Dictionary of Nomenclature of Celestial Objects
(Last update: 10-Apr-2024)

Result of query: info cati BWSH WWN$
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Details on Acronym:   BWSH
  
BWSH (Barnes+Webster+Schmidt+Hughes)
Write:<<BWSH BHHMMSS+DDMMSS>>
<<BWSH WWN>>
N: 6
Object:G  (SIMBAD class: Galaxy)
Stat:is completely incorporated in Simbad
Note:N=6 galaxies in the field of the lensing galaxy [Y88] G.
4 galaxies are new (format 'BHHMMSS+DDMMSS'), but the 6 have an alternative name (format 'WWN') given by the authors.
Ref:=1999MNRAS.309..641B
byBARNES D.G. , WEBSTER R.L., SCHMIDT R.W., HUGHES A.
 Mon. Not. R. Astron. Soc., 309, 641-650 (1999)
  Imaging HI in the lensing galaxy 2237+0305.
olensing galaxy 2237+0305 = [Y88] G
oTable 1: <BWSH BHHMMSS+DDMMSS> = <BWSH WWN> (Nos C, S, SE, SW, NW1,NW2).
Originof the Acronym: A = Assigned by the author(s)