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

Details on Acronym:   MCA
  
MCA (Massey+Conti+Armandroff)
Write:<<MCA NNA>>
N: 17
Object:WR  (SIMBAD class: WolfRayet* = Wolf-Rayet)
Stat:is completely incorporated in Simbad
Rem:1st ref.: Table I, N=16 WR

2nd ref.: discovery of the star MCA 1B, close to MCA 1.
in source:M 33 = NGC 598
Ref:=1987PASP...99..816M
byMASSEY P. , CONTI P.S., MOFFAT A.F.J., SHARA M.M.
 Publ. Astron. Soc. Pac., 99, 816-831 (1987)
  A deep photographic search for Wolf-Rayet stars in M 33.
oTable I: <MCA NN> (Nos 1-16). Table II: <MCMS NN> (Nos 1-35).
Ref:=1992A&A...261..419W
byWILLIS A.J. , SCHILD H., SMITH L.J.
 Astron. Astrophys., 261, 419-432 (1992)
  Optical spectroscopy of WR stars in M 33 and M 31. II. The WO population and discovery of an Ofp/WN 9 star in M 33.
o<MCA 1B> N=1
Originof the Acronym: A = Assigned by the author(s)

Details on Acronym:   Cl* NGC 2682 MCA
  
Cl* NGC 2682 MCA (Murray+Corben+Allchorn)
====>Equivalent to: Cl* NGC 2682 Mur