Dictionary of Nomenclature of Celestial Objects
(Last update: 19-Apr-2024)

Result of query: info cati LMC-SGS$

Details on Acronym:   LMC
  
LMC (Large Magellanic Cloud)
***** Avoid the usage of LMC, prefer LMC-SGS
Originof the Acronym: A = Assigned by the author(s)

Details on Acronym:   LMC-SGS
  
LMC-SGS (LMC, SuperGiant Shell)= (LMC) = (SGS-LMC) = (SGshell-LMC)
Write:<<LMC-SGS N>>
N: 9
Object:HII Supershell  (SIMBAD class: HIIReg = HII Region)
Stat:is completely incorporated in Simbad
Note:N=9, Identif. chart in Fig.2
The format could be 'R' (Roman number), for instance in Butler 1972, Dunsink Obs. Publ. 1, 133-192, Martin W.L. 1977, Mem. Roy. Astron. Soc. 83, 95. The fields from different authors are different. LMC is also used for photometric sequences.
in source:Magellanic Clouds:LMC = LMC
Ref:=1980MNRAS.192..365M
byMEABURN J.
 Mon. Not. R. Astron. Soc., 192, 365-375 (1980)
  The giant and supergiant shells of the Magellanic Clouds.
o<SMC-SGS 1> N=1, <LMC-SGS N> (Nos 1-9)
Originof the Acronym: L = Found in the literature

Details on Acronym:   SGS-LMC
  
SGS-LMC (SuperGiant Shell, LMC)
***** Avoid the usage of SGS-LMC, prefer LMC-SGS
Originof the Acronym: S = Created by Simbad, the CDS Database

Details on Acronym:   SGshell-LMC
  
SGshell-LMC (SuperGiant shell, LMC)
***** Avoid the usage of SGshell-LMC, prefer LMC-SGS
Originof the Acronym: L (1999AJ....117..238B)