Dictionary of Nomenclature of Celestial Objects
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Result of query: info cati HMS56] 1239+1852$
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Details on Acronym:   [HMS56]
  
[HMS56] (Humason+Mayall+Sandage, 1956)
Write:<<[HMS56] Anon HHMM.m+DDMM>>
<<[HMS56] HHMM+DDMM NNA>>
N: 17+124
Object:G  (SIMBAD class: Galaxy)
Note:In the same ref. 1956AJ.....61...97H Table III are the N=21 first HMS ClG. Table I: N=17 galaxies, named 'Anon' by the authors, format 'Anon HHMM.m+DDMM'. Table III and Plates I, II: N=124 galaxies in the 21 HMS clusters, format 'HHMM+DDMM NNA' where 'HHMM+DDMM' stands for the HMS ClG format.
Ref:=1956AJ.....61...97H
byHUMASON M.L. , MAYALL N.U., SANDAGE A.R.
 Astron. J., 61, 97-162 (1956)
  Redshifts and magnitudes of extragalactic nebulae.
oTable I: <[HMS56] Anon HHMM.m+DDMM> N=17. Table III: <HMS HHMM+DDMMA> N=21. Table III, Plates I, II: <[HMS56] HHMM+DDMM NNA> N=124
Originof the Acronym: S = Created by Simbad, the CDS Database