Dictionary of Nomenclature of Celestial Objects
(Last update: 22-Mar-2024)

Result of query: info cati RG$

Details on Acronym:   RG
  
RG (Reid+Gilmore)
Write:<<RG HHMM+DDMM>>
<<RG HHMM.m+DDMM>>
N: 54
Object:Faint Red *  (SIMBAD class: Star)
Note:1981MNRAS.196p..15R, 1981Natur.291..208G: 2 1st references with each N=1 'RG' object. 1984MNRAS.206...19R: Appendix describes V R I J K H data for 54 RG objects
Details on the study of the UKS plates, discrimination between stars and galaxies etc... are given by the authors in 1982MNRAS.201...73R
Ref:=1981MNRAS.196p..15R
byREID I.N. , GILMORE G.
 Mon. Not. R. Astron. Soc., 196, part no 16, 15-18 (1981)
  A star of very low luminosity.
o<RG 0050-2722> N=1
Ref:=1981Natur.291..208G
byGILMORE G. , REID I.N.
 Nature, 291, 208-210 (1981)
  RG 0044-2958: a peculiar M supergiant at a distance of 2.5 Mpc.
o<RG 0044-2958> N=1
Ref:=1984MNRAS.206...19R
byREID N. , GILMORE G.
 Mon. Not. R. Astron. Soc., 206, 19-35 (1984)
  New light on faint stars - V. Infrared photometry and the H-R diagram for very low mass dwarfs.
oAppendix: <RG HHMM.m+DDMM> N=54
Originof the Acronym: A = Assigned by the author(s)