Dictionary of Nomenclature of Celestial Objects
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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