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

Result of query: info cati EC HHMMm-DDMMa$
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Details on Acronym:   EC
  
EC (Edinburgh-Cape survey)
Write:<<EC HHMMm-DDMMa>>
N: 20+775+329+892+362+574+179
Object:(Opt)  (SIMBAD class: Unknown = Object of Unknown Nature)
Note:The Edinburgh-Cape (EC) blue object survey.
The blue stellar objects are selected by automated techniques from U and B pairs of UK Schmidt Telescope plates scanned with the COSMOS measuring machine. Follow-up photometry and spectroscopy is obtained with the SAAO telescopes.
Ref:=1991MNRAS.248..664K
byKILKENNY D. , O'DONOGHUE D., STOBIE R.S.
 Mon. Not. R. Astron. Soc., 248, 664-669 (1991)
  First results from the Edinburgh-Cape faint blue object survey - normal stars at high galactic latitudes.
oFirst ref. from this survey. In this ref. <EC HHMMm-DDMM> N=20
Ref:=1997MNRAS.287..867K
byKILKENNY D. , O'DONOGHUE D., KOEN C., STOBIE R.S., CHEN A.
 Mon. Not. R. Astron. Soc., 287, 867-893 (1997)
  The Edinburgh-Cape Blue Object Survey - II. Zone 1 - the North Galactic Cap.
oTables 1-2: <EC HHMMm-DDMM> N=775+329.
Ref:=2013MNRAS.431..240O
byO'DONOGHUE D. , KILKENNY D., KOEN C., HAMBLY N., MacGILLIVRAY H., STOBIE R.S.
 Mon. Not. R. Astron. Soc., 431, 240-251 (2013)
  The Edinburgh-Cape Blue Object Survey - III. Zone 2: galactic latitudes -30° > b > -40°.
oTables 3-4: <EC HHMMm-DDMM> N=892+362.
oEC 13471-1256 is a misprint for EC 13471-1258.
Ref:=2015MNRAS.453.1879K
byKILKENNY D. , O'DONOGHUE D., WORTERS H.L., KOEN C., HAMBLY N., MacGILLIVRAY H.
 Mon. Not. R. Astron. Soc., 453, 1879-1887 (2015)
  The Edinburgh-Cape Blue Object Survey - IV. Zone 3: Galactic latitudes -40° > b > -50°.
oTables 2-3: <EC HHMMm-DDMMa> N=574+179.
=E=Catalogue in electronic form as J/MNRAS/287/867
=E=Catalogue in electronic form as J/MNRAS/453/1879
=E=Catalogue in electronic form as <J/MNRAS/431/240/>
Originof the Acronym: A = Assigned by the author(s)

Details on Acronym:   EC
  
EC (Eiroa+Casali)
***** Avoid the usage of EC, prefer [EC92]
Originof the Acronym: L (1998A&A...330..990G)

Details on Acronym:   EC
  
EC (Eiroa+Casali)
***** Avoid the usage of EC, prefer [EC95]
Originof the Acronym: L (2003ApJ...596.1064J)

Details on Acronym:   EC
  
EC (Extended Cluster)
***** Avoid the usage of EC, prefer M31WFS
Originof the Acronym: L (2006ApJ...653L.105M)