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

Result of query: info cati UGC$

Details on Acronym:   U
  
U      (Uppsala obs., general catalog)
  ***** Avoid the usage of U,  prefer UGC
 Originof the Acronym: L = Found in the literature

Details on Acronym:   UGC
  
UGC    (Uppsala obs., General Catalog)= (U) 
 Write:<<UGC  NNNNNA>>
 N:  12940
Object:G  (SIMBAD class: Galaxy)
  Stat:is completely incorporated in Simbad
  Note:(Nos 1-12921) + 19 galaxies added with the format NNNNNA    in the addenda p. 437.
    Some UGC galaxies are splitted in different components in    1999ApJS..125..409C, see [CCA99] NNNNNa = UGC NNNNNA.    See also AGC for numbering > 100000.
   Ref:=1973UGC...C......0N
     byNILSON P.

 Nova Acta Regiae Soc. Sci. Upsaliensis, Ser. V:A, 0-None (1973)

    Uppsala General Catalogue of Galaxies. Data for 12,921 galaxies north of
    δ =-2 30.
o<UGC NNNNNA> N=12940 (Nos 1-12921).
   Ref:=1999ApJS..125..409C
     byCOTTON W.D.
, CONDON J.J., ARBIZZANI E.
 Astrophys. J., Suppl. Ser., 125, 409-412 (1999)

    Arcsecond positions of UGC galaxies.

oTable 1: <[CCA99] UGC NNNNNa>, <[CCA99] UGC NNNNNAa>, N=829.
=E=Catalogue in electronic form as VII/26
=E=Catalogue in electronic form as J/ApJS/125/409

Details on Acronym:   UGCG
  
UGCG   (Uppsala obs., General Catalog of G)
 ** catalog: use UGC
 Originof the Acronym: L = Found in the literature