Dictionary of Nomenclature of Celestial Objects
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Result of query: info cati NGC 609$

Details on Acronym:   NGC 609
  
NGC 609
 Write:<<NGC 609  NNN # 3 digits>>
 N:  78
Object:*inCl
   Rem:Alwyas a 3 digits format: the first digit stands for the quadrants
   number 1 to 8.
   Ref:=1971AJ.....76..467L
     byLEE V.J.
, BURKHEAD M.S.
 Astron. J., 76, 467-469 (1971)

    Preliminary photometry of the open cluster NGC 609.

oTables I, II: <Cl* NGC 609 LB A> (Nos A-C, J, K). Table II: <Cl* NGC    609 LB N> (Nos 1-9). Table III: <NGC 609 NNN> N=78 (always 3 digits).

Details on Acronym:   Cl* NGC 609 LB
  
Cl* NGC 609 LB (Lee+Burkhead)
  ====>Equivalent to: NGC 609