Dictionary of Nomenclature of Celestial Objects
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Result of query: info cati WN$

Details on Acronym:   WENSS
  
WENSS  (Westerbork Northern Sky Survey)
  ***** Avoid the usage of WENSS,  prefer WN
 Originof the Acronym: A = Assigned by the author(s)

Details on Acronym:   WN
  
WN     (WN+NVSS)
  ***** Avoid the usage of WN,  prefer [DVR2000]
 Originof the Acronym: A = Assigned by the author(s)

Details on Acronym:   WN
  
WN     (Westerbork Northern)= (WENSS) 
 Write:<<WN  BHHMM+DDMMAa>>  

        <<WN  BHHMM.m+DDMMAa>>  

        <<WN  JHHMM+DDMMAa>>
 N:  11299
Object:(Rad)  (SIMBAD class: Radio = Radio Source)
  Note:ref. 1996MNRAS.282.1033R is the 1st ref. (N=1 object) from    the WENSS survey with the format 'HHMM+DDMMA' (1950 coord.).    ref. 1997A&AS..124..259R table 6, is the complete catalogue.    ref. 1998AJ....116...13D is the 1st ref. (N=1 object) from    the WENSS survey with the format 'JHHMM+DDMM' (2000 coord.).
    See also WISH for the Westerbork Southern catalog.
   Ref:=1997A&AS..124..259R
     byRENGELINK R.B.
, TANG Y., DE BRUYN A.G., MILEY G.K., BREMER M.N., ROETTGERING H.J.A., BREMER M.A.R.
 Astron. Astrophys., Suppl. Ser., 124, 259-280 (1997)

    The Westerbork Northern Sky Survey (WENSS). I. A 570 square °
    Mini-Survey around the North Ecliptic Pole.
oTable 6: <WN HHMM+DDMMA> N=11299. Some name collisions are solved in    th e electronic table6 (addition of 'a', 'b' or 'c' suffix).
   Ref:=1998AJ....116...13D
     byDE BREUCK C.
, BROTHERTON M.S., TRAN H.D., VAN BREUGEL W., ROETTGERING H.J.A.
 Astron. J., 116, 13-19 (1998)

    Discovery of an ultra-steep-spectrum, highly polarized red quasar at z
    = 1.462.
o6C 1908+722 not identified
o<WN JHHMM+DDMM> N=1.
=E=Catalogue in electronic form as VIII/62