Dictionary of Nomenclature of Celestial Objects
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Result of query: info cati BPB98]$

Details on Acronym:   [BPB98]
  
[BPB98] (Bowen+Pettini+Boyle, 1998)
Write:<<[BPB98] NNN>>
N: 84
Object:G  (SIMBAD class: Galaxy)
Note:Table 1: N=84 galaxies among (Nos 1-347) in the field of QSO 1821+643. 'Ext' indicate objects which were not selected from the APM scans as galaxies, but were nevertheless added because of their classifications as galaxies or because of their proximity to the QSO sightline. They turned out to be stars.
Ref:=1998MNRAS.297..239B
byBOWEN D.V. , PETTINI M., BOYLE B.J.
 Mon. Not. R. Astron. Soc., 297, 239-250 (1998)
  Ly-α absorption in the nearby Universe: the sightline to Q1821+643.
oTable 1: 'Ext' not in SIMBAD. Table 2: Ly-α systems not in SIMBAD.
oTable 1: <[BPB98] NNN> N=84 among (Nos 1-347)
Originof the Acronym: S = Created by Simbad, the CDS Database