Dictionary of Nomenclature of Celestial Objects
(Last update: 26-May-2023)

Result of query: info cati LMC-SGS$

Details on Acronym:   LMC
  
LMC    (Large Magellanic Cloud)
  ***** Avoid the usage of LMC,  prefer LMC-SGS
 Originof the Acronym: A = Assigned by the author(s)

Details on Acronym:   LMC-SGS
  
LMC-SGS (LMC, SuperGiant Shell)= (LMC) = (SGS-LMC) = (SGshell-LMC) 
 Write:<<LMC-SGS  N>>
 N:  9
Object:HII Supershell  (SIMBAD class: HIIReg = HII Region)
  Stat:is completely incorporated in Simbad
  Note:N=9, Identif. chart in Fig.2
    The format could be 'R' (Roman number), for instance in    Butler 1972, Dunsink Obs. Publ. 1, 133-192,    Martin W.L. 1977, Mem. Roy. Astron. Soc. 83, 95.    The fields from different authors are different.    LMC is also used for photometric sequences.
 in source:Magellanic Clouds:LMC = LMC
   Ref:=1980MNRAS.192..365M
     byMEABURN J.

 Mon. Not. R. Astron. Soc., 192, 365-375 (1980)

    The giant and supergiant shells of the Magellanic Clouds.

o<SMC-SGS 1> N=1, <LMC-SGS N> (Nos 1-9)
 Originof the Acronym: L = Found in the literature

Details on Acronym:   SGS-LMC
  
SGS-LMC (SuperGiant Shell, LMC)
  ***** Avoid the usage of SGS-LMC,  prefer LMC-SGS
 Originof the Acronym: S = Created by Simbad, the CDS Database

Details on Acronym:   SGshell-LMC
  
SGshell-LMC (SuperGiant shell, LMC)
  ***** Avoid the usage of SGshell-LMC,  prefer LMC-SGS
 Originof the Acronym: L (1999AJ....117..238B)