Dictionary of Nomenclature of Celestial Objects
(Last update: 24-Jan-2023)

Result of query: info cati NAME MR$

Details on Acronym:   MR
  
MR     (?)
 Write:<<NAME MR  HHMM+DDd>>
 N:  1
Object:QSO  (SIMBAD class: QSO = Quasar)
  Stat:is completely incorporated in Simbad
  Note:MR 2251-178 = QSO 2251-178.    Optical object included in 1980ApJS...43...57H
   Ref:=1978Natur.271...35R
     byRICKER G.R.
, CLARKE G.W., DOXSEY R.E., DOWER R.G., JERNIGAN J.G., DELVAILLE J.P., MacALPINE G.M., HJELLMING R.M.
 Nature, 271, 35-37 (1978)

    Discovery of an X-ray QSO.

o<NAME MR 2251-178> = QSO 2251-178