Dictionary of Nomenclature of Celestial Objects
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Result of query: info cati THS2004b] D+NNN+NNN$
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Details on Acronym:   [THS2004b]
  
[THS2004b] (Thompson+Howk+Savage, 2004)
Write:<<[THS2004b] D+NNN+NNN>>
N: 12
Object:Feature  (SIMBAD class: PartofG = Part of a Galaxy)
Note:HST WFPC2 images of NGC 4217.
N=12 dust (letter 'D' in the format) features. First '+NNN' in the format stand for the distance in arcseconds from the optical center of the galaxy traced along the major axis, last '+NNN' for the distance in arcseconds from the midplane of the galaxy.
in source:NGC 4217
Ref:=2004AJ....128..662T
byTHOMPSON T.W.J. , HOWK J.C., SAVAGE B.D.
 Astron. J., 128, 662-673 (2004)
  Hubble Space Telescope imaging of extraplanar dust structures in the edge-on spiral NGC 4217.
oFig.7, Table 3: <[THS2004b] D+NNN+NNN> N=12.
Originof the Acronym: S = Created by Simbad, the CDS Database