Dictionary of Nomenclature of Celestial Objects
(Last update: 02-Nov-2023)

Result of query: info cati RCW NNNA$

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Details on Acronym:   R
  
R      (Rodgers)
  ***** Avoid the usage of R,  prefer RCW

Details on Acronym:   RCW
  
RCW    (Rodgers+Campbell+Whiteoak)= (R) 
 Write:<<RCW  NNNA>>
 N:  182+3
Object:HII  (SIMBAD class: HIIReg = HII Region)
  Note:26 are PN in PK nomencl. and 16 in Acker+, 1992
   Ref:=1960MNRAS.121..103R
     byRODGERS A.W.
, CAMPBELL C.T., WHITEOAK J.B.
 Mon. Not. R. Astron. Soc., 121, 103-110 (1960)

    A catalogue of H-α emission regions in the Southern Milky Way.

o<RCW NNN> (Nos 1-182)
   Ref:=1985AJ.....90...88M
     byMcBREEN B.
, FAZIO G.G., LOUGHRAN L., RENGARAJAN T.N.
 Astron. J., 90, 88-91 (1985)

    Far-infrared observations of two southern H II regions : RCW 122 and G
    351.6-1.3.
o<[MFL85] RCW 122 A> (Nos A-C) = <RCW NNNA> (Nos 122A-C), <[MFL85]    G351.6-1.3 A> (Nos A-B)
=E=Catalogue in electronic form as VII/216
 Originof the Acronym: L (1974Ap&SS..27....3M)