Dictionary of Nomenclature of Celestial Objects
(Last update: 05-Dec-2023)

Result of query: info cati WK96]$

Details on Acronym:   WK
  
WK     (Weintraub+Kastner)
  ***** Avoid the usage of WK,  prefer [WK96]
 Originof the Acronym: A = Assigned by the author(s)

Details on Acronym:   [WK96]
  
[WK96] (Weintraub+Kastner, 1996)= (WK) 
 Write:<<[WK96]  NNN>>
 N:  157
Object:(NIR)  (SIMBAD class: Star)
  Note:Kitt Peak 1.3m telescope NIR observations of N=157 sources in    the field of the compact cluster RAFGL 437.
 in source:RAFGL 437
   Ref:=1996ApJ...458..670W
     byWEINTRAUB D.A.
, KASTNER J.H.
 Astrophys. J., 458, 670-679 (1996)

    The deeply embedded source that drives the protostellar outflow in
    AFGL 437: evidence from near-infrared polarimetric imaging.
oTable 1: <[WK96] NNN> (Nos 1-157)
 Originof the Acronym: S = Created by Simbad, the CDS Database