Dictionary of Nomenclature of Celestial Objects
(Last update: 19-Apr-2024)

Result of query: info cati VVVX$

Details on Acronym:   VVVX
  
VVVX (VISTA Variables in the Via Lactea eXtended)
Write:<<VVVX CLNNN>>
N: 208
Object:Poss. Cluster of *  (SIMBAD class: Cluster*_Candidate = Cluster of Stars Candidate)
Note:N=208 star cluster candidates in the area covered by the ‘VISTA Variables in the Via Lactea eXtended (VVVX)’ ESO Public Survey towards the Galactic disc and bulge.
See also VVV.
Ref:=2018MNRAS.481.3902B
byBORISSOVA J. , IVANOV V.D., LUCAS P.W., KURTEV R., ALONSO-GARCIA J., RAMIREZ ALEGRIA S., MINNITI D., FROEBRICH D., HEMPEL M., MEDINA N., CHENE A.-N., KUHN M.A.
 Mon. Not. R. Astron. Soc., 481, 3902-3920 (2018)
  New Galactic star clusters discovered in the disc area of the VVVX survey.
oTables A1-B1: <VVVX CLNNN> (Nos CL1-CL120). Table 1: <[BIL2018] CLNNN ObjN> N=3+2 (Nos CL010 Obj1-CL010 Obj3, CL011 Obj1-CL011 Obj2)
Ref:=2020MNRAS.499.3522B
byBORISSOVA J. , KURTEV R., AMARINHO N., ALONSO-GARCIA J., RAMIREZ ALEGRIA S., BERNAL S., MEDINA N., CHENE A.-N., IVANOV V.D., LUCAS P.W., MINNITI D.
 Mon. Not. R. Astron. Soc., 499, 3522-3533 (2020)
  Small-scale star formation as revealed by VVVX galactic cluster candidates.
oTable A1: <VVVX CLNNN> (Nos CL121-CL208).
=E=Catalogue in electronic form as <J/MNRAS/481/3902/>
Originof the Acronym: A = Assigned by the author(s)