Dictionary of Nomenclature of Celestial Objects
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Result of query: info cati MS96] NNN$
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Details on Acronym:   [MS96]
  
[MS96] (Malumuth+Sandoval, 1996)
Write:<<[MS96] NNN>>
N: 9
Object:G  (SIMBAD class: GtowardsGroup = Galaxy towards a Group of Galaxies)
Note:HST WFPC2 observations. N=9 galaxies among the 139 identified. In the format 'NNN' the first digit stands for the chip number (1 to 4). Fig 2: Map
Ref:=1996AJ....112..887M
byMALUMUTH E.M. , SANDOVAL J.L.
 Astron. J., 112, 887-896 (1996)
  The discovery of a small group of galaxies in Ursa Major by the Hubble Space Telescope.
oTable 1: <[MS96] NNN> N=9 among 139
Originof the Acronym: S = Created by Simbad, the CDS Database