Dictionary of Nomenclature of Celestial Objects


Details on Acronym:   IRAS
  
IRAS (Infrared Astronomical Satellite)= FSS = LRS = PSC = SSC = SSSC
Write:<<IRAS HHMMm+DDMMA>>
<<IRAS RHHMMm+DDMM>>
<<IRAS FHHMMm+DDMMA>>
<<IRAS ZHHMMm+DDMM>>
<<IRAS SHHMMm+DDMMA>>
<<IRAS XHHMM+DDd>>
Object:(IR)  (SIMBAD class: Infrared = Infra-Red Source)
Stat.in SIMBAD: only PSC
Note:IRAS catalogues have a catalogue name (see synonyms).
IRAS PSC or IRAS P, format HHMMm+DDMMA, and RHHMMm+DDMM for rejected objects.
IRAS FSS or IRAS F, format FHHMMm+DDMMA, and ZHHMMm+DDMM for rejected source. (Explanatory Supplement in 1989, Moshir+).
IRAS LRS.
IRAS SSC or IRAS S, format SHHMMm+DDMMA.
IRAS SSSC or IRAS X, format XHHMM+DDdA.
Ref:=1986SSC...C......0K
byKLEINMANN S.G. , CUTRI R.M., YOUNG E.T., LOW F.J., GILLETT F.C.
 Tucson, Univ. of Arizona, 0-None (1986)
  IRAS Serendipitous Survey Catalog.
o<IRAS SHHMMm+DDMMA> N=43886.
Ref:=1988SSSC..C......0H
byHELOU G. , WALKER D.W.
 NASA RP-1190, Vol. 7, 0-None (1988)
  Infrared Astronomical Satellite (IRAS), Catalogs and Atlases. Vol. 7. The Small Scale Structure Catalog.
o<IRAS XHHMM+DDd> N=16740.
Ref:=1988IRASP.C......0J
byJOINT IRAS SCIENCE WORKING GROUP
 NASA RP-1190 (1988), 0-None (1988)
  Infrared Astronomical Satellite Catalogs, 1988. The Point Source Catalog, version 2.0, NASA RP-1190.
o<IRAS HHMMm+DDMMA> N=245889.
Ref:=1990IRASF.C......0M
byMOSHIR M. , et al.
 IRAS Faint Source Catalogue, version 2.0, 0-None (1990)
  IRAS Faint Source Catalogue, version 2.0.
o<IRAS FHHMMm+DDMMA> N=173044.
=E=Catalogue in electronic form as II/125
=E=Catalogue in electronic form as II/156
=E=Catalogue in electronic form as II/126
=E=Catalogue in electronic form as VII/73
=E=Catalogue in electronic form as II/274
=E=Catalogue in electronic form as II/275
Originof the Acronym: A = Assigned by the author(s)