Dictionary of Nomenclature of Celestial Objects
(Last update: 22-Mar-2024)

Result of query: info cati MPA JHHMM+DDMMa$
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Details on Acronym:   MPA
  
MPA (Miszalski+Parker+Acker)
Write:<<MPA JHHMM+DDMMa>>
N: 255
Object:PN  (SIMBAD class: PlanetaryNeb_Candidate = Planetary Nebula Candidate)
Stat:is completely incorporated in Simbad
Note:Object name consists of the initial letters of the discoverers. See also BMP, FPM.
Ref:=2008MNRAS.384..525M
byMISZALSKI B. , PARKER Q.A., ACKER A., BIRKBY J.L., FREW D.J., KOVACEVIC A.
 Mon. Not. R. Astron. Soc., 384, 525-534 (2008)
  MASH-II: more planetary nebulae from the AAO/UKST Hα survey.
oTable 3: <BMP JHHMM+DDMM> N=78, <FPM JHHMM+DDMM> N=2, <MPA JHHMM+DDMMa> N=255.
=E=Catalogue in electronic form as V/127
Originof the Acronym: A = Assigned by the author(s)