Dictionary of Nomenclature of Celestial Objects
(Last update: 24-Apr-2024)

Result of query: info cati WOSH FFFGNNN$
.

Details on Acronym:   WOSH
  
WOSH (Watson+Oates+Shanks+Hale-Sutton)
Write:<<WOSH FFFGNNN>>
N: 246
Object:G  (SIMBAD class: Galaxy)
Stat:is completely incorporated in Simbad
Note:In the format the field 'FFF' is the SERC field number (Table 4), the letter 'G' stands for galaxy. The objects are e.g. 862G145 = WOSH 862-145
Ref:=1991MNRAS.253..222W
byWATSON F.G. , OATES A.P., SHANKS T., HALE-SUTTON D.
 Mon. Not. R. Astron. Soc., 253, 222-234 (1991)
  CCD multi-object spectroscopy of galaxies at the UKST.
oTable 5:<WOSH FFFGNNN> N=246.
Originof the Acronym: D = Assigned by the Dictionary of Acronyms