Dictionary of Nomenclature of Celestial Objects
(Last update: 26-Sep-2023)

Result of query: info cati WSPN$

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:   WSPN
  
WSPN   (Westerlund+Smith, PN)= (WS) 
 Write:<<WSPN  NN>>
 N:  42
Object:PN  (SIMBAD class: PlanetaryNeb = Planetary Nebula)
  Stat:is completely incorporated in Simbad
  Note:Table II: (Nos 1-42), Identif. charts.    The identified 42 objects form a circular system with the    centroid at 5h22m, -69.5deg.
 in source:Magellanic Clouds:LMC = LMC
   Ref:=1964MNRAS.127..449W
     byWESTERLUND B.E.
, SMITH L.F.
 Mon. Not. R. Astron. Soc., 127, 449-457 (1964)

    Planetary nebulae in the Large Magellanic Cloud.

oTable II: <WSPN NN> (Nos 1-42)
 Originof the Acronym: D = Assigned by the Dictionary of Acronyms