Dictionary of Nomenclature of Celestial Objects
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Result of query: info cati MSL2002]$

Details on Acronym:   [MSL2002]
  
[MSL2002] (Moehler+Sweigart+Landsman+, 2002)
Write:<<[MSL2002] WF3-1>>
<<[MSL2002] JHHMMSS.ss+DDMMSS.s>>
N: 1+11
Object:*  (SIMBAD class: HorBranch* = Horizontal Branch Star)
Stat:is completely incorporated in Simbad
Note:"Blue Hook" stars in ome Cen cluster.
First star WF3-1 is a star observed on the WF3 chip in 2000ApJ...530..352D.
Other stars are coming from fields BC, C, and D in some tables of 1996A&AS..120..139K and 1997A&AS..125..343K catalogs. But stars are not numbered in these catalogs, so we do not use the designation in col(1) for these stars.
in source:NGC 5139 = ome Cen
Ref:=2002A&A...395...37M
byMOEHLER S. , SWEIGART A.V., LANDSMAN W.B., DREIZLER S.
 Astron. Astrophys., 395, 37-43 (2002)
  Spectroscopic analyses of the ``blue hook'' stars in ω Centauri: A test of the late hot flasher scenario.
oTable 1: numberings BCNNNNN, CNNN, DNNNNN are coming from tables among 51 to 56 in 1996A&AS..120..139K and tables among 41 to 46 in 1997A&AS..125..343K (see CDS catalogs), but stars are not numbered in these tables, so these designations are not used in SIMBAD, but a designation with coordinates: '[MSL2002] JHHMMSS.ss+DDMMSS.s'.
oTable 1: <[MSL2002] WF3-1> N=1, <[MSL2002] JHHMMSS.ss+DDMMSS.s> N=11.
Originof the Acronym: S = Created by Simbad, the CDS Database