Dictionary of Nomenclature of Celestial Objects
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Result of query: info cati M3T$

Details on Acronym:   M3T
  
M3T (Maddalena+Morris+Moscowitz+Thaddeus)
Write:<<M3T NN>>
N: 74
Object:CO Cloud  (SIMBAD class: MolCld = Molecular Cloud)
Note:N=74 CO emission peaks
Ref:=1986ApJ...303..375M
byMADDALENA R.J. , MORRIS M., MOSCOWITZ J., THADDEUS P.
 Astrophys. J., 303, 375-391 (1986)
  The large system of molecular clouds in Orion and Monoceros.
oTable 1: <M3T NN> (Nos 1-74)
Originof the Acronym: L (1998PASA...15...91O)