Dictionary of Nomenclature of Celestial Objects
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Result of query: info cati Cl* NGC 6530 VAJ$

Details on Acronym:   Cl* NGC 6530 VAJ
  
Cl* NGC 6530 VAJ (Van Altena+Jones)
 Write:<<Cl* NGC 6530 VAJ  NNN>>
 N:  363
Object:*inCl
   Ref:=1972A&A....20..425V
     byVAN ALTENA W.F.
, JONES B.F.
 Astron. Astrophys., 20, 425-436 (1972)

    Membership in the extremely young open cluster NGC 6530 (M 8).

oin ref list SCHMIDT-KALER 1967ApJ...149..719S instead of A&A.149
oTable 3: <Cl* NGC 6530 VAJ NNN> (Nos 1-363)
 Originof the Acronym: L (1997A&AS..123...63V)