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

Result of query: info cati IRC 50332$
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Details on Acronym:   IRC
  
IRC (Infrared Catalog)= (TMSS)
Write:<<IRC +DDNNN>>
<<IRC +DD NNN>> (not recognised by Simbad, but found in literature)
N: about 20000
Object:(IR)  (SIMBAD class: Infrared = Infra-Red Source)
Note:In the format the first two digits (the second is zero) stand for a range in dec: -10 for -15 to -5, n... 0 for -5 to +5 n..., +10 for +5 to +15.
The preliminary catalog was published in 1969: NASA SP-3047, Neugebauer + Leighton, Caltech infrared catalog.
1975AJ.....80.1011H: Supplement to the IRC, classifying all unidentified or apparently misidentified IRC sources south of +5deg.
Auth.:NEUGEBAUER G.+
Ref:=1969IRC...C......0N
byNEUGEBAUER G. , LEIGHTON R.B.
 Calif. Inst. Technology, NASA,1969, 0-None (1969)
  Two micron sky survey : A preliminary Catalogue.
o<IRC +DDNNN> N=5612.
Ref:=1975AJ.....80.1011H
byHANSEN O.L. , BLANCO V.M.
 Astron. J., 80, 1011-1025 (1975)
  Classification of 831 two-micron sky survey sources south of +5 °.
o<IRC +D0NNN> N=551+97+183.
=E=Catalogue in electronic form as II/2B

Details on Acronym:   IRc
  
IRc (Infrared compact)
***** Avoid the usage of IRc, prefer [PF82]
Originof the Acronym: A = Assigned by the author(s)

Details on Acronym:   IRc
  
IRc (Infrared compact)
***** Avoid the usage of IRc, prefer [RLK73]
Originof the Acronym: A = Assigned by the author(s)

Details on Acronym:   TMSS
  
TMSS (Two Micron Sky Survey)
** catalog: use IRC
Originof the Acronym: L = Found in the literature