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

Result of query: info cati CTB$

Details on Acronym:   CTB
  
CTB    (Caltech obs., list B)= (WB) 
 Write:<<CTB  NNNa>>

<<CTB  NNNA>>	(not recognised by Simbad, but found in literature)
 N:  110+8
Object:(Rad)  (SIMBAD class: Radio = Radio Source)
  Stat:is completely incorporated in Simbad
  Note:Discrete radio sources in the galactic plane.
   Ref:=1960PASP...72..331W
     byWILSON R.W.
, BOLTON J.G.
 Publ. Astron. Soc. Pac., 72, 331-347 (1960)

    A survey of galactic radiation at 960 MC/S.

o<CTB NNN> (Nos 1-110)
   Ref:=1963AJ.....68..181W
     byWILSON R.W.

 Astron. J., 68, 181-185 (1963)

    Catalogue of radio sources in the Galactic plane.

oTable I: <CTB NNNa> (Nos 90a-90b, 91a-91b, 104a-104b) added.
   Ref:=1978ApJS...38..119V
     byVAN DEN BERGH S.

 Astrophys. J., Suppl. Ser., 38, 119-128 (1978)

    A systematic search for galactic Supernova Remnants.

oFig.8: <PN VBe N> (No. 1). Table 1: <CTB NNNa> (Nos 37a, 37b).
 Originof the Acronym: L = Found in the literature

Details on Acronym:   WB
  
WB     (Wilson+Bolton)
  ***** Avoid the usage of WB,  prefer CTB