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

Result of query: info cati 8C$

Details on Acronym:   8C
  
8C     (8th Cambridge catalog)
 Write:<<8C  HHMM+DDdA>>
 N:  about 5000
Object:(Rad)  (SIMBAD class: Radio = Radio Source)
  Note:In the catalogue, 8C objects have no format, and only    1950 coordinates 'HHMMSS+DDMMSS'    SIMBAD use the format 'HHMM+DDdA' as found in the references    1992MNRAS.256..404L and 1993MNRAS.263..707L.
   Ref:=1990MNRAS.244..233R
     byREES N.

 Mon. Not. R. Astron. Soc., 244, 233-246 (1990)

    A deep 38-MHz radio survey of the area δ >+60.

omicrofiche MN 244/1-5
o<8C HHMM+DDdA>
=E=Catalogue in electronic form as VIII/31
 Originof the Acronym: A = Assigned by the author(s)