Dictionary of Nomenclature of Celestial Objects
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Result of query: info cati S96$

Details on Acronym:   S96
  
S96 (Schweizer, 1996)= [S96a]
Write:<<S96 NN>>
<<S96 GN>>
N: 30+8
Object:Obj.  (SIMBAD class: Unknown = Object of Unknown Nature)
Stat:is completely incorporated in Simbad
Note:Observations of the field around NGC 3921.
Table 3: N=30, finding chart in Fig. 14: (Nos 1-5) = GlCl candidates
(Nos 6-24) = Assoc* candidates
(Nos 25-27) = likely *
(Nos 28-30) = likely G
Table 5: N=8 galaxies, (Nos G1-G8), finding chart in Fig. 1
Ref:=1996AJ....111..109S
bySCHWEIZER F.
 Astron. J., 111, 109-None (1996)
  Colliding and merging galaxies. III. The dynamically young merger remnant NGC 3921.
oTable 3: <S96 NN> (Nos 1-30), Table 5: <S96 GN> (Nos G1-G8)
Originof the Acronym: L (1996AJ....112.1839S)

Details on Acronym:   [S96a]
  
[S96a] (Schweizer, 1996)
***** Avoid the usage of [S96a], prefer S96
Originof the Acronym: S = Created by Simbad, the CDS Database