Dictionary of Nomenclature of Celestial Objects
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Result of query: info cati Min$

Details on Acronym:   Min
  
Min    (Minkowski)
 Write:<<Min  1-NNN>>  

        <<Min  2-NN>>  

        <<Min  3-NN>>
 N:  23+18+7
Object:HII  (SIMBAD class: ISM = Interstellar Medium Object)
  Stat:is completely incorporated in Simbad
  Note:Min 1-NNN: (Nos 81-103), (Nos 1-80) are PN M 1-NN
    Min 2-NN: (Nos 57-74), (Nos 1-56) are PN M 2-NN
    Min 3-NN: (Nos 56-62), (Nos 1-55) are PN M 3-NN
    Objects are not numbered in the original lists, they have been    numbered later in the literature.
   Ref:=1946PASP...58..305M
     byMINKOWSKI R.

 Publ. Astron. Soc. Pac., 58, 305-309 (1946)

    New emission nebulae.

oTable I: <PN M 1-NN> (Nos 1-1 to 1-80). Table II: <Min 1-NNN> (Nos    1-81 to 1-103)
   Ref:=1947PASP...59..257M
     byMINKOWSKI R.

 Publ. Astron. Soc. Pac., 59, 257-259 (1947)

    New emission nebulae (II).

oTable I: <PN M 2-NN> (Nos 2-1 to 2-56). Table II: <Min 2-NN> (Nos 2-57    to 2-74)
   Ref:=1948PASP...60..386M
     byMINKOWSKI R.

 Publ. Astron. Soc. Pac., 60, 386-388 (1948)

    New emission nebulae (III).

oTables I, II: <PN M 3-NN> (Nos 3-1 to 3-55). Table III: <Min 3-NN>    (Nos 3-56 to 3-62)
 Originof the Acronym: L = Found in the literature

Details on Acronym:   Min
  
Min    (Minkowski)
  ***** Avoid the usage of Min,  prefer M