Dictionary of Nomenclature of Celestial Objects
(Last update: 29-May-2020)

Result of query: info cati NPM2$

Details on Acronym:   NPM2
  
NPM2   (Northern Proper Motion, 2nd part)
 Write:<<NPM2  +DD.NNNN>>
 N:  232062
Object:*  (SIMBAD class: Star)
  Note:Lick Northern Proper Motion catalog for selected stars.
    The NPM1 catalog contains stars in 899 fields outside the    Milky Way's zone of avoidance. The NPM2 catalog contains stars    in the remaining 347 fields near the plane of the Milky Way.
   Ref:=2004AJ....128.1430H
     byHANSON R.B.
, KLEMOLA A.R., JONES B.F., MONET D.G.
 Astron. J., 128, 1430-1445 (2004)

    Lick northern proper motion program. III. Lick NPM2 catalog.

oCatalogue: <NPM2 +DD.NNNN> N=232062.
=E=Catalogue in electronic form as I/283
=E=Catalogue in electronic form as I/293
 Originof the Acronym: A = Assigned by the author(s)