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

Result of query: info cati SkKM$

Details on Acronym:   Sk
  
Sk     (Sanduleak)
  ***** Avoid the usage of Sk,  prefer SkKM
 Originof the Acronym: L = Found in the literature

Details on Acronym:   SkKM
  
SkKM   (Sanduleak, K or M *)= (Sk) 
 Write:<<SkKM  NNN>>
 N:  372
Object:K,M *  (SIMBAD class: Star)
  Note:Identif. charts
 in source:Magellanic Clouds:SMC = SMC
   Ref:=1989AJ.....98..825S
     bySANDULEAK N.

 Astron. J., 98, 825-842 (1989)

    Known and suspected late-type supergiants in the Small Magellanic
    Cloud.
oTable I: <SkKM NNN> (Nos 1-372)
 Originof the Acronym: D = Assigned by the Dictionary of Acronyms