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

Result of query: info cati MDB2015]$

Details on Acronym:   [MDB2015]
  
[MDB2015] (Mohr-Smith+Drew+Barentsen+, 2015)= (VPHAS)  (Not yet in Simbad)
 Write:<<[MDB2015]  VPHAS NNNN>>
 N:  1073
Object:Poss. OB*  (SIMBAD class: Star)
  Note:N=1073 OB star candidates around Cl Westerlund 2 from VST    Photometric Hα Survey (VPHAS+) data.
    See also [MDN2017].    Use of 2MASS data.
 in source:Cl Westerlund 2
   Ref:=2015MNRAS.450.3855M
     byMOHR-SMITH M.
, DREW J.E., BARENTSEN G., WRIGHT N.J., NAPIWOTZKI R., CORRADI R.L.M., EISLOFFEL J., GROOT P., KALARI V., PARKER Q.A., RADDI R., SALE S.E., UNRUH Y.C., VINK J.S., WESSON R.
 Mon. Not. R. Astron. Soc., 450, 3855-3873 (2015)

    New OB star candidates in the Carina Arm around Westerlund 2 from
    VPHAS+.
oTables 5-6: <[MDB2015] VPHAS NNNN> (Nos 1-1073).
=E=Catalogue in electronic form as <J/MNRAS/450/3855/>
 Originof the Acronym: S = Created by Simbad, the CDS Database