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

Result of query: info cati DIR LLL+BB$
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Details on Acronym:   DIR
  
DIR (Diffuse IR)
Write:<<DIR LLL+BB>>
N: 81
Object:(IR)  (SIMBAD class: Infrared = Infra-Red Source)
Stat:is completely incorporated in Simbad
Note:Table 4: In the format, rounded galactic coordinates 'LLL+BB', with a wrong declination sign for some objects. (the proper declination sign is the one in column b)
Ref:=1998ApJ...507..507R
byREACH W.T. , WALL W.F., ODEGARD N.
 Astrophys. J., 507, 507-525 (1998)
  Infrared excess and molecular clouds: a comparison of new surveys of far-infrared and H I 21 centimeter emission at high galactic latitudes.
ot.3 : R Cor Bor not identified; some object names in Table 4 are erroneous (wrong declination sign). In SIMBAD the proper declination, found in column b, is used in the object name.
oTable 4: <DIR LLL+BB> N=81.
Originof the Acronym: A = Assigned by the author(s)