Dictionary of Nomenclature of Celestial Objects
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Result of query: info cati NGC 2506$

Details on Acronym:   NGC 2506
  
NGC 2506 
Write:<<NGC 2506 NNNN # 4 digits>>
N: 806
Object:*inCl  (SIMBAD class: Unknown = Object of Unknown Nature)
Rem:Always a 4 digits format, with quadrants and rings:
e.g. star 4382 is number 82 in ring 3 of quadrant 4.
Ref:=1981ApJ...243..841M
byMcCLURE R.D. , TWAROG B.A., FORRESTER W.T.
 Astrophys. J., 243, 841-854 (1981)
  The old open cluster NGC 2506 and its similarity to NGC 2420.
oFig. 1, Tables 1+3: <[MTF81] NNNNN> N=806. Table 3: <NGC 2506 NNNN> N=416 among (Nos 1101-4382).

Details on Acronym:   Cl* NGC 2506 MTF
  
Cl* NGC 2506 MTF (McClure+Twarog+Forrester)
====>Equivalent to: NGC 2506