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

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)