Dictionary of Nomenclature of Celestial Objects
(Last update: 10-Apr-2024)

Result of query: info cati VLSB AFFF-VNN$
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Details on Acronym:   LSB
  
LSB (Low-Surface Brightness)
***** Avoid the usage of LSB, prefer VLSB
Originof the Acronym: L = Found in the literature

Details on Acronym:   VLSB
  
VLSB (Very Low-Surface Brightness)= (LSB)
Write:<<VLSB FFFF-VNNA>>
N: 140+3
Object:G  (SIMBAD class: LowSurfBrghtG = Low Surface Brightness Galaxy)
Note:The first part of the format is the plate field identif., the letter 'V' in the second part is a prefix for the secondary catalogue (primary catalogue = LSB).
1st ref.: Table IV (N=22) 2nd ref.: Table 2 (N=140, 22 from the first ref. and 118 new). 3rd ref.: Tables 2, 3, 4: format 'AFFF-VNNA' is added. See also LSB and ESDO
Ref:=1988AJ.....95.1389S
bySCHOMBERT J.M. , BOTHUN G.D.
 Astron. J., 95, 1389-1399 (1988)
  A catalog of low-surface-brightness objects. I. Declination zone +20.
oTables II and V: <LSB AFFF-NN> N=101, Table IV: <VLSB AFFF-VNN> N=22
Ref:=1992AJ....103.1107S
bySCHOMBERT J.M. , BOTHUN G.D., SCHNEIDER S.E., McGAUGH S.S.
 Astron. J., 103, 1107-1133 (1992)
  A catalog of low surface brightness galaxies. List II.
oTable 1: <LSB AFFF-NN> N=198, among which 97 are new, Table 2: <VLSB AFFF-VNN> N=140 among which 118 are new
Ref:=1996ApJS..107..143T
byTAYLOR C.L. , THOMAS D.L., BRINKS E., SKILLMAN E.D.
 Astrophys. J., Suppl. Ser., 107, 143-174 (1996)
  A survey of low surface brightness dwarf galaxies to detect H I-rich companions.
oTables 1, 2, 4: <LSB L1-NNNA> N=9, <LSB AFFF-NNA> N=1, <VLSB AFFF-VNNA> N=3
Originof the Acronym: A = Assigned by the author(s)