Dictionary of Nomenclature of Celestial Objects
(Last update: 26-Apr-2024)

Result of query: info cati WS83] NGC 300$
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Details on Acronym:   [WS83]
  
[WS83] (Webster+Smith, 1983)
Write:<<[WS83] NGC NNNN NN>>
N: 7+12+16+18+8
Object:HII  (SIMBAD class: HIIReg = HII Region)
Stat:is completely incorporated in Simbad
Note:Nebulae in NGC 55, format 'NGC 55 N' N=7.
Nebulae in NGC 253, format 'NGC 253 NN', N=12.
Nebulae in NGC 300, format 'NGC 300 NN', N=16.
Nebulae in NGC 5236, format 'NGC 5236 NN', N=18.
Nebulae in NGC 5253, format 'NGC 5253 N', N=8.
in source:NGC 55
in source:NGC 253
in source:NGC 300
in source:NGC 5236 = M 83
in source:NGC 5253
Ref:=1983MNRAS.204..743W
byWEBSTER B.L. , SMITH M.G.
 Mon. Not. R. Astron. Soc., 204, 743-763 (1983)
  Abundance gradients in galaxies in the Sculptor and Centaurus groups.
oNeb in NGC 7793 = [DD80]
oTable 5: <[WS83] NGC 55 N> N=7, <[WS83] NGC 253 NN> N=12, <[WS83] NGC 300 NN> N=16, <[WS83] NGC 5236 NN> N=18, <[WS83] NGC 5253 N> N=8. Table 3: <[DD80] NNN> (No. 133) added.
Originof the Acronym: S = Created by Simbad, the CDS Database