Dictionary of Nomenclature of Celestial Objects
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Result of query: info cati WHL2012]$

Details on Acronym:   WHL
  
WHL    (Wen+Han+Liu)
  ***** Avoid the usage of WHL,  prefer [WHL2012]
 Originof the Acronym: S = Created by Simbad, the CDS Database

Details on Acronym:   [WHL2012]
  
[WHL2012] (Wen+Han+Liu+, 2012)= (WHL) 
 Write:<<[WHL2012]  JHHMMSS.s+DDMMSS>>  

        <<[WHL2012]  JHHMMSS.s+DDMMSS BCG>>
 N:  132684+132684+25419
Object:Cluster of G + Brightest Cluster Galaxy  (SIMBAD class: Unknown = Object of Unknown Nature)
  Note:Clusters of galaxies using photometric redshifts of galaxies    from the SDSS-III.
    See also [WHL2009].
   Ref:=2012ApJS..199...34W
     byWEN Z.L.
, HAN J.L., LIU F.S.
 Astrophys. J., Suppl. Ser., 199, 34 (2012)

    A catalog of 132,684 clusters of galaxies identified from Sloan
    Digital Sky Survey III.
oTable 1: <[WHL2012] JHHMMSS.s+DDMMSS> N=132684, <[WHL2012] JHHMMSS.s+DDMMSS BCG>    N=132684.
   Ref:=2015ApJ...807..178W
     byWEN Z.L.
, HAN J.L.
 Astrophys. J., 807, 178 (2015)

    Calibration of the optical mass proxy for clusters of galaxies and an
    update of the WHL12 cluster catalog.
oTable 4: <[WHL2012] JHHMMSS.s+DDMMSS> N=25419 added.
=E=Catalogue in electronic form as J/ApJS/199/34
=E=Catalogue in electronic form as J/ApJ/807/178
 Originof the Acronym: S = Created by Simbad, the CDS Database