Dictionary of Nomenclature of Celestial Objects
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Result of query: info cati PK2008]$

Details on Acronym:   [PK2008]
  
[PK2008] (Pretorius+Knigge, 2008)
Write:<<[PK2008] HalphaJHHMMSS>>
<<[PK2008] H-alphaHHMMSS>> (not recognised by Simbad, but found in literature)
N: 16
Object:Catacl. V*  (SIMBAD class: CataclyV* = Cataclysmic Binary)
Stat:is completely incorporated in Simbad
Note:SAAO, ESO and CTIO observations. Sample of cataclysmic variable selected on the basis of the H-alpha emission (HA in the format).
Ref:=2008MNRAS.385.1471P
byPRETORIUS M.L. , KNIGGE C.
 Mon. Not. R. Astron. Soc., 385, 1471-1484 (2008)
  An Hα-selected sample of cataclysmic variables - I. Observations of newly discovered systems.
oTables 1, 2: <[PK2008] HαJHHMMSS> N=16.
Originof the Acronym: S = Created by Simbad, the CDS Database