Dictionary of Nomenclature of Celestial Objects
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Result of query: info cati Cl* NGC 6397 WFBY$

Details on Acronym:   Cl* NGC 6397 WFBY
  
Cl* NGC 6397 WFBY (WF chip, WD candidate)
Write:<<Cl* NGC 6397 WFBY N-N>>
N: 9
Object:*inCl
Rem:In WF 2, 3, 4.
Ref:=2001ApJ...553L.169T
byTAYLOR J.M. , GRINDLAY J.E., EDMONDS P.D., COOL A.M.
 Astrophys. J., 553, 169-172 (2001)
  Helium white dwarfs and BY Draconis binaries in the globular cluster NGC 6397.
oTable 1: <Cl* NGC 6397 PCWD N> (Nos 1-6). Table 2: <Cl* NGC 6397 PCBY N> (Nos 1-7), <Cl* NGC 6397 WFBY N-N> (Nos 2-1 to 2-2, 3-1 to 3-4, 4-1 to 4-3).
Originof the Acronym: A = Assigned by the author(s)