Dictionary of Nomenclature of Celestial Objects
(Last update: 17-Mar-2023)

Result of query: info cati EIC$

Details on Acronym:   EIC
  
EIC    (Equatorial Infrared Catalog)
 Write:<<EIC  NNNNN>>
 N:  7220
Object:(IR)  (SIMBAD class: Infrared = Infra-Red Source)
  Note:Sources detected at 2.7 mu.m. |b| < 10deg.    1st parution: Sweeney+ 1978, Aerospace Corporation TR-0078(3409-20)-1,    (Nos 1-896).    Complete catalogue, N=11214 is an electronic catalogue:    Equatorial Infrared Catalog (Sweeney+ 1990),    result of additional processing of USAF satellite data.
 Auth.:SWEENEY L.H.+
=E=Catalogue in electronic form as II/161