Dictionary of Nomenclature of Celestial Objects

- 07-Mar-2012 - Creation
Details on Acronym:   RCS2
  
RCS2  
Write:<<RCS2 JHHMMSS+DDMMSS>>
<<RCS2 JHHMM+DDMM>>
<<RCS2 HHMMSS+DDMMSS>> (not recognised by Simbad, but found in literature)
<<RCS2 HHMM+DDMM>>
<<RCS2 HHMM>>
Object:Cluster of G  (SIMBAD class: ClG = Cluster of Galaxies)
Note:The second Red-sequence Cluster Survey (RCS-2) is a 1000 square degree, multi-color imaging survey using the square-degree imager, MegaCam, on the Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope (CFHT). This second survey is described in Gilbank et al. (2011AJ....141...94G).
See also the Red Sequence Cluster Survey 2 home page: http://www.rcs2.org/
Only the first reference citing a RCS2 cluster is given here.
Ref:=2010ApJ...724.1182W
byWUYTS E. , BARRIENTOS L.F., GLADDERS M.D., SHARON K., BAYLISS M.B., CARRASCO M., GILBANK D., YEE H.K.C., KOESTER B.P., MUNOZ R.
 Astrophys. J., 724, 1182-1192 (2010)
  A bright, spatially extended lensed galaxy at z = 1.7 behind the cluster RCS2 032727-132623.
o<RCS2 J032727-132623> N=1. <RCSGA J032727-132609> N=1. Fig. 6: <[WBG2010b] A> (Nos A, C), <[WBG2010b] Aa> (Nos Aa-Ac), <[WBG2010b] SN> (Nos S1-S7).
Originof the Acronym: A = Assigned by the author(s)