Dictionary of Nomenclature of Celestial Objects
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Result of query: info cati GSC2$

Details on Acronym:   GSC2.2
  
GSC2.2 (Guide Star Catalog, version 2.2)
Write:<<GSC2 WNNNNNNNNNNNNN>>
N: 455851237
Object:*  (SIMBAD class: Star)
Note:The GSC2.2 is a preliminary version of GSC II generated to support telescope operations at the GEMINI and VLT telescopes.
Ref:=2001yCat.1271....0S
bySPACE TELESCOPE SCIENCE INSTITUTE , (The Osservatorio Astronomico di Torino)
 CDS/ADC Collection of Electronic Catalogues, -1-None (2001)
  The Guide Star Catalog, Version 2.2 (GSC2.2).
o<GSC2.2 WNNNNNNNNNNNNN> N=455851237.
=E=Catalogue in electronic form as I/271
Originof the Acronym: A = Assigned by the author(s)