Dictionary of Nomenclature of Celestial Objects
(Last update: 05-Dec-2023)

Result of query: info cati DIR LLL+BB$

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Details on Acronym:   DIR
  
DIR    (Diffuse IR)
 Write:<<DIR  LLL+BB>>
 N:  81
Object:(IR)  (SIMBAD class: Infrared = Infra-Red Source)
  Stat:is completely incorporated in Simbad
  Note:Table 4: In the format, rounded galactic coordinates 'LLL+BB',    with a wrong declination sign for some objects.    (the proper declination sign is the one in column b)
   Ref:=1998ApJ...507..507R
     byREACH W.T.
, WALL W.F., ODEGARD N.
 Astrophys. J., 507, 507-525 (1998)

    Infrared excess and molecular clouds: a comparison of new surveys of
    far-infrared and H I 21 centimeter emission at high galactic    latitudes.
ot.3 : R Cor Bor not identified; some object names in Table 4 are    erroneous (wrong declination sign). In SIMBAD the proper declination,    found in column b, is used in the object name.
oTable 4: <DIR LLL+BB> N=81.
 Originof the Acronym: A = Assigned by the author(s)