Dictionary of Nomenclature of Celestial Objects
(Last update: 02-Nov-2023)

Result of query: info cati EC$

Details on Acronym:   EC
  
EC     (Edinburgh-Cape survey)
 Write:<<EC  HHMMm-DDMMa>>
 N:  20+775+329+892+362+574+179
Object:(Opt)  (SIMBAD class: Unknown = Object of Unknown Nature)
  Note:The Edinburgh-Cape (EC) blue object survey.
    The blue stellar objects are selected by automated    techniques from U and B pairs of UK Schmidt Telescope    plates scanned with the COSMOS measuring machine.    Follow-up photometry and spectroscopy is obtained with    the SAAO telescopes.
   Ref:=1991MNRAS.248..664K
     byKILKENNY D.
, O'DONOGHUE D., STOBIE R.S.
 Mon. Not. R. Astron. Soc., 248, 664-669 (1991)

    First results from the Edinburgh-Cape faint blue object survey -
    normal stars at high galactic latitudes.
oFirst ref. from this survey. In this ref. <EC HHMMm-DDMM> N=20
   Ref:=1997MNRAS.287..867K
     byKILKENNY D.
, O'DONOGHUE D., KOEN C., STOBIE R.S., CHEN A.
 Mon. Not. R. Astron. Soc., 287, 867-893 (1997)

    The Edinburgh-Cape Blue Object Survey - II. Zone 1 - the North
    Galactic Cap.
oTables 1-2: <EC HHMMm-DDMM> N=775+329.
   Ref:=2013MNRAS.431..240O
     byO'DONOGHUE D.
, KILKENNY D., KOEN C., HAMBLY N., MacGILLIVRAY H., STOBIE R.S.
 Mon. Not. R. Astron. Soc., 431, 240-251 (2013)

    The Edinburgh-Cape Blue Object Survey - III. Zone 2: galactic latitudes
    -30° > b > -40°.
oTables 3-4: <EC HHMMm-DDMM> N=892+362.
oEC 13471-1256 is a misprint for EC 13471-1258.
   Ref:=2015MNRAS.453.1879K
     byKILKENNY D.
, O'DONOGHUE D., WORTERS H.L., KOEN C., HAMBLY N., MacGILLIVRAY H.
 Mon. Not. R. Astron. Soc., 453, 1879-1887 (2015)

    The Edinburgh-Cape Blue Object Survey - IV. Zone 3: Galactic latitudes
    -40° > b > -50°.
oTables 2-3: <EC HHMMm-DDMMa> N=574+179.
=E=Catalogue in electronic form as J/MNRAS/287/867
=E=Catalogue in electronic form as J/MNRAS/453/1879
=E=Catalogue in electronic form as <J/MNRAS/431/240/>
 Originof the Acronym: A = Assigned by the author(s)

Details on Acronym:   EC
  
EC     (Eiroa+Casali)
  ***** Avoid the usage of EC,  prefer [EC92]
 Originof the Acronym: L (1998A&A...330..990G)

Details on Acronym:   EC
  
EC     (Eiroa+Casali)
  ***** Avoid the usage of EC,  prefer [EC95]
 Originof the Acronym: L (2003ApJ...596.1064J)

Details on Acronym:   EC
  
EC     (Extended Cluster)
  ***** Avoid the usage of EC,  prefer M31WFS
 Originof the Acronym: L (2006ApJ...653L.105M)