Dictionary of Nomenclature of Celestial Objects
(Last update: 22-Mar-2024)

Result of query: info cati M64] -30$
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Details on Acronym:   [M64]
  
[M64] (McCuskey, 1964)
Write:<<[M64] +DD NNN>>
N: 1684
Object:*  (SIMBAD class: Star)
Note:Bosscha Observatory spectroscopic observation (objective prism) of N=1684 stars in 25 sq. degrees surrounding SA 158, lying between declinations -27° and -32° and right ascensions 18h16min and 18h36min (1950).
Finding charts in Fig. 1.
Ref:=1964AJ.....69..104M
byMCCUSKEY S.W.
 Astron. J., 69, 104-123 (1964)
  Stellar space density near selected area 158.
oTable I: <[M64] +DD NNN> N=1684.
Originof the Acronym: S = Created by Simbad, the CDS Database