Dictionary of Nomenclature of Celestial Objects
(Last update: 02-Nov-2023)

Result of query: info cati 2CG$

Details on Acronym:   CG
  
CG     (2nd COS B, Gamma)
  ***** Avoid the usage of CG,  prefer 2CG

Details on Acronym:   2CG
  
2CG    (2nd Cos B, Gamma)= (CG) 
 Write:<<2CG  LLL+BB>>
 N:  25
Object:(Gamma)  (SIMBAD class: gamma = Gamma-ray Source)
  Stat:is completely incorporated in Simbad
  Note:N=25, a 26th object is called '2CG 299-00' in 1988A&A...201..100R
   Ref:=1981ApJ...243L..69S
     bySWANENBURG B.N.
, BENNETT K., BIGNAMI G.F., BUCCHERI R., CARAVEO P., HERMSEN W., KANBACH G., LICHTI G.G., MASNOU J.L., MAYER-HASSELWANDER H.A., PAUL J.A., SACCO B., SCARSI L., WILLS R.D.
 Astrophys. J., 243, 69-73 (1981)

    Second COS-B catalogue of high-energy γ-ray sources.

o<2CG LLL+BB> N=25
 Originof the Acronym: A = Assigned by the author(s)