Dictionary of Nomenclature of Celestial Objects
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Result of query: info cati FBN87]$

Details on Acronym:   [FBN87]
  
[FBN87] (Fosbury+Bird+Nicholson+, 1987)
Write:<<[FBN87] GN>>
N: 2
Object:G in Pair  (SIMBAD class: GinPair = Galaxy in Pair of Galaxies)
Stat:is completely incorporated in Simbad
Note:Identification of PKS 1934-63: N=2 galaxies in Pair, G1 is the brightest, it is the optical image of the PKS.
G2 is the faintest component, west of G1.
In 1986ApJ...311..526H, 2 components East and West are defined, now known as the 2 galaxies.
Ref:=1987MNRAS.225..761F
byFOSBURY R.A.E. , BIRD M.C., NICHOLSON W., WALL J.V.
 Mon. Not. R. Astron. Soc., 225, 761-768 (1987)
  The identification and nature of the powerful radio galaxy PKS 1934-63.
o<[FBN87] GN> (Nos G1-G2).
Originof the Acronym: S = Created by Simbad, the CDS Database