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

Details on Acronym:   WPV
  
WPV    (Wamsteker+Prieto+Vitores+)
  ***** Avoid the usage of WPV,  prefer WPVS
 Originof the Acronym: L (1998A&AS..132...55B)

Details on Acronym:   WPVS
  
WPVS   (Wamsteker+Prieto+Vitores+Schuster+)= (WPV) 
 Write:<<WPVS  NNN>>
 N:  113
Object:EmG  (SIMBAD class: EmissionG = Emission-line galaxy)
  Stat:is completely incorporated in Simbad
  Note:Finding charts
   Ref:=1985A&AS...62..255W
     byWAMSTEKER W.
, PRIETO A., VITORES A., SCHUSTER H.E., DANKS A.C., GONZALEZ R., RODRIGUEZ G.
 Astron. Astrophys., Suppl. Ser., 62, 255-277 (1985)

    Faint southern galaxies with H α emission.

oMisprints in table II : WPVS 76 is ESO 501-62, WPVS 84 is ESO 501-100.
o<WPVS NNN> (Nos 1-113).
 Originof the Acronym: D = Assigned by the Dictionary of Acronyms