Dictionary of Nomenclature of Celestial Objects
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Result of query: info cati EIC$

Details on Acronym:   EIC
  
EIC (Equatorial Infrared Catalog)
Write:<<EIC NNNNN>>
N: 7220
Object:(IR)  (SIMBAD class: Infrared = Infra-Red Source)
Note:Sources detected at 2.7 mu.m. |b| < 10deg. 1st parution: Sweeney+ 1978, Aerospace Corporation TR-0078(3409-20)-1, (Nos 1-896). Complete catalogue, N=11214 is an electronic catalogue: Equatorial Infrared Catalog (Sweeney+ 1990), result of additional processing of USAF satellite data.
Auth.:SWEENEY L.H.+
=E=Catalogue in electronic form as II/161