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

Result of query: info cati WDG$

Details on Acronym:   WDG
  
WDG    (Westerlund+Danziger+Graham)
 Write:<<WDG  N>>
 N:  8
Object:Supergiant  (SIMBAD class: Star)
  Stat:is completely incorporated in Simbad
 in source:Magellanic Clouds:SMC = SMC
   Ref:=1963Obs....83...74W
     byWESTERLUND B.E.
, DANZIGER I.J., GRAHAM J.
 The Observatory, 83, 74-79 (1963)

    Supergiant stars in the wing of the Small Magellanic Cloud.

oTable I: <WDG N> (Nos 1-8).
 Originof the Acronym: L (1978AAS.33.193I)