Dictionary of Nomenclature of Celestial Objects
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Result of query: info cati HSH97] WD$
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Details on Acronym:   [HSH97]
  
[HSH97] (Hambly+Smartt+Hodgkin, 1997)
Write:<<[HSH97] WD 0346+246>>
N: 1
Object:WD*  (SIMBAD class: WhiteDwarf = White Dwarf)
Note:Serendipitous discovery of a new, very low luminosity, cool degenerate in the region of Taurus.
In the format coordinates '0346+246' are neither 1950 coord. (WD 0343+247), nor 2000 coord. (WD J0346+249).
Ref:=1997ApJ...489L.157H
byHAMBLY N.C. , SMARTT S.J., HODGKIN S.T.
 Astrophys. J., 489, 157-160 (1997)
  WD 0346+246: a very low luminosity, cool ° in Taurus.
oImproperly named WD 0346+246 (J2000) instead of WD 0343+247 (B1950)
o<[HSH97] WD 0346+246> N=1.
Originof the Acronym: S = Created by Simbad, the CDS Database