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

Result of query: info cati XB$

Details on Acronym:   XB
  
XB     (X-ray Burster)
 Write:<<XB  HHMM+DD>>  

        <<XB  HHMM+DDd>>
Object:(X)  (SIMBAD class: X = X-ray Source)
  Note:First ref. with X-ray burster: 1983PASJ...35..531M
   Ref:=1983PASJ...35..531M
     byMURAKAMI T.
, INOUE H., KOYAMA K., MAKISHIMA K., MATSUOKA M., ODA M., OGAWARA Y., OHASHI T., MAKINO F., SHIBAZAKI N., TANAKA Y., HAYAKAWA S., KUNIEDA H., NAGASE F., MASAI K., TAWARA Y., MIYAMOTO S., TSUNEMI H., YAMASHITA K., KONDO I.
 Publ. Astron. Soc. Jap., 35, 531-537 (1983)

    Discovery of two new X-ray burst sources XB 1812-12 in Serpens and XB
    1940-04 in Aquila.
o<XB HHMM+DDd> N=2.