Dictionary of Nomenclature of Celestial Objects
(Last update: 11-Mar-2024)

Result of query: info cati CTB$

Details on Acronym:   CTB
  
CTB (Caltech obs., list B)= (WB)
Write:<<CTB NNNa>>
<<CTB NNNA>> (not recognised by Simbad, but found in literature)
N: 110+8
Object:(Rad)  (SIMBAD class: Radio = Radio Source)
Stat:is completely incorporated in Simbad
Note:Discrete radio sources in the galactic plane.
Ref:=1960PASP...72..331W
byWILSON R.W. , BOLTON J.G.
 Publ. Astron. Soc. Pac., 72, 331-347 (1960)
  A survey of galactic radiation at 960 MC/S.
o<CTB NNN> (Nos 1-110)
Ref:=1963AJ.....68..181W
byWILSON R.W.
 Astron. J., 68, 181-185 (1963)
  Catalogue of radio sources in the Galactic plane.
oTable I: <CTB NNNa> (Nos 90a-90b, 91a-91b, 104a-104b) added.
Ref:=1978ApJS...38..119V
byVAN DEN BERGH S.
 Astrophys. J., Suppl. Ser., 38, 119-128 (1978)
  A systematic search for galactic Supernova Remnants.
oFig.8: <PN VBe N> (No. 1). Table 1: <CTB NNNa> (Nos 37a, 37b).
Originof the Acronym: L = Found in the literature

Details on Acronym:   WB
  
WB (Wilson+Bolton)
***** Avoid the usage of WB, prefer CTB