Dictionary of Nomenclature of Celestial Objects
(Last update: 24-Apr-2024)

Result of query: info cati BVF$

Details on Acronym:   BF
  
BF (Bologna obs., Faint?)
***** Avoid the usage of BF, prefer BVF
Originof the Acronym: L = Found in the literature

Details on Acronym:   BVF
  
BVF (Bologna obs., Very Faint)= (BF)
Write:<<BVF NNN>>
N: 298
Object:UV Exc. Obj.  (SIMBAD class: UV = UV-emission Source)
Note:'The Bologna vf sample': in the 13h+36deg, 1.72 sq.deg selection u-b < - 0.1 or u-v < + 0.4 and b < 20.2 mag No Identif. chart, no cross-identif. The spectroscopic nature of several of these objects has been studied by Kron+, 1983A&A...127...29K
Ref:=1980A&AS...39..129F
byFORMIGGINI L. , ZITELLI V., BONOLI F., BRACCESI A.
 Astron. Astrophys., Suppl. Ser., 39, 129-132 (1980)
  A sample of very faint ultraviolet excess objets in the 13h + 36 field -I: the data.
oNo object in SIMBAD, the table is unreadable.
o<BVF NNN> (Nos 1-298)
Originof the Acronym: L = Found in the literature

Details on Acronym:   Cl* NGC 6231 BVF
  
Cl* NGC 6231 BVF (Baume+Vazquez+Feinstein)
Write:<<Cl* NGC 6231 BVF NNNN>>
N: 1050
Object:*inCl
Ref:=1999A&AS..137..233B
byBAUME G. , VAZQUEZ R.A., FEINSTEIN A.
 Astron. Astrophys., Suppl. Ser., 137, 233-244 (1999)
  (UBVI) imaging photometry of NGC 6231.
oTable 1: <Cl* NGC 6231 BVF NNNN> N=1050 among (Nos 1-1060).