Dictionary of Nomenclature of Celestial Objects
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Result of query: info cati SBC7$

Details on Acronym:   B
  
B (Batten)
***** Avoid the usage of B, prefer SBC7

Details on Acronym:   Batten
  
Batten (Batten)
***** Avoid the usage of Batten, prefer SBC7
Originof the Acronym: L = Found in the literature

Details on Acronym:   SBC7
  
SBC7 (Spectroscopic Binary, 7th Catalog)= (B) = (Batten)
Write:<<SBC7 NNN>>
N: 978
Object:SB  (SIMBAD class: SB* = Spectroscopic Binary)
Stat:is completely incorporated in Simbad
Note:Supersedes the 6th catalogue, 1967, acronym SBC6. There is also the 8th catalogue, 1989, acronym SBC8 but the authors do not recommend using this serial number as an identification of the system.
Ref:=1978PDAO...15..121B
byBATTEN A.H. , FLETCHER J.M., MANN P.J.
 Publ. Dominion Astrophys. Obs., 15, 121-None (1978)
  Seventh catalogue of the orbital elements of spectroscopic binary systems.
o<SBC7 NNN> (Nos 1-978).
Originof the Acronym: S = Created by Simbad, the CDS Database