Dictionary of Nomenclature of Celestial Objects
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Result of query: info cati RAFGL$

Details on Acronym:   AF
  
AF     (Air Force)
  ***** Avoid the usage of AF,  prefer RAFGL

Details on Acronym:   AFCRL
  
AFCRL  (Air Force Cambridge Research Lab.)
  Note:updated by AFGL
  ====>Equivalent to: RAFGL

Details on Acronym:   AFGL
  
AFGL   (Air Force Geophys. Lab.)
  ====>Equivalent to: RAFGL

Details on Acronym:   CRL
  
CRL    (Cambridge Research Lab.)
  Note:First defined in 1975 by Walter and Price.
  ====>Equivalent to: RAFGL

Details on Acronym:   GL
  
GL     (Geophysics Lab.)
  ***** Avoid the usage of GL,  prefer RAFGL

Details on Acronym:   RAFGL
  
RAFGL  (Revised Air Force Geophys. Lab.)= (AF) = AFGL = AFCRL = CRL = (GL) 
 Write:<<RAFGL  NNNN>>  

        <<RAFGL  NNNNS>>
 N:  5625+2477
Object:(IR)  (SIMBAD class: Infrared = Infra-Red Source)
  Note:1972, AFCRL-TR-0588 and private communication,    Walker and Price, Preliminary results, format 'NNN-NNNN'    not used.
    1973, AFCRL-TR-73-0371, Low, Ground-based infrared measurements:    final report.
    Sometimes found as 'UOA' (University of Arizona).
    1975, AFCRL-TR-75-0373, Walker and Price,    Research Laboratory Infrared Sky Survey, vol. 1: (AFCRL).    Followed and improved by the catalog AFGL, most of    the sources have been later confirmed in the AFGL catalogue.
    1976, AFGL-TR-76-0208, Price and Walker,    The AFGL Four Color Infrared SKY Survey: (AFGL).    Contains most of the AFCRL with the same number, and 306 new    sources of the southern hemisphere, numbered 4001 to 4306.
    1977, AFGL-TR-77-0160, Price,    The AFGL four color infrared sky survey: supplemental catalogue.    format 'NNNNS' where 'S' stands for Supplementary, N=2477.
    1983ApJS...53..413G, 1983AFGL..161....0P:    Revised version of the AFGL Catalog: (RAFGL)    New entries with a format 'NNNNS'
 Auth.:WALKER R.G.+
 Auth.:PRICE S.D.+
 Auth.:PRICE S.D.
   Ref:=1983ApJS...53..413G
     byGRASDALEN G.L.
, GEHRZ R.D., HACKWELL J.A., CASTELAZ M., GULLIXSON C.
 Astrophys. J., Suppl. Ser., 53, 413-457 (1983)

    The stellar component of the galaxy as seen by the AFGL Infrared Sky
    Survey.
oTables 1, 2, 3: <AFGL NNNN> N about 600 among (Nos 1-4300)
   Ref:=1983AFGL..161....0P
     byPRICE S.D.
, MURDOCK T.L.
 AFGL-TR-0208 Environemental Research papers,576,1976, -1-None (1983)

    The Revised Air Force Geophysical Laboratory Infrared Sky Survey.

oAFGL-TR-83-0161
o<RAFGL NNNN> (Nos 5-3197), (Nos 4001-4306), (Nos 5001-5625). <RAFGL    NNNNS> (Nos 2S-3198S), (Nos 4001S-5800S), (Nos 6001S-7247S).
=E=Catalogue in electronic form as II/94
=E=Catalogue in electronic form as II/95
 Originof the Acronym: A = Assigned by the author(s)