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

Result of query: info cati MFU$

Details on Acronym:   MFU
  
MFU    (MacConnell+Frye+Upgren)
 Write:<<MFU  NNN>>
 N:  241
Object:Ba *  (SIMBAD class: ChemPec* = Chemically Peculiar Star)
  Note:Table I: (Nos 1-151), certain Ba II stars.    Table II: (Nos 152-241), marginal Ba stars
   Ref:=1972AJ.....77..384M
     byMacCONNELL D.J.
, FRYE R.L., UPGREN A.R.
 Astron. J., 77, 384-391 (1972)

    The absolute magnitudes of the Barium stars.

oTables I, II: <MFU NNN> (Nos 1-241)
 Originof the Acronym: L (1981SAAOC...6...10D)