Dictionary of Nomenclature of Celestial Objects
(Last update: 22-Mar-2024)

Result of query: info cati W64] NGC 602c NN$
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Details on Acronym:   SMC W
  
SMC W (SMC, Westerlund)
***** Avoid the usage of SMC W, prefer [W64]
Originof the Acronym: L (1983ApJ...264..114R)

Details on Acronym:   W
  
W (Westerlund)
***** Avoid the usage of W, prefer [W64]
Originof the Acronym: L (2000AJ....119.2214M)

Details on Acronym:   [W64]
  
[W64] (Westerlund, 1964)= (SMC W) = (W) = Wes
Write:<<[W64] NGC 602a NN>>
<<[W64] NGC 602 NNN>>
N: 77+321+43+840
Object:*  (SIMBAD class: Star)
Note:Stars in 3 concentrations NGC 602a, b, c and in NGC 602. Identif. charts in Fig. 1
in source:Magellanic Clouds:SMC = SMC
in source:NGC 602
Ref:=1964MNRAS.127..429W
byWESTERLUND B.E.
 Mon. Not. R. Astron. Soc., 127, 429-448 (1964)
  The distribution of stars in the wing of the Small Magellanic Cloud. The region of NGC 602.
oNGC 692 misprint for NGC 602 in the legend of Table VII p. 437
oTable IV: <[W64] NGC 602a NN> (Nos 1-77). Table V: <[W64] NGC 602b NN> (Nos 1-21). Table VI: <[W64] NGC 602c NN> (Nos 1-43). Table VII: <[W64] NGC 602 NNN> (Nos 1-840)
Originof the Acronym: S = Created by Simbad, the CDS Database

Details on Acronym:   Wes
  
Wes (Westerlund)
***** Avoid the usage of Wes, prefer [W64]
Originof the Acronym: L = Found in the literature