Dictionary of Nomenclature of Celestial Objects
(Last update: 04-Dec-2023)

Result of query: info cati W61b]$

Details on Acronym:   W
  
W      (Westerlund)
  ***** Avoid the usage of W,  prefer [W61b]
 Originof the Acronym: L = Found in the literature

Details on Acronym:   [W61b]
  
[W61b] (Westerlund, 1961)= (W) 
 Write:<<[W61b]  NGC NNNNa NNN>>  

        <<[W61b]  Field NN>>
 N:  83+28+54+157+91
Object:*  (SIMBAD class: Star)
  Note:Table 2: format 'NGC 456 NN', (Nos 1-83).    Table 3: format 'NGC 460a NN', (Nos 1-28).    Table 4: format 'NGC 460b NN', (Nos 1-54).    Table 5: format 'NGC 465 NNN', (Nos 1-157).    Table 6: format 'Field NN', (Nos 1-91).    Identif. charts
 in source:Magellanic Clouds:SMC = SMC
 in source:NGC 456
 in source:NGC 460
 in source:NGC 465
   Ref:=1961UppAn...5b...1W
     byWESTERLUND B.

 Uppsala Astron. Obs. Ann., 5, part no 2, 1-None (1961)

    The distribution of stars in an outlying part of the Small Magellanic
    Cloud.
oTable 2: <[W61b] NGC 456 NN> (Nos 1-83), Table 3: <[W61b] NGC 460a NN>    (Nos 1-28), Table 4: <[W61b] NGC 460b NN> (Nos 1-54), Table 5: <[W61b]    NGC 465 NNN> (Nos 1-157), Table 6: <[W61b] Field NN> (Nos 1-91)
 Originof the Acronym: S = Created by Simbad, the CDS Database