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

Result of query: info cati WN$

Details on Acronym:   WENSS
  
WENSS (Westerbork Northern Sky Survey)
***** Avoid the usage of WENSS, prefer WN
Originof the Acronym: A = Assigned by the author(s)

Details on Acronym:   WN
  
WN (WN+NVSS)
***** Avoid the usage of WN, prefer [DVR2000]
Originof the Acronym: A = Assigned by the author(s)

Details on Acronym:   WN
  
WN (Westerbork Northern)= (WENSS)
Write:<<WN BHHMM+DDMMAa>>
<<WN BHHMM.m+DDMMAa>>
<<WN JHHMM+DDMMAa>>
N: 11299
Object:(Rad)  (SIMBAD class: Radio = Radio Source)
Note:ref. 1996MNRAS.282.1033R is the 1st ref. (N=1 object) from the WENSS survey with the format 'HHMM+DDMMA' (1950 coord.). ref. 1997A&AS..124..259R table 6, is the complete catalogue. ref. 1998AJ....116...13D is the 1st ref. (N=1 object) from the WENSS survey with the format 'JHHMM+DDMM' (2000 coord.).
See also WISH for the Westerbork Southern catalog.
Ref:=1997A&AS..124..259R
byRENGELINK R.B. , TANG Y., DE BRUYN A.G., MILEY G.K., BREMER M.N., ROETTGERING H.J.A., BREMER M.A.R.
 Astron. Astrophys., Suppl. Ser., 124, 259-280 (1997)
  The Westerbork Northern Sky Survey (WENSS). I. A 570 square ° Mini-Survey around the North Ecliptic Pole.
oTable 6: <WN HHMM+DDMMA> N=11299. Some name collisions are solved in th e electronic table6 (addition of 'a', 'b' or 'c' suffix).
Ref:=1998AJ....116...13D
byDE BREUCK C. , BROTHERTON M.S., TRAN H.D., VAN BREUGEL W., ROETTGERING H.J.A.
 Astron. J., 116, 13-19 (1998)
  Discovery of an ultra-steep-spectrum, highly polarized red quasar at z = 1.462.
o6C 1908+722 not identified
o<WN JHHMM+DDMM> N=1.
=E=Catalogue in electronic form as VIII/62