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

Result of query: info cati IFM-B$

Details on Acronym:   IFM-B
  
IFM-B  (Ivanov+Freedman+Madore, Blue)
 Write:<<IFM-B  NNNNa>>
 N:  2112+35
Object:Blue Supergiant  (SIMBAD class: Star)
  Note:Table 2: N=2112 blue supergiants, among (Nos 1-2126).    An unpublished version of the catalogue has added 35 objects.    See also IFM-R
   Ref:=1993ApJS...89...85I
     byIVANOV G.R.
, FREEDMAN W.L., MADORE B.F.
 Astrophys. J., Suppl. Ser., 89, 85-122 (1993)

    A catalog of blue and red supergiants in M33.

oTable 2: <IFM-B NNNNa> N=2112 among (Nos 1-2126). Table 3: <IFM-R NNN>    N=389 among (Nos 1-391).
 Originof the Acronym: A = Assigned by the author(s)