Dictionary of Nomenclature of Celestial Objects
(Last update: 11-Mar-2024)

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)