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

Details on Acronym:   RLG
  
RLG (Riley+Longair+Gunn, 1980) (Not yet in Simbad)
Write:<<RLG 3C NNN.N A>>
N: 48+15
Object:*  (SIMBAD class: Star)
Note:Appendix: N=48 reference stars 'A' in the fields of 16 3CR radio-sources. Finding charts. Plates 1-4: N=15 possible optical counterparts 'a' of 3C radio-sources. See also Paper I: [LG75].
Ref:=1980MNRAS.192..233R
byRILEY J.M. , LONGAIR M.S., GUNN J.E.
 Mon. Not. R. Astron. Soc., 192, 233-241 (1980)
  Investigations of the optical fields of 3C radio sources to faint limiting magnitudes - III.
oAppendix: <RLG 3C NNN.N A> N=48. Plates: <RLG 3C NNN.N a> N=15.
Originof the Acronym: S = Created by Simbad, the CDS Database