Dictionary of Nomenclature of Celestial Objects
(Last update: 26-Sep-2023)

Result of query: info cati 2C$

Details on Acronym:   2C
  
2C     (2nd Cambridge catalog)
 Write:<<2C  NNNN>>
 N:  1936
Object:(Rad)  (SIMBAD class: Radio = Radio Source)
   Ref:=1955MmRAS..67..106S
     bySHAKESHAFT J.R.
, RYLE M., BALDWIN J.E., ELSMORE B., THOMSON J.H.
 Mem. R. Astron. Soc., 67, 106-154 (1955)

    A survey of radio sources between declinations -38 and +83.

o<2C NNNN> (Nos 1-1936)
 Originof the Acronym: A = Assigned by the author(s)