Dictionary of Nomenclature of Celestial Objects
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Result of query: info cati WHW2001] GJHHMM+DDMMa$
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Details on Acronym:   [WHW2001]
  
[WHW2001] (Willis+Hewett+Warren, 2001)
Write:<<[WHW2001] GJHHMM+DDMMa>>
N: 485+96
Object:G  (SIMBAD class: Galaxy)
Stat:is completely incorporated in Simbad
Note:Table 1: N=485 early-type galaxies.
Table 2: N=96 galaxies with unconsistent data.
The authors used a format GHHMMmDDMM, but for 2000 coordinates, so the letter 'J' is added. There are several galaxies with the same format, so a letter 'a' is needed for the different galaxies. In the format the first letter G stands for Galaxy.
Ref:=2001MNRAS.325.1002W
byWILLIS J.P. , HEWETT P.C., WARREN S.J.
 Mon. Not. R. Astron. Soc., 325, 1002-1016 (2001)
  Luminous early-type field galaxies at z~0.4 - I. Observations and redshift catalogue of 581 galaxies.
oTables 1, 2: <[WHW2001] GJHHMM+DDMMa> N=485+96.
=E=Catalogue in electronic form as J/MNRAS/325/1002
Originof the Acronym: S = Created by Simbad, the CDS Database