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

Result of query: info cati HMS$

Details on Acronym:   Cl
  
Cl     (Cluster)
  ***** Avoid the usage of Cl,  prefer HMS
 Originof the Acronym: L = Found in the literature

Details on Acronym:   HMS
  
HMS    (Humason+Mayall+Sandage)= (Cl) 
 Write:<<HMS  HHMM+DDMMA>>
 N:  439
Object:Cluster of G  (SIMBAD class: ClG = Cluster of Galaxies)
  Stat:is completely incorporated in Simbad
  Note:The 'HMS' designation from 1st ref. is extended to all    clusters (N=439) in the 3rd ref.
   Ref:=1956AJ.....61...97H
     byHUMASON M.L.
, MAYALL N.U., SANDAGE A.R.
 Astron. J., 61, 97-162 (1956)

    Redshifts and magnitudes of extragalactic nebulae.

oTable I: <[HMS56] Anon HHMM.m+DDMM> N=17. Table III: <HMS HHMM+DDMMA>    N=21. Table III, Plates I, II: <[HMS56] HHMM+DDMM NNA> N=124
   Ref:=1973AJ.....78...26N
     byNOONAN T.W.

 Astron. J., 78, 26-31 (1973)

    List of clusters of galaxies with published redshifts.

o<HMS HHMM+DDMMA> N=138
   Ref:=1981ApJS...45..613N
     byNOONAN T.W.

 Astrophys. J., Suppl. Ser., 45, 613-620 (1981)

    List of clusters of galaxies with published redshifts.

oTable 1: <HMS HHMM+DDMMA> N=439
 Originof the Acronym: A = Assigned by the author(s)