Dictionary of Nomenclature of Celestial Objects
(Last update: 24-Apr-2024)

Result of query: info cati NGC 6656$

Details on Acronym:   NGC 6656
  
NGC 6656 
Write:<<NGC 6656 NNNN # 4 digits>>
N: 121+108+119+110+25
Object:*inCl
Rem:Format 'NNNN' (always 4 digits), where the first digit
stands for the quadrant I to V.
ex.: quadrant IV, No. 110 = NGC 6656 4110,
quadrant I, No. 1 = NGC 6656 1001.

Quadrant V, Center, added in 1975MNRAS.171..647L, N=25.
Ref:=1959AJ.....64...28A
byARP H.C. , MELBOURNE W.G.
 Astron. J., 64, 28-32 (1959)
  Color-magnitude diagram for the globular cluster M 22.
oTable I: <Cl* NGC 6656 ARP a> (Nos a-h). Table II: <NGC 6656 NNNN> (always 4 digits) N=121+108+119+110.
Ref:=1975MNRAS.171..647L
byLLOYD EVANS T.
 Mon. Not. R. Astron. Soc., 171, 647-657 (1975)
  Near-infrared photometry of globular clusters. IV. The metal poor cluster NGC 6656 (M 22).
o<NGC 6656 NNNN> continues 1959AJ.....64...28A. The format is always a 4 digits one, first digit is a roman numeral
=E=Catalogue in electronic form as <J/AJ/64/28/>

Details on Acronym:   Cl* NGC 6656 AM
  
Cl* NGC 6656 AM (Arp+Melbourne)
====>Equivalent to: NGC 6656