016ApJ...818..105M
byMOOLEY K.P. , HALLINAN G., BOURKE S., HORESH A., MYERS S.T., FRAIL D.A., KULKARNI S.R., LEVITAN D.B., KASLIWAL M.M., CENKO S.B., CAO Y., BELLM E., LAHER R.R.
 Astrophys. J., 818, 105 (2016)
  The Caltech-NRAO stripe 82 survey (CNSS). I. The pilot radio transient survey in 50 °^{2}.
oTable 3: <VTC JHHMMSS+DDMMSS> N=152.
=E=Catalogue in electronic form as <J/ApJ/818/105/>
Originof the Acronym: A = Assigned by the author(s)