Dictionary of Nomenclature of Celestial Objects

93 - Creation
Details on Acronym:   MACHO
  
MACHO  
Write:<<MACHO YY-NN>>
Object:*  (SIMBAD class: Star)
Ref:=1995IAUC.6155....1A
byALCOCK A. , AXELROD T., ALLSMAN R., BENNETT D., COOK K., FREEMAN K., GRIEST K., MARSHALL S., PETERSON B., PRATT M., QUINN P., REYNOLDS D., RODGERS A., STUBBS C., SUTHERLAND W.
 IAU Circ., 6155, 1-None (1995)
  Gravitational microlensing events.
oEvents = MACHO 95-1, MACHO 95-2
Ref:=1995IAUC.6169....1A
byALCOCK A. , AXELROD T., ALLSMAN R., BENNETT D., COOK K., FREEMAN K., GRIEST K., MARSHALL S., PETERSON B., PRATT M., QUINN P., REYNOLDS D., RODGERS A., STUBBS C., SUTHERLAND W., WELCH D.
 IAU Circ., 6169, 1-None (1995)
  Gravitational microlensing events in progress?
oEvents = MACHO 95-7, MACHO 95-8
Ref:=1995ApJ...445..133A
byALCOCK C. , ALLSMAN R.A., AXELROD T.S., BENNETT D.P., COOK K.H., FREEMAN K.C., GRIEST K., MARSHALL S.L., PERLMUTTER S., PETERSON B.A., PRATT M.R., QUINN P.J., RODGERS A.W., STUBBS C.W., SUTHERLAND W., (The MACHO Collaboration)
 Astrophys. J., 445, 133-139 (1995)
  Probable gravitational microlensing toward the Galactic bulge.
oTable 1: <MACHO BLG N> (Nos 1-4)
Ref:=1996ApJ...461...84A
byALCOCK C. , ALLSMAN R.A., AXELROD T.S., BENNETT D.P., COOK K.H., FREEMAN K.C., GRIEST K., GUERN J.A., LEHNER M.J., MARSHALL S.L., PARK H.-S., PERLMUTTER S., PETERSON B.A., PRATT M.R., QUINN P.J., RODGERS A.W., STUBBS C.W., SUTHERLAND W.
 Astrophys. J., 461, 84-103 (1996)
  The MACHO project first-year Large Magellanic Cloud results: the microlensing rate and the nature of the Galactic dark halo.
oTable 1, text: <MACHO LMC Na> (Nos 1-3, 1a-1b)

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Avoid the usage of MACHO, prefer MACHO
Originof the Acronym: L = Found in the literature