Dictionary of Nomenclature of Celestial Objects
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Result of query: info cati PN PM$

Details on Acronym:   PM
  
PM     (Preite-Martinez)
 Write:<<PN PM  1-NNN>>  

        <<PN PM  2-NN>>
 N:  340+48
Object:Poss. PN  (SIMBAD class: PN? = Possible Planetary Nebula)
  Note:Table IV: PM 1-, list 1, N=340,    sources with a high probability of being a PN
    Table V: PM 2-, list 2, N=48,    sources with a high probability of being non-PN,    or only PN-related objects.
   Ref:=1988A&AS...76..317P
     byPREITE-MARTINEZ A.

 Astron. Astrophys., Suppl. Ser., 76, 317-330 (1988)

    Possible new planetary nebulae in the IRAS point source catalogue.

oTable IV: <PN PM 1-NNN> N=340 , Table V: <PN PM 2-NN> N=48.
=E=Catalogue in electronic form as <J/A+AS/76/317/>
 Originof the Acronym: A = Assigned by the author(s)