Dictionary of Nomenclature of Celestial Objects
(Last update: 11-Mar-2024)

Result of query: info cati M$

Details on Acronym:   LMC M
  
LMC M (LMC, Molecular Cld)
***** Avoid the usage of LMC M, prefer [MYM2001]
Originof the Acronym: A = Assigned by the author(s)

Details on Acronym:   M
  
M (Molecular cloud)
***** Avoid the usage of M, prefer GCM

Details on Acronym:   M
  
M (Mathewson)
***** Avoid the usage of M, prefer [GVC73]
Originof the Acronym: A = Assigned by the author(s)

Details on Acronym:   M
  
M (Mathewson)
Note:HVC Complex M
***** Avoid the usage of M, prefer [H68]
Originof the Acronym: A = Assigned by the author(s)

Details on Acronym:   M
  
M (Messier)= (Mess) = Messier
Write:<<M NNN>>
N: 110
Object:(Opt)  (SIMBAD class: Unknown = Object of Unknown Nature)
Stat:is completely incorporated in Simbad
Note:Published in: Connaissance des Temps, 1784, Paris
Reproduced in: Mallas J.H., Kreimer E. 1978, The Messier Album, Sky Publ. Corp., Cambridge (Nos 1-110)
Ref:=1850CDT..1784..227M
byMESSIER C.
 Connaissance des Temps, 1784, 227-269 (1850)
  Catalogue des nebuleuses et des amas d'etoiles.
o<M NNN> (Nos 1-110)

Details on Acronym:   M
  
M (Manova)
***** Avoid the usage of M, prefer [M59]
Originof the Acronym: L (1982ApJ...261..135D)

Details on Acronym:   M
  
M (Minkowski)
***** Avoid the usage of M, prefer [M61a]

Details on Acronym:   M
  
M (Minniti+)
***** Avoid the usage of M, prefer [MAG95]
Originof the Acronym: L (1999A&A...348..418H)

Details on Acronym:   M
  
M (Mills)
***** Avoid the usage of M, prefer Mills

Details on Acronym:   M
  
M (Magnier+)
***** Avoid the usage of M, prefer [MLV92]
Originof the Acronym: L = Found in the literature

Details on Acronym:   M
  
M (Moran)
***** Avoid the usage of M, prefer MM
Originof the Acronym: L = Found in the literature

Details on Acronym:   M
  
M (Mills+)
***** Avoid the usage of M, prefer MSH
Originof the Acronym: L (1963AJ.....68..181W)

Details on Acronym:   M
  
M (Minkowski)= (Min)
Write:<<PN M 1-NN>>
<<PN M 2-NN>>
<<PN M 3-NN>>
<<PN M 4-NN>>
N: 80+56+55+18
Object:PN  (SIMBAD class: PlanetaryNeb = Planetary Nebula)
Stat:is completely incorporated in Simbad
Note:'PN 1-NN': (Nos 1-80), (Nos 81-103) are HII named 'Min 1-NNN'
'PN 2-NN': (Nos 1-56), (Nos 57-74) are HII named 'Min 2-NN'
'PN 3-NN': (Nos 1-55), (Nos 56-62) are HII named 'Min 3-NN'
'PN 4-NN': (Nos 1-18), 4th list introduced by Perek+Kohoutek, from a list of Minkowski, 1965
Objects are not numbered in the original lists, they have been numbered later in the literature. PN M 2-1 (Table I, 2nd ref.) is stated to be non existent in Perek+Kohoutek
Ref:=1946PASP...58..305M
byMINKOWSKI R.
 Publ. Astron. Soc. Pac., 58, 305-309 (1946)
  New emission nebulae.
oTable I: <PN M 1-NN> (Nos 1-1 to 1-80). Table II: <Min 1-NNN> (Nos 1-81 to 1-103)
Ref:=1947PASP...59..257M
byMINKOWSKI R.
 Publ. Astron. Soc. Pac., 59, 257-259 (1947)
  New emission nebulae (II).
oTable I: <PN M 2-NN> (Nos 2-1 to 2-56). Table II: <Min 2-NN> (Nos 2-57 to 2-74)
Ref:=1948PASP...60..386M
byMINKOWSKI R.
 Publ. Astron. Soc. Pac., 60, 386-388 (1948)
  New emission nebulae (III).
oTables I, II: <PN M 3-NN> (Nos 3-1 to 3-55). Table III: <Min 3-NN> (Nos 3-56 to 3-62)

Details on Acronym:   M
  
M (Maffei)
Write:<<SV* M NNN>>
N: 295 among 313
Object:V*  (SIMBAD class: Variable* = Variable Star)
Note:The lack of some numbers is due to the exclusion of a few variables, not confirmed later
Rem:V* Nomenclature.
Ref:=1975IBVS..985....1M
byMAFFEI P.
 IAU Inform. Bull. Var. Stars, 985, 1-6 (1975)
  New variable stars in the field of M 16-M 17.
o<SV* M NNN> N=198 among (Nos 1-208)
Ref:=1977IBVS.1302....1M
byMAFFEI P.
 IAU Inform. Bull. Var. Stars, 1302, 1-3 (1977)
  New variable stars in the field of γ Cygni.
o<SV* M NNN> N=62 among (Nos 210-277)
Ref:=1991IBVS.3573....1G
byGASPERONI V. , MAFFEI P., TOSTI G.
 IAU Inform. Bull. Var. Stars, 3573, 1-None (1991)
  New variable stars in the field of IC 1805.
o<SV* M NNN> (Nos 278-312)
Ref:=1993IBVS.3843....1T
byTOSTI G.
 IAU Inform. Bull. Var. Stars, 3843, 1-None (1993)
  A new variable in Sagittarius.
o<SV* M NNN> (No. 313)

Details on Acronym:   Mess
  
Mess (Messier)
***** Avoid the usage of Mess, prefer M
Originof the Acronym: L (1997A&AS..124..109P)

Details on Acronym:   Messier
  
Messier (Messier)
====>Equivalent to: M

Details on Acronym:   Min
  
Min (Minkowski)
***** Avoid the usage of Min, prefer M

Details on Acronym:   OM
  
OM (Ohio univ., M stands for 12th hour of RA)
====>Equivalent to: Ohio
Originof the Acronym: L = Found in the literature

Details on Acronym:   Cl* Haute-Provence 1 M
  
Cl* Haute-Provence 1 M (Minitti)
Write:<<Cl* Haute-Provence 1 M A>>
N: 4
Object:*inCl
Ref:=1995A&A...303..468M
byMINNITI D.
 Astron. Astrophys., 303, 468-474 (1995)
  Spectroscopy and IR photometry for giant stars in obscured globular clusters: NGC 6325, NGC 6401, NGC 6440, NGC 6517, NGC 6642, HP 1 and Pal 6.
oTable 3: stars 'NN' in NGC 6401, NGC 6440, NGC 6325, NGC 6517 and NGC 6642 not defined by authors, they are not identified, stars 'a' are 'A' in SIMBAD.
oTable 3: <Cl* Haute-Provence 1 M A> (Nos A-D), <Cl* NGC 6401 M A> (Nos A-G), <Cl* NGC 6440 M A> (Nos A-F, X, Y), <Cl* Palomar 6 M A> (Nos B-D, F), <Cl* NGC 6325 M A> (No. A), <Cl* NGC 6517 M A> (Nos A-B), <Cl* NGC 6642 M A> (Nos A-C).
=E=Catalogue in electronic form as <J/A+A/303/468/>

Details on Acronym:   Cl* Hogg 15 M
  
Cl* Hogg 15 M (Moffat)
Write:<<Cl* Hogg 15 M NN>>
N: 23
Object:*inCl
Ref:=1974A&A....34...29M
byMOFFAT A.F.J.
 Astron. Astrophys., 34, 29-32 (1974)
  The Wolf-Rayet star HDE 311884 in the open cluster Hogg 15.
oTable 1: <Cl* Hogg 15 M NN> (Nos 1-23).

Details on Acronym:   Cl* Lynga 6 M
  
Cl* Lynga 6 M (Madore)
Write:<<Cl* Lynga 6 M N>>
N: 9
Object:*inCl
Ref:=1975A&A....38..471M
byMADORE B.F.
 Astron. Astrophys., 38, 471-473 (1975)
  Tentative membership of the 11-day Cepheid TW Normae in the open cluster Lynga 6.
oTable 1: <Cl* Lynga 6 M N> (Nos 1-9)

Details on Acronym:   Cl* Melotte 20 M
  
Cl* Melotte 20 M (Makarov)
Write:<<Cl* Melotte 20 M NNN>>
N: 139
Object:*inCl
Ref:=2006AJ....131.2967M
byMAKAROV V.V.
 Astron. J., 131, 2967-2979 (2006)
  Precision kinematics and related parameters of the α Persei open cluster.
oDesignation HE = Cl Melotte 20 in SIMBAD (ex. Cl Melotte 20 605 is the star alf Per).
oTable: <Cl* Melotte 20 M NNN> (Nos 1-139).
=E=Catalogue in electronic form as <J/AJ/131/2967/>

Details on Acronym:   Cl* NGC 2099 M
  
Cl* NGC 2099 M (Meurers)
Write:<<Cl* NGC 2099 M NNN>>
N: 693
Object:*inCl
Ref:=1960VeBon..53....1M
byMEURERS J.
 Veroeff. Astron. Inst. Bonn, 53, 1-None (1960)
  Untersuchungen uber die Eigenbewegungen von Sternhaufen. IX. NGC 2168, NGC 2158 und NGC 2099.
o<Cl* NGC 2168 M NNN> (Nos 1-481, 501-872). <Cl* NGC 2099 M NNN> (Nos 1-693)

Details on Acronym:   Cl* NGC 2168 M
  
Cl* NGC 2168 M (Meurers)
Write:<<Cl* NGC 2168 M NNN>>
N: 481+372
Object:*inCl
Ref:=1960VeBon..53....1M
byMEURERS J.
 Veroeff. Astron. Inst. Bonn, 53, 1-None (1960)
  Untersuchungen uber die Eigenbewegungen von Sternhaufen. IX. NGC 2168, NGC 2158 und NGC 2099.
o<Cl* NGC 2168 M NNN> (Nos 1-481, 501-872). <Cl* NGC 2099 M NNN> (Nos 1-693)

Details on Acronym:   Cl* NGC 2345 M
  
Cl* NGC 2345 M (Moffat)
====>Equivalent to: NGC 2345

Details on Acronym:   Cl* NGC 2632 M
  
Cl* NGC 2632 M (Markarian+)
====>Equivalent to: Cl* NGC 2632 MO

Details on Acronym:   Cl* NGC 2682 M
  
Cl* NGC 2682 M (Montgomery+)
====>Equivalent to: Cl* NGC 2682 MMJ

Details on Acronym:   Cl* NGC 5139 M
  
Cl* NGC 5139 M (Mighell)
Write:<<Cl* NGC 5139 M NN>>
N: 97
Object:*inCl
Ref:=2000PASP..112.1089M
byMIGHELL K.J.
 Publ. Astron. Soc. Pac., 112, 1089-1095 (2000)
  Astrometry of the ω Centauri Hubble space telescope calibration field.
oC 1323-1472 misprint for C 1323-472
oTable 4: <Cl* NGC 5139 M NN> (Nos 1-97).

Details on Acronym:   Cl* NGC 5139 Mighell
  
Cl* NGC 5139 Mighell (Mighell)
====>Equivalent to: Cl* NGC 5139 M

Details on Acronym:   Cl* NGC 6205 M
  
Cl* NGC 6205 M (Meinunger)
Write:<<Cl* NGC 6205 M a>>
N: 3
Object:*inCl
Ref:=1978MitVS...8...69M
byMEINUNGER I.
 Mitt. Verand. Sterne, 8, 69-69 (1978)
  Veranderliche Sterne in NGC 6205 (M13).
o<Cl* NGC 6205 M a> (Nos a-c).

Details on Acronym:   Cl* NGC 6325 M
  
Cl* NGC 6325 M (Minitti)
Write:<<Cl* NGC 6325 M A>>
N: 1
Object:*inCl
Ref:=1995A&A...303..468M
byMINNITI D.
 Astron. Astrophys., 303, 468-474 (1995)
  Spectroscopy and IR photometry for giant stars in obscured globular clusters: NGC 6325, NGC 6401, NGC 6440, NGC 6517, NGC 6642, HP 1 and Pal 6.
oTable 3: stars 'NN' in NGC 6401, NGC 6440, NGC 6325, NGC 6517 and NGC 6642 not defined by authors, they are not identified, stars 'a' are 'A' in SIMBAD.
oTable 3: <Cl* Haute-Provence 1 M A> (Nos A-D), <Cl* NGC 6401 M A> (Nos A-G), <Cl* NGC 6440 M A> (Nos A-F, X, Y), <Cl* Palomar 6 M A> (Nos B-D, F), <Cl* NGC 6325 M A> (No. A), <Cl* NGC 6517 M A> (Nos A-B), <Cl* NGC 6642 M A> (Nos A-C).
=E=Catalogue in electronic form as <J/A+A/303/468/>

Details on Acronym:   Cl* NGC 6352 L
  
Cl* NGC 6352 L (Lloyd Evans)
====>Equivalent to: Cl* NGC 6352 M

Details on Acronym:   Cl* NGC 6352 M
  
Cl* NGC 6352 M (Menzies)
Write:<<Cl* NGC 6352 M LNN>>
N: 1
Object:*inCl
Rem:Menzies, unpublished.

Details on Acronym:   Cl* NGC 6401 M
  
Cl* NGC 6401 M (Minitti)
Write:<<Cl* NGC 6401 M A>>
N: 7
Object:*inCl
Ref:=1995A&A...303..468M
byMINNITI D.
 Astron. Astrophys., 303, 468-474 (1995)
  Spectroscopy and IR photometry for giant stars in obscured globular clusters: NGC 6325, NGC 6401, NGC 6440, NGC 6517, NGC 6642, HP 1 and Pal 6.
oTable 3: stars 'NN' in NGC 6401, NGC 6440, NGC 6325, NGC 6517 and NGC 6642 not defined by authors, they are not identified, stars 'a' are 'A' in SIMBAD.
oTable 3: <Cl* Haute-Provence 1 M A> (Nos A-D), <Cl* NGC 6401 M A> (Nos A-G), <Cl* NGC 6440 M A> (Nos A-F, X, Y), <Cl* Palomar 6 M A> (Nos B-D, F), <Cl* NGC 6325 M A> (No. A), <Cl* NGC 6517 M A> (Nos A-B), <Cl* NGC 6642 M A> (Nos A-C).
=E=Catalogue in electronic form as <J/A+A/303/468/>

Details on Acronym:   Cl* NGC 6440 M
  
Cl* NGC 6440 M (Minitti)
Write:<<Cl* NGC 6440 M A>>
N: 8
Object:*inCl
Ref:=1995A&A...303..468M
byMINNITI D.
 Astron. Astrophys., 303, 468-474 (1995)
  Spectroscopy and IR photometry for giant stars in obscured globular clusters: NGC 6325, NGC 6401, NGC 6440, NGC 6517, NGC 6642, HP 1 and Pal 6.
oTable 3: stars 'NN' in NGC 6401, NGC 6440, NGC 6325, NGC 6517 and NGC 6642 not defined by authors, they are not identified, stars 'a' are 'A' in SIMBAD.
oTable 3: <Cl* Haute-Provence 1 M A> (Nos A-D), <Cl* NGC 6401 M A> (Nos A-G), <Cl* NGC 6440 M A> (Nos A-F, X, Y), <Cl* Palomar 6 M A> (Nos B-D, F), <Cl* NGC 6325 M A> (No. A), <Cl* NGC 6517 M A> (Nos A-B), <Cl* NGC 6642 M A> (Nos A-C).
=E=Catalogue in electronic form as <J/A+A/303/468/>

Details on Acronym:   Cl* NGC 6517 M
  
Cl* NGC 6517 M (Minitti)
Write:<<Cl* NGC 6517 M A>>
N: 2
Object:*inCl
Ref:=1995A&A...303..468M
byMINNITI D.
 Astron. Astrophys., 303, 468-474 (1995)
  Spectroscopy and IR photometry for giant stars in obscured globular clusters: NGC 6325, NGC 6401, NGC 6440, NGC 6517, NGC 6642, HP 1 and Pal 6.
oTable 3: stars 'NN' in NGC 6401, NGC 6440, NGC 6325, NGC 6517 and NGC 6642 not defined by authors, they are not identified, stars 'a' are 'A' in SIMBAD.
oTable 3: <Cl* Haute-Provence 1 M A> (Nos A-D), <Cl* NGC 6401 M A> (Nos A-G), <Cl* NGC 6440 M A> (Nos A-F, X, Y), <Cl* Palomar 6 M A> (Nos B-D, F), <Cl* NGC 6325 M A> (No. A), <Cl* NGC 6517 M A> (Nos A-B), <Cl* NGC 6642 M A> (Nos A-C).
=E=Catalogue in electronic form as <J/A+A/303/468/>

Details on Acronym:   Cl* NGC 6528 CCG
  
Cl* NGC 6528 CCG (Carretta+Cohen+Gratton+)
====>Equivalent to: Cl* NGC 6528 M

Details on Acronym:   Cl* NGC 6528 M
  
Cl* NGC 6528 M (Montegriffo)
Write:<<Cl* NGC 6528 M NNNN>>
N: 6
Object:*inCl
Rem:From Montegriffo, 1990, private communication.
Ref:=2001AJ....122.1469C
byCARRETTA E. , COHEN J.G., GRATTON R.G., BEHR B.B.
 Astron. J., 122, 1469-1485 (2001)
  An abundance analysis for four red horizontal-branch stars in the extremely metal-rich globular cluster NGC 6528.
oTable 1: <Cl* NGC 6528 M NNNN> N=6 (with a 4 digits format).

Details on Acronym:   Cl* NGC 654 M
  
Cl* NGC 654 M (Muller)
====>Equivalent to: NGC 654

Details on Acronym:   Cl* NGC 6642 M
  
Cl* NGC 6642 M (Minitti)
Write:<<Cl* NGC 6642 M A>>
N: 3
Object:*inCl
Ref:=1995A&A...303..468M
byMINNITI D.
 Astron. Astrophys., 303, 468-474 (1995)
  Spectroscopy and IR photometry for giant stars in obscured globular clusters: NGC 6325, NGC 6401, NGC 6440, NGC 6517, NGC 6642, HP 1 and Pal 6.
oTable 3: stars 'NN' in NGC 6401, NGC 6440, NGC 6325, NGC 6517 and NGC 6642 not defined by authors, they are not identified, stars 'a' are 'A' in SIMBAD.
oTable 3: <Cl* Haute-Provence 1 M A> (Nos A-D), <Cl* NGC 6401 M A> (Nos A-G), <Cl* NGC 6440 M A> (Nos A-F, X, Y), <Cl* Palomar 6 M A> (Nos B-D, F), <Cl* NGC 6325 M A> (No. A), <Cl* NGC 6517 M A> (Nos A-B), <Cl* NGC 6642 M A> (Nos A-C).
=E=Catalogue in electronic form as <J/A+A/303/468/>

Details on Acronym:   Cl* NGC 6649 M
  
Cl* NGC 6649 M (Madore)
====>Equivalent to: NGC 6649

Details on Acronym:   Cl* NGC 7092 M
  
Cl* NGC 7092 M (Maevers)
====>Equivalent to: NGC 7092

Details on Acronym:   Cl* NGC 7209 M
  
Cl* NGC 7209 M (Maevers)
====>Equivalent to: NGC 7209

Details on Acronym:   Cl* NGC 7243 M
  
Cl* NGC 7243 M (Maevers)
Write:<<Cl* NGC 7243 M NNN>>
N: 133
Object:*inCl
Ref:=1940AAHam...5...85M
byMAEVERS F.W.
 Astron. Abh. Hamburg. Sternw., 5, 85-103 (1940)
  Untersuchungen der offenen Sternhaufen NGC 7092 (M 39), NGC 7209 und NGC 7243.
o= 1940AN....270..201M
oTable 7: <NGC 7092 NNN> (Nos 1-128). Table 8: <NGC 7209 NNN> (Nos 1-123). Table 9: <Cl* NGC 7243 M NNN> (Nos 1-133).

Details on Acronym:   Cl* NGC 7789 M
  
Cl* NGC 7789 M (McNamara)
Write:<<Cl* NGC 7789 M NNNN>>
N: 1397 among 1432
Object:*inCl
Ref:=1981A&AS...43..337M
byMcNAMARA B.J. , SOLOMON S.
 Astron. Astrophys., Suppl. Ser., 43, 337-351 (1981)
  A proper motion membership analysis of the open cluster NGC 7789.
oTable III: <CL* NGC 7789 M NNNN> N=1397 among (Nos 1-1432).

Details on Acronym:   Cl* NGC 7789 MS
  
Cl* NGC 7789 MS (McNamara+Solomon)
====>Equivalent to: Cl* NGC 7789 M

Details on Acronym:   Cl* Palomar 6 M
  
Cl* Palomar 6 M (Minitti)
Write:<<Cl* Palomar 6 M A>>
N: 4
Object:*inCl
Ref:=1995A&A...303..468M
byMINNITI D.
 Astron. Astrophys., 303, 468-474 (1995)
  Spectroscopy and IR photometry for giant stars in obscured globular clusters: NGC 6325, NGC 6401, NGC 6440, NGC 6517, NGC 6642, HP 1 and Pal 6.
oTable 3: stars 'NN' in NGC 6401, NGC 6440, NGC 6325, NGC 6517 and NGC 6642 not defined by authors, they are not identified, stars 'a' are 'A' in SIMBAD.
oTable 3: <Cl* Haute-Provence 1 M A> (Nos A-D), <Cl* NGC 6401 M A> (Nos A-G), <Cl* NGC 6440 M A> (Nos A-F, X, Y), <Cl* Palomar 6 M A> (Nos B-D, F), <Cl* NGC 6325 M A> (No. A), <Cl* NGC 6517 M A> (Nos A-B), <Cl* NGC 6642 M A> (Nos A-C).
=E=Catalogue in electronic form as <J/A+A/303/468/>

Details on Acronym:   Cl* Stock 8 M
  
Cl* Stock 8 M (Mayer)
====>Equivalent to: Cl Stock 8