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submillimeter galaxy designator

(designation system of submillimeter galaxies)

Submillimeter galaxies have been designated as follows: SMM, LESS, or ALESS followed by a J designator to show the position. These stand for:

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Further reading:
http://www.eso.org/public/archives/releases/sciencepapers/eso1318/eso1318a.pdf
https://cds.unistra.fr/cgi-bin/Dic-Simbad?text=SMM&cat=Identifier+starting+by&out=SIMBAD+Usage&max=Maximum+of+100+entries#
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ALESSALESS 122.1Alma LESShttps://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2017MNRAS.467.1222H/abstract
SMMSMM J02399-0136"submillimeter"
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