Dictionary of Nomenclature of Celestial Objects
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Result of query: info cati PBZ99]$

Details on Acronym:   HST
  
HST (Hubble Space Telescope)
***** Avoid the usage of HST, prefer [PBZ99]
Originof the Acronym: A = Assigned by the author(s)

Details on Acronym:   [PBZ99]
  
[PBZ99] (Perlman+Biretta+Zhou+, 1999)= (HST)
Write:<<[PBZ99] HST-N>>
<<[PBZ99] HST-1 East>>
<<[PBZ99] HST-1 ggg>>
N: 2+6
Object:Knot  (SIMBAD class: PartofG = Part of a Galaxy)
Stat:is completely incorporated in Simbad
Note:HST WFPC2 observations have permitted to add 2 new knots to [DAF68] knots in the jet in M 87, (Nos HST-1, HST-2).
HST-1 has N=1 component 'East', and N=5 western components labelled with greek letters from east to west, (Nos alp to eps).
in source:M 87 = NGC 4486 = Virgo A
Ref:=1999AJ....117.2185P
byPERLMAN E.S. , BIRETTA J.A., ZHOU F., SPARKS W.B., MACCHETTO F.D.
 Astron. J., 117, 2185-2198 (1999)
  Optical and radio polarimetry of the M87 jet at 0".2 resolution.
oFigs 2, 5: regions HOP and LOP not in SIMBAD.
oFig.1: <[PBZ99] HST-1> N=1. Fig.6: <[DAF68] AN> (Nos G1-G2) added.
Ref:=1999ApJ...520..621B
byBIRETTA J.A. , SPARKS W.B., MACCHETTO F.
 Astrophys. J., 520, 621-626 (1999)
  Hubble space telescope observations of superluminal motion in the M87 jet.
oKnots 'A' = [DAF68] A
oTable 2: <[PBZ99] HST-N> (No. 2) added, <[PBZ99] HST-1 East> N=1, <[PBZ99] HST-1 aaa> (Nos alp to eps) N=5. Table 2: <[DAF68] DW> (Nos DE, DM, DW), <[DAF68] DE-W> N=1.
Originof the Acronym: S = Created by Simbad, the CDS Database