Dictionary of Nomenclature of Celestial Objects
(Last update: 19-Apr-2024)

Result of query: info cati GW$

Details on Acronym:   GW
  
GW (Gravitational Wave) (Not yet in Simbad)
====>Equivalent to: GrW
Originof the Acronym: A = Assigned by the author(s)

Details on Acronym:   GW
  
GW (Gal. Worm)
Write:<<GW LLL.l+B.b>>
N: 118
Object:Gal. Worm  (SIMBAD class: HI = HI (21cm) Source)
Note:Table 2 : N=118, The running number in col(1) is not used. The worms correspond to the 'HI worms' detected by Heiles. HI, 60µm and 100µm features perpendicular to the gal. plane, might be debris of superbubbles. Finding charts.
Ref:=1992ApJ...390..108K
byKOO B.-C. , HEILES C., REACH W.T.
 Astrophys. J., 390, 108-132 (1992)
  Galactic worms. I. Catalog of worm candidates.
oTable 2, col(2): <GW LLL.l+B.b> N=118.
=E=Catalogue in electronic form as <J/ApJ/390/108/>
Originof the Acronym: A = Assigned by the author(s)