Dictionary of Nomenclature of Celestial Objects
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Result of query: info cati M31WFS$

Details on Acronym:   EC
  
EC (Extended Cluster)
***** Avoid the usage of EC, prefer M31WFS
Originof the Acronym: L (2006ApJ...653L.105M)

Details on Acronym:   Hux
  
Hux (Huxor+)
***** Avoid the usage of Hux, prefer M31WFS
Originof the Acronym: L (2006AJ....132.1571V)

Details on Acronym:   M31WFS
  
M31WFS (M 31, Wide Field Survey)= (EC) = (Hux)
Write:<<M31WFS CN>>
<<M31WFS ECN>> (not recognised by Simbad, but found in literature)
N: 4
Object:Cluster of *  (SIMBAD class: Cluster* = Cluster of Stars)
Stat:is completely incorporated in Simbad
Note:INT-WFS images of M 31.
Discovery of 4 new extended clusters in the halo of M 31.
in source:M 31 = NGC 224
Ref:=2005MNRAS.360.1007H
byHUXOR A.P. , TANVIR N.R., IRWIN M.J., IBATA R., COLLETT J.L., FERGUSON A.M.N., BRIDGES T., LEWIS G.F.
 Mon. Not. R. Astron. Soc., 360, 1007-1012 (2005)
  A new population of extended, luminous star clusters in the halo of M31.
oCluster G1 = SKHB 1.
oTable 1: <M31WFS CN> (Nos C1-C3).
Ref:=2006ApJ...653L.105M
byMacKEY A.D. , HUXOR A., FERGUSON A.M.N., TANVIR N.R., IRWIN M., IBATA R., BRIDGES T., JOHNSON R.A., LEWIS G.
 Astrophys. J., 653L, 105-108 (2006)
  ACS photometry of extended, luminous globular clusters in the outskirts of M 31.
oTable 1: <M31WFS CN> (No. C4) added.
Originof the Acronym: A = Assigned by the author(s)