Dictionary of Nomenclature of Celestial Objects
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Result of query: info cati MCW88]$

Details on Acronym:   GS
  
GS (Giant Shell)
***** Avoid the usage of GS, prefer [MCW88]
Originof the Acronym: A = Assigned by the author(s)

Details on Acronym:   [MCW88]
  
[MCW88] (Meaburn+Clayton+Whitehead, 1988)= (GS)
Write:<<[MCW88] GS Na>>
N: 6+2
Object:Giant Shell  (SIMBAD class: PartofG = Part of a Galaxy)
Stat:is completely incorporated in Simbad
in source:IC 1613
Ref:=1988MNRAS.235..479M
byMEABURN J. , CLAYTON C.A., WHITEHEAD M.J.
 Mon. Not. R. Astron. Soc., 235, 479-492 (1988)
  The dynamics of a complex of interlocking giant shells in the Local Group dwarf galaxy IC 1613.
oTable 1, Fig.1: <[MCW88] GS Na> (Nos 1-6, 1a-1b).
Originof the Acronym: S = Created by Simbad, the CDS Database