Dictionary of Nomenclature of Celestial Objects
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Result of query: info cati W73b]$

Details on Acronym:   [W73b]
  
[W73b] (Williams, 1973)
Write:<<[W73b] SN>>
N: 4
Object:Region  (SIMBAD class: Region = Region defined in the Sky)
Note:Regions recommended as standards for HI observations. S7, S8, S9 found in van Woerden (1971) IAU general assembly.
Ref:=1973A&AS....8..505W
byWILLIAMS D.R.W.
 Astron. Astrophys., Suppl. Ser., 8, 505-516 (1973)
  Studies of four regions for use as standards in 21-cm observations.
oTable I: <[W73b] AN> (Nos S6-S9).
Originof the Acronym: S = Created by Simbad, the CDS Database