Dictionary of Nomenclature of Celestial Objects
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Result of query: info cati W71b]$

Details on Acronym:   [W71b]
  
[W71b] (Westerlund, 1971)
Write:<<[W71b] NNN-NN>>
N: 1124
Object:Carbon *  (SIMBAD class: C* = Carbon Star)
Note:In the format 'NNN-NN' the first 'NNN' is the number of the chart in the Atlas of the Southern Milky Way, charts (Nos 1-159)
Ref:=1971A&AS....4...51W
byWESTERLUND B.E.
 Astron. Astrophys., Suppl. Ser., 4, 51-74 (1971)
  A catalogue of carbon stars in the Southern Milky Way.
oTable 1: <[W71b] NNN-NN> N=1124
Originof the Acronym: S = Created by Simbad, the CDS Database