Dictionary of Nomenclature of Celestial Objects
(Last update: 22-Mar-2024)

Result of query: info cati WK96]$

Details on Acronym:   WK
  
WK (Weintraub+Kastner)
***** Avoid the usage of WK, prefer [WK96]
Originof the Acronym: A = Assigned by the author(s)

Details on Acronym:   [WK96]
  
[WK96] (Weintraub+Kastner, 1996)= (WK)
Write:<<[WK96] NNN>>
N: 157
Object:(NIR)  (SIMBAD class: Star)
Note:Kitt Peak 1.3m telescope NIR observations of N=157 sources in the field of the compact cluster RAFGL 437.
in source:RAFGL 437
Ref:=1996ApJ...458..670W
byWEINTRAUB D.A. , KASTNER J.H.
 Astrophys. J., 458, 670-679 (1996)
  The deeply embedded source that drives the protostellar outflow in AFGL 437: evidence from near-infrared polarimetric imaging.
oTable 1: <[WK96] NNN> (Nos 1-157)
Originof the Acronym: S = Created by Simbad, the CDS Database