Dictionary of Nomenclature of Celestial Objects
(Last update: 04-Dec-2023)

Result of query: info cati NAME UKS$

Details on Acronym:   UKS
  
UKS    (United Kingdom Schmidt)= (UKST) 
 Write:<<NAME UKS  N>>
 N:  2
Object:(Opt)  (SIMBAD class: Unknown = Object of Unknown Nature)
  Note:UKS 1 = UKS 1751-24.1, UKS 2 = UKS 0923-54.5
   Ref:=1980ApJ...237..432M
     byMALKAN M.
, KLEINMANN D.E., APT J.
 Astrophys. J., 237, 432-437 (1980)

    Infrared studies of globular clusters near the Galactic Center.

oFirst ref. from this survey. In this ref. <UKS HHMM+DDd> N=1, UKS    1751-241 = NAME UKS 1
   Ref:=1985IAUS..113..541W
     byWEBBINK R.F.

 IAU Symp., 113, held in Princeton, New Jersey, USA, 29 May - 1 June,

   1984 Ed. by J. Goodman and P. Hut. Dynamics of star clusters, 113,
   541-577 (1985)
    Structure parameters of galactic globular clusters.

oTables Ia, Ib, Ic: <C HHMM+DDd> N=105+13+12
 Originof the Acronym: L = Found in the literature

Details on Acronym:   UKST
  
UKST   (United Kingdom Schmidt Telescope)
  ***** Avoid the usage of UKST,  prefer UKS
 Originof the Acronym: L = Found in the literature