Dictionary of Nomenclature of Celestial Objects
(Last update: 05-Dec-2023)

Result of query: info cati WS$

Details on Acronym:   WS
  
WS     (WISE Shell)
  ***** Avoid the usage of WS,  prefer [GKM2012]
 Originof the Acronym: A = Assigned by the author(s)

Details on Acronym:   WS
  
WS     (Warner  Swasey obs.)
  ***** Avoid the usage of WS,  prefer SP77
 Originof the Acronym: L = Found in the literature

Details on Acronym:   WS
  
WS     (Westerlund+Smith)= (WSWR) 
 Write:<<WS  NN>>
 N:  53
Object:WR  (SIMBAD class: WolfRayet* = Wolf-Rayet)
  Note:Finding charts.    5 WR stars identified by Feast (ref. 1960MNRAS.121..337F) are added.    Compiled in 1981A&AS...43..203B.
 in source:Magellanic Clouds:LMC = LMC
   Ref:=1964MNRAS.128..311W
     byWESTERLUND B.E.
, SMITH L.F.
 Mon. Not. R. Astron. Soc., 128, 311-325 (1964)

    Wolf-Rayet stars in the Large Magellanic Cloud.

oTable II: <WS NN> (Nos 1-53)
 Originof the Acronym: L = Found in the literature

Details on Acronym:   WS
  
WS     (Walker+Suntzeff)
  ***** Avoid the usage of WS,  prefer [WS90]
 Originof the Acronym: L = Found in the literature

Details on Acronym:   WS
  
WS     (Wilson+Scoville)
  ***** Avoid the usage of WS,  prefer [WS90b]
 Originof the Acronym: L (2003ApJ...599..258R)

Details on Acronym:   WS
  
WS     (Whitmore+Schweizer)
  ***** Avoid the usage of WS,  prefer [WS95]
 Originof the Acronym: L (2002AJ....124.1418W)

Details on Acronym:   WS
  
WS     (Westerlund+Smith)
  ***** Avoid the usage of WS,  prefer WSPN
 Originof the Acronym: L = Found in the literature

Details on Acronym:   WSWR
  
WSWR   (Westerlund+Smith, Wolf-Rayet *)
  ***** Avoid the usage of WSWR,  prefer WS
 Originof the Acronym: D = Assigned by the Dictionary of Acronyms

Details on Acronym:   Cl* NGC 1866 WS
  
Cl* NGC 1866 WS (Welch+Stetson)
 Write:<<Cl* NGC 1866 WS  NN>>
 N:  12
Object:*inCl
   Ref:=1993AJ....105.1813W
     byWELCH D.L.
, STETSON P.B.
 Astron. J., 105, 1813-1821 (1993)

    Robust variable star detection techniques suitable for automated
    searches: new results for NGC 1866.
o<Cl* NGC 1866 WS NN> (Nos 1-12).