Dictionary of Nomenclature of Celestial Objects
(Last update: 10-Apr-2024)

Result of query: info cati HMS HHMM+DDMMA$
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Details on Acronym:   Cl
  
Cl (Cluster)
***** Avoid the usage of Cl, prefer HMS
Originof the Acronym: L = Found in the literature

Details on Acronym:   HMS
  
HMS (Humason+Mayall+Sandage)= (Cl)
Write:<<HMS HHMM+DDMMA>>
N: 439
Object:Cluster of G  (SIMBAD class: ClG = Cluster of Galaxies)
Stat:is completely incorporated in Simbad
Note:The 'HMS' designation from 1st ref. is extended to all clusters (N=439) in the 3rd ref.
Ref:=1956AJ.....61...97H
byHUMASON M.L. , MAYALL N.U., SANDAGE A.R.
 Astron. J., 61, 97-162 (1956)
  Redshifts and magnitudes of extragalactic nebulae.
oTable I: <[HMS56] Anon HHMM.m+DDMM> N=17. Table III: <HMS HHMM+DDMMA> N=21. Table III, Plates I, II: <[HMS56] HHMM+DDMM NNA> N=124
Ref:=1973AJ.....78...26N
byNOONAN T.W.
 Astron. J., 78, 26-31 (1973)
  List of clusters of galaxies with published redshifts.
o<HMS HHMM+DDMMA> N=138
Ref:=1981ApJS...45..613N
byNOONAN T.W.
 Astrophys. J., Suppl. Ser., 45, 613-620 (1981)
  List of clusters of galaxies with published redshifts.
oTable 1: <HMS HHMM+DDMMA> N=439
Originof the Acronym: A = Assigned by the author(s)