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

Result of query: info cati RCW$

Details on Acronym:   R
  
R (Rodgers)
***** Avoid the usage of R, prefer RCW

Details on Acronym:   RCW
  
RCW (Rodgers+Campbell+Whiteoak)= (R)
Write:<<RCW NNNA>>
N: 182+3
Object:HII  (SIMBAD class: HIIReg = HII Region)
Note:26 are PN in PK nomencl. and 16 in Acker+, 1992
Ref:=1960MNRAS.121..103R
byRODGERS A.W. , CAMPBELL C.T., WHITEOAK J.B.
 Mon. Not. R. Astron. Soc., 121, 103-110 (1960)
  A catalogue of H-α emission regions in the Southern Milky Way.
o<RCW NNN> (Nos 1-182)
Ref:=1985AJ.....90...88M
byMcBREEN B. , FAZIO G.G., LOUGHRAN L., RENGARAJAN T.N.
 Astron. J., 90, 88-91 (1985)
  Far-infrared observations of two southern H II regions : RCW 122 and G 351.6-1.3.
o<[MFL85] RCW 122 A> (Nos A-C) = <RCW NNNA> (Nos 122A-C), <[MFL85] G351.6-1.3 A> (Nos A-B)
=E=Catalogue in electronic form as VII/216
Originof the Acronym: L (1974Ap&SS..27....3M)