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