| Notation used in DOCdb | Examples | Other abbreviations | VIZIER catalogue | Type of object | Articles |
| [AC2000b] | — | — | http://vizier.u-strasbg.fr/viz-bin/VizieR?-source=J/ApJ/541/841/table3b | trapezium system | Abt H.A., Corbally C.J. (2000) UBV photometry and ages of Trapezium systems.Astrophys. J. 541, 841 [2000ApJ...541..841A] |
| Abell n | Abell 14, ACO 1060 | Abell, ACO | http://cdsweb.u-strasbg.fr/cgi-bin/qcat?VII/110 | galaxy cluster | Abell, G.O., Corwin, H.G., Jr, Olowin, R.P. (1989) A catalog of rich clusters of galaxies. Ap.J.Suppl.Ser., 70, 1-138. [1989ApJS...70....1A] |
| AGC n | AGC 129 | AGC | http://cdsweb.u-strasbg.fr/cgi-bin/qcat?J/AJ/113/22 | galaxy | [1995ApJ...444...41S], [1997AJ....113...22G], [1997AJ....113.1197H] |
| Aguero n | — | — | — | galaxy | Aguero, E. L. (1971) A list of interesting southern galaxies. Publ. Astron. Soc. Pac., 83, 310-312. [1971PASP...83..310A] |
| AH03 JHHHH+MM.M | — | — | — | open cluster | Archinal, B.A. & Hynes, S.J. (2003) Star clusters. Willmann-Bell. [2003stcl.book.....A] |
| AM HHMM+DDM | AM 0054-530 | Arp-Madore, ApM | http://cdsweb.u-strasbg.fr/cgi-bin/qcat?VII/170 | galaxy | Arp, H.C. & Mardore, B.F. (1987) A catalogue of southern peculiar galaxies and associations. Cambridge Univ. Press. [1987AM....C......0A] |
| Ark n | — | Ark, Akn | — | galaxy | Arakelian, M.A. (1975) The galaxies of high surface brightness. Soobshch. Byurakan Obs., 47, 3-40. [1975SoByu..47....3A] |
| Arp n | Arp 13, Arp 174A | APG | http://cdsweb.u-strasbg.fr/cgi-bin/qcat?VII/74 | galaxy | Arp, H. (1966) Atlas of peculiar galaxies. Astrophys. J., Suppl. Ser., 14, 1-20. [1966ApJS...14....1A] |
| Barnard n | — | B, Barnard | http://vizier.u-strasbg.fr/viz-bin/Cat?VII/220A | dark nebula | Barnard, E. E. (1919) On the dark markings of the sky, with a catalogue of 182 such objects. Ap.J., 49, 1-24. [1919ApJ....49....1B]; Barnard, E. E. (1927) Catalogue of 349 Dark Objects in the Sky. Carnegie Institution of Washington. [1927cdos.book.....B] |
| Bernes n | — | [B77] | — | bright nebula | Bernes, C. (1977) A catalogue of bright nebulosities in opaque dust clouds. Astron. Astrophys., Suppl. Ser., 29, 65-70. [1977A&AS...29...65B] |
| BHR n | — | — | — | dark nebula, molecular cloud | Bourke, T.L., Hyland, A.R. & Robinson, G. (1995) Studies of star formation in isolated small dark clouds - I. A catalogue of southern Bok globules : optical and IRAS properties. Mon. Not. R. Astron. Soc., 276, 1052-1066. [1995MNRAS.276.1052B] |
| BHRT | — | — | — | open cluster (binary) | Bhatia, R.K., Read, M.A., Hatzidimitriou, D. & Tritton, S. (1991) A catalogue of binary star cluster candidates in the Large Magellanic Cloud. Astron. Astrophys., Suppl. Ser., 87, 335-352. [1991A&AS...87..335B] |
| BMG n | — | — | — | open cluster (in LMC) | Bhatia, R.K. & MacGillivray, H.T. (1989) An automated search for star clusters in the Magellanic Clouds. I. Description of the technique and application to a 6 square degree field near the bear of the LMC. Astron. Astrophys., 211, 9-24. [1989A&A...211....9B] |
| C HMM+DDd | — | Lynga | http://cdsweb.u-strasbg.fr/cgi-bin/qcat?VII/92 | open cluster, globular cluster | Lynga, G. (1987) Catalogue of Open Cluster Data. 5th ed. Lund Observatory. |
| Ced n | Ced 19m, Ced 87 | Cederblad | http://cdsweb.u-strasbg.fr/cgi-bin/qcat?VII/231 | bright nebula | Cederblad, S. (1946) Studies of bright diffuse galactic nebulae with special regard to their spatial distribution. Lund Medd. Astron. Obs. Ser. II, 119, 1-166. [1946MeLu2.119....1C] |
| Cl Alter n | — | — | — | open cluster | ? |
| Cl AM | — | — | — | globular cluster | (AM = Arp-Madore) [1979ApJ...227L.103M], [1982PASP...94...40M] |
| Cl Antalova n | — | Av | — | open cluster | Antalová, A. (1970) UBV photographic photometry of stars in the region AR1950 17h03m - 17h41m Decl1950:-28.8° - 33.4°. I. The catalogue and identification maps of 250 OB and 101 photometrically interesting stars. Bulletin of the Astronomical Institute of Czechoslovakia, vol. 21, p.331. [1970BAICz..21..331A] |
| Cl Apriamaswili n | — | — | — | open cluster | Apriamaswili, S.P. (1964) On a new open cluster in Scutum. Astron. Tsirk., 280, 1-2. [1964ATsir.280....1A] |
| Cl Arp | — | — | — | globular cluster | Arp, H. & Van den Bergh, S. (1960) A new faint globular cluster. Publ. Astron. Soc. Pac., 72, 48-51. [1960PASP...72...48A] |
| Cl Basel n | — | Ba | — | open cluster | Grubissich, C. (1965) Dreifarben-Photometrie von zwei offenen Sternhaufen in Richtung der Scutum-Wolke. Zeitschr. Astrophys., 60, 249-255. [1965ZA.....60..249G] |
| Cl Berkeley n | — | Be | — | open cluster | Alter, J. (1958) Catalogue of Star Clusters and Associations. First edition. [1958QB851.C413.....] |
| Cl Biurakan n | — | Biur, Bjurakan | — | open cluster | ? |
| Cl Blanco n | — | — | — | open cluster | Blanco, V.M. (1949) A new galactic star cluster in Sculptor. Publ. Astron. Soc. Pac., 61, 183-184. [1949PASP...61..183B] |
| Cl Bochum n | — | Bo | — | open cluster | Moffat, A.F.J. & Vogt. N. (1975), Fitzgerald et al. (1976) [1975A&AS...20...85M], [1975A&AS...20..125M], [1975A&AS...20..155M], [1976A&A....46..287F] |
| Cl Collinder n | — | Cr, Lk, Lundmark | — | open cluster | Collinder, P. (1931) On structured properties of open galactic clusters and their spatial distribution. Ann. Obs. Lund, 2, 1. [1931AnLun...2....1C] |
| Cl Czernik n | — | Cz, Czernic | — | open cluster | Czernik, M. (1966) New open star clusters. Acta Astron., 16, 93-94. [1966AcA....16...93C] |
| Cl Djorg n | — | Djorgovski | — | globular cluster | Djorgovski, S. (1987) Discovery of three obscured globular clusters. Astrophys. J., 317, L13-L14. [1987ApJ...317L..13D] |
| Cl Dolidze n | — | — | — | open cluster | Dolidze, M.V. (1961) On the star cluster near gamma Cyg. Astron. Cir., 223, 11-12 [1961ACiCh.223...11D] |
| Cl Dolidze-Dzim n | — | DoDz | — | open cluster | Dolidze, M.V. & Jimsheleishvili, G.N. (1966) New emission object in Hercules. Astron. Tsirk., 385, 7-8. [1966ATsir.385....7D] |
| Cl Dufay n | — | — | — | globular cluster | ? |
| Cl Feinstein n | — | — | — | open cluster | Feinstein, A. (1964) A group of stars around the He star HD 96446. The Observatory, 84, 111-115. [1964Obs....84..111F] |
| Cl Haffner n | — | Ha | — | open cluster | Haffner, H. (1957) Neue galaktische Sternhaufen in der sudlichen Milchstrasse. Zeitschr. Astrophys., 43, 89-94. [1957ZA.....43...89H] |
| Cl Harvard n | — | — | — | open cluster | ? |
| Cl Haute-Provence n | — | HP, OHP | — | globular cluster | ? |
| Cl Hogg n | — | Ho | — | open cluster | Hogg, A. R. (1965) Catalogue of open clusters south of -45deg declination. Mem. Mount Stromlo Obs., 17, 1-17. [1965MmMtS..17....1H] |
| Cl King n | — | K | — | open cluster | King, I. (1949) Some new galactic clusters. Harvard Bull., 919, 41-42. [1949BHarO.919...41K] |
| Cl Kron n | — | K | — | star cluster (in SMC) | Kron, G.E. (1956) Star clusters in the Small Magellanic Cloud. I. Identification of 69 clusters. Publ. Astron. Soc. Pac., 68, 125-130. [1956PASP...68..125K] |
| Cl Lindsay n | — | L, Ln | — | open cluster, globular cluster | Lindsay, E.M. (1958) The cluster system of the Small Magellanic Cloud. Mon. Not. R. Astron. Soc., 118, 172-182. [1958MNRAS.118..172L] |
| Cl Lynga n | — | Ly | — | open cluster | Lynga, G. (1964) Studies of the Milky Way from Centaurus to Norma. II. Open clusters. Lund Medd. Astron. Obs. Ser. II, 140, 1. [1964MeLu2.140....1L] |
| Cl Melotte n | — | Mel | — | open cluster, globular cluster | Melotte, P.J. (1915) A catalogue of star clusters shown on the Franklin-Adams chart plates. Mem. R. Astron. Soc., 60, 175-186. [1915MmRAS..60..175M] |
| Cl Mrk n | — | Ma, Mark, Markarian, Markarjan, Mrk | — | open cluster | Markarian, B.E. (1951) On the classification of open (galactic) stellar clusters. II. Preliminary list of open O-type star clusters. Soobshch. Byurakan Obs., 9, 1-40. [1951SoByu...9....1M] |
| Cl Pal n | — | A, Abell, Pal, Palomar | — | globular cluster | Abell, G.O. (1955) Globular clusters and planetary nebulae discovered on the national geographic society-Palomar Observatory sky survey. Publ. Astron. Soc. Pac., 67, 258-261. [1955PASP...67..258A] |
| Cl Pismis n | — | Pis | — | open cluster, globular cluster | Pismis, P. (1959) Nuevos cumulos estelares en regiones del sur. Bol. Obs. Tonantz. Tacub., 2, part no 18, 37-38. [1959BOTT....2r..37P] |
| Cl Roslund n | — | Ros | — | open cluster | Roslund, C. (1960) Remarks on some new and some known galactic clusters. Publ. Astron. Soc. Pac., 72, 205-207. [1960PASP...72..205R] |
| Cl Ruprecht n | — | R, Rp, Ru, Rup | — | open cluster | Ruprecht, J. (1966) Classification of open star clusters. Bull. Astron. Inst. Czech., 17, 33-44 (1966) [1966BAICz..17...33R] |
| Cl Sher n | — | — | — | open cluster | Sher, D. (1964) A search for star clusters listed near eta Carinae. The Observatory, 84, 263-266. [1964Obs....84..263S] |
| Cl Stock n | — | St | — | open cluster | Stock, J. (1956) Magnitudes and colors for stars in two new galactic clusters. Astrophys. J., 123, 258-266. [1956ApJ...123..258S] |
| Cl Terzan n | — | Ter | — | open cluster, globular cluster | Terzan, A. (1971) Quatre nouveaux amas stellaires dans la direction de la region centrale de la Galaxie. Astron. Astrophys., 12, 477-481. [1971A&A....12..477T] |
| Cl Tombaugh n | — | — | — | open cluster | Tombaugh, C.W. (1938) Two new faint galactic star clusters. Publ. Astron. Soc. Pac., 50, 171-171. [1938PASP...50..171T] |
| Cl Trumpler n | — | T, Tr | — | open cluster | Trumpler, R.J. (1930) Preliminary results on the distances, dimensions and space distribution of open star clusters. Lick Obs. Bull., 14, 154-188. [1930LicOB..14..154T] |
| Cl Upgren n | — | — | — | open cluster | Upgren, A.R. & Rubin, V.C. (1965) An old open cluster near the North galactic pole. Publ. Astron. Soc. Pac., 77, 355-358. [1965PASP...77..355U] |
| Cl VDB n | — | — | — | open cluster, globular cluster | [1957ApJ...126..323V], [1966AJ.....71..990V], [1960ApJ...131..322A] |
| Cl VDBH n | — | VDBH, BH, vdBH | — | open cluster, globular cluster | Van den Bergh, S. & Hagen, G.L. (1975) Uniform survey of clusters in the Southern Milky Way. AJ, 80, 11-16. [1975AJ.....80...11V] |
| Cl Waterloo n | — | Wat | — | open cluster | [1979A&AS...38..197M], [1979A&AS...37..351F], [1980MNRAS.193..761F] |
| Cl Westerlund n | — | Wd | — | open cluster | Westerlund, B. (1961) A heavily reddened cluster in Ara. Publ. Astron. Soc. Pac., 73, 51-56. [1961PASP...73...51W] |
| COCD n | — | [KPR2004b] | http://cdsweb.u-strasbg.fr/cgi-bin/qcat?J/other/AN/325.740 | open cluster | Kharchenko, N.V. et al. (2004) Astrophysical supplements to the ASCC-2.5. II. Membership probabilities in 520 Galactic open cluster sky areas. Astron. Nachr., 325, 740-748. [2004AN....325..740K], [2006A&A...445..545P] (COCD = Catalogue of Open Cluster Data) |
| DCld LLL.l+BB.b | — | DCld, DC, HMST | http://cdsweb.u-strasbg.fr/cgi-bin/qcat?J/A%2BA/383/631 | dark nebula, globules | [1984A&AS...58..365F], [1986A&AS...63...27H], [2002A&A...383..631D] |
| DDO n | — | — | — | galaxy | Van den Bergh, S. (1959) A catalogue of dwarf galaxies. Publ. David Dunlap Obs., 2, 145-156. [1959PDDO....2..145V], [1966AJ.....71..922V] |
| DG n | — | — | — | bright nebula | Dorschner, J. & Gurtler, J. (1963) Untersuchungen uber Reflexionsnebel am Palomar Sky Survey. I. Verzeichnis von Reflexionsnebeln. Astron. Nachr., 287, 257-260. [1963AN....287..257D] |
| ESO nnn-nnn | ESO 10-1 | — | http://cdsweb.u-strasbg.fr/cgi-bin/qcat?VII/34 | various | Lauberts, A. (1982) The ESO/Uppsala Survey of the ESO(B) Atlas. [1982ESO...C......0L] |
| FGC n | — | — | http://cdsweb.u-strasbg.fr/cgi-bin/qcat?VII/162 | galaxy | Karachentsev, I. D. et al. (1993) Flat galaxies catalogue. Astron. Nachr., 314, 97-222. [1993AN....314...97K] |
| Frolov 1 | — | — | — | open cluster | Frolov, V.N. (1977) Photometry and proper motions of stars of four galactic clusters in Cassiopeia. Izv. Glav. Astron. Obs., 195, 80-97. [1977IzPul.195...80F] |
| G LLL.l+BB.b | — | — | http://cdsweb.u-strasbg.fr/cgi-bin/qcat?VII/227 | supernova remnant | Green (2001) A Catalogue of Galactic Supernova Remnants [VII/227] |
| Gaze-Shajn n | Gaze-Shajn 248 | HS, [GS55] | — | bright nebula | Gaze, V.F. & Shajn, G.A. (1955) Catalogue of emission nebulae. Izv. Krym. Astrofiz. Obs., 15, 11-30. [1955IzKry..15...11G] |
| GCl 1 | — | — | http://cdsweb.u-strasbg.fr/cgi-bin/qcat?VII/44 | globular cluster | Alter, G., Ruprecht, J. & Vanysek, V. (1970) Catalogue of star clusters and associations + supplements. Akad. Kiado, Budapest, Hungary. [1970CSCA..C......0A] |
| Gum 1 | — | G, Str, Stromlo | — | bright nebula | Gum, C.S. (1955) A survey of southern HII regions. Mem. R. Astron. Soc., 67, 155-177. [1955MmRAS..67..155G] |
| HCG n | — | H, Hick, Hickson | http://cdsweb.u-strasbg.fr/cgi-bin/qcat?VII/213 | galaxy group | Hickson, P. (1982) Systematic properties of compact groups of galaxies. Astrophys. J., 255, 382-391. [1982ApJ...255..382H] |
| Hen 115-N | — | LHA 120-N | — | emission nebulae | Henize, K.G. (1956) [1956ApJS....2..315H] |
| Hen 115-S | — | LHA 120-N | — | emission nebulae | Henize, K.G. (1956) [1956ApJS....2..315H] |
| Hen 120-S | — | LHA 120-N | — | emission nebulae | Henize, K.G. (1956) [1956ApJS....2..315H] |
| Hen 1-n | — | He, Henize, He1- | — | planetary nebula | Henize, K.G. (1961) Seven new planetary nebulae. PASP, 73, 159-162. [1961PASP...73..159H] |
| Hen 2-n | — | He, Henize, He2- | — | planetary nebula | Henize, K.G. (1967) Observations of southern planetary nebulae. Ap.J.Suppl.Ser., 14, 125-153. [1967ApJS...14..125H] |
| Hen 3-n | — | He, Henize, He3- | — | planetary nebula | Henize, K.G. (1976) Observations of southern emission-line stars. Astrophys. J., Suppl. Ser., 30, 491-550. [1976ApJS...30..491H] |
| IC n | — | — | — | various | [1895MmRAS..51..185D], [1908MmRAS..59..105D] |
| KMHK n | — | K, [KMH90] | — | star cluster (in LMC) | Kontizas, M. et al. (1990) The cluster system of the Large Magellanic Cloud. Astron. Astrophys., Suppl. Ser., 84, 527. [1990A&AS...84..527K] |
| KPG n | — | CP, CPG, K, K72, Kara | http://cdsweb.u-strasbg.fr/cgi-bin/qcat?VII/77 | galaxy pair | Karachentsev, I.D. (1972) Catalogue of isolated pairs of galaxies in the northern hemisphere. Soobshch. Spets. Astrof. Obs., 7, 1-92. [1972SoSAO...7....1K] |
| LBN n | — | L, LD, Lynds | http://cdsweb.u-strasbg.fr/cgi-bin/qcat?VII/9 | bright nebula | Lynds, B.T. (1965) Catalogue of bright nebulae. Astrophys. J., Suppl. Ser., 12, 163-185. [1965ApJS...12..163L] |
| LDN n | — | L, LD, Lynds | http://cdsweb.u-strasbg.fr/cgi-bin/qcat?VII/7 | dark nebula | Lynds, B.T. (1962) Catalogue of dark nebulae. Astrophys. J., Suppl. Ser., 7, 1-52. [1962ApJS....7....1L] |
| LEDA n | — | PGC, CPG | http://cdsweb.u-strasbg.fr/cgi-bin/qcat?VII/237 | galaxy | Paturel, G. et al. (2003) HYPERLEDA. I. Identification and designation of galaxies. Astron. Astrophys., 412, 45-55. [2003A&A...412...45P] |
| LH n | — | — | — | star cluster (in LMC) | Lucke, P.B. & Hodge, P.W. (1970) A Catalogue of Stellar Associations in the Large Magellanic Cloud. Astron. J., 75, 171-175. [1970AJ.....75..171L] |
| Liller n | — | — | — | globular cluster | Liller, W. (1977) Searches for the optical counterparts of the X-ray burst sources MXB 1728-34 and MXB 1730-33. Astrophys. J., 213, L21-L23. [1977ApJ...213L..21L] |
| Loden n | — | L | — | suspected star cluster | Loden, L.O. (1980) Concluding observations of loose stellar clusterings in the Southern Milky Way. Astron. Astrophys., Suppl. Ser., 41, 173-181. [1980A&AS...41..173L] |
| Lund n | — | — | http://cdsweb.u-strasbg.fr/cgi-bin/qcat?VII/92 | open cluster, globular cluster | Lynga, G. (1987) Open Cluster Data. 5th Edition. Lund Observatory. |
| Magakian | Magakian 14 | [M2003] | http://cdsweb.u-strasbg.fr/cgi-bin/Cat?J/A%2bA/399/141 | reflection nebula | Magakian T.Yu. (2003) Merged catalogue of reflection nebulae. Astron. Astrophys. 399, 141. [2003A&A...399..141M] |
| MCG+ff-ff-nnnn | MCG-01-09-038 | — | http://cdsweb.u-strasbg.fr/cgi-bin/qcat?VII/100 | galaxy | [1974TrSht..46....1V] |
| Messier n | — | Messier | — | various | Messier, C. (1850) Catalogue des nebuleuses et des amas d'etoiles. Connaissance des Temps, 1784, 227-269. [1850CDT..1784..227M] |
| Min 1-n | — | — | — | bright nebula | Minkowski, R. (1946) New emission nebulae. PASP, 58, 305-309. [1946PASP...58..305M] |
| Min 2-n | — | — | — | bright nebula | Minkowski, R. (1947) New emission nebulae (II). PASP, 59, 257-259. [1947PASP...59..257M] |
| Mrk n | — | Mark, Markarian, Markarjan, Mk, Mkn, Mkr | http://cdsweb.u-strasbg.fr/cgi-bin/qcat?VII/172 | galaxy | Petrosian, A. et al. (2007) Markarian galaxies. I. The optical database and atlas. Astrophys. J., Suppl. Ser., 170, 33-70. [2007ApJS..170...33P] |
| NGC n | — | — | — | various | [1888MmRAS..49....1D] |
| OCISM 103 | — | — | http://cdsweb.u-strasbg.fr/cgi-bin/qcat?VII/106 | open cluster | Leisawitz, D. (1988) Catalog of open clusters and associated interstellar matter. NASA Ref. Publ., 1202, 1. [1988NASAR1202....1L] |
| OCl n | — | — | http://cdsweb.u-strasbg.fr/cgi-bin/qcat?VII/101 | open cluster | Alter, G., Ruprecht, J. & Vanysek, V. (1970) Catalogue of star clusters and associations + supplements. Akad. Kiado, Budapest, Hungary. [1970CSCA..C......0A] |
| OGLE-CL LMC 113 | — | — | http://cdsweb.u-strasbg.fr/cgi-bin/qcat?J/other/AcA/49.521 | star cluster (in LMC) | Pietrzynski, G. et al. (1999) The Optical Gravitational Lensing Experiment. Catalog of star clusters from the Large Magellanic Cloud. Acta Astron., 49, 521-542. [1999AcA....49..521P] |
| OGLE-CL SMC 8 | — | — | http://cdsweb.u-strasbg.fr/cgi-bin/qcat?J/other/AcA/48.175 | star cluster (in SMC) | Pietrzynski, G. et al. (1998) Optical Gravitational Lensing Experiment. The catalog of clusters in the Small Magellanic Cloud. Acta Astron., 48, 175-268. [1998AcA....48..175P], [2000AJ....119.1214B] |
| PK LLL+BB n | — | NPL, PK67 | http://cdsweb.u-strasbg.fr/cgi-bin/qcat?IV/24 | planetary nebula | Perek, L. & Kohoutek, L. (1967) Catalogue of galactic planetary nebulae. Acad. Publ. House of the Czech. Acad. Sci., 1-276. [1967PK....C......1P] |
| PN A55 n | — | A, Abell | — | planetary nebula | Abell, G.O. (1955) Globular clusters and planetary nebulae discovered on the national geographic society-Palomar Observatory sky survey. Publ. Astron. Soc. Pac., 67, 258-261. [1955PASP...67..258A] |
| PN Ap 4-1 | — | Ap | — | planetary nebula | Apriamashvili, S.P. (1964) A new planetary nebula. Astron. Tsirk., 279, 1. [1964ATsir.279....1A] |
| PN Ba n | — | Ba, Baade | — | planetary nebula | Baade, W. (1935) A new planetary nebula. PASP, 47, 99. [1935PASP...47...99B] |
| PN Cn 1-4 | — | Cn, Cannon | — | planetary nebula | [1921HarCi.224....1C], [1923BHarO.784....1C], [1926BHarO.837....2C] |
| PN Fg 1 | — | Fg, Fl, Fleming | — | planetary nebula | [1910HarCi.158....0F], [1911HarCi.167....0F] |
| PN GLLL.l+BB.b | — | — | http://cdsweb.u-strasbg.fr/cgi-bin/qcat?V/84 | planetary nebula | Acker, A. et al. (1992) Strasbourg-ESO Catalogue of Galactic Planetary Nebulae. [1992ESOPN...1....1A] |
| PN H 1-n | — | — | — | planetary nebula | Haro, G. (1952) Nuevas nebulosas planetarias y objetos con emision en la region del centro galactico. Bol. Obs. Tonantz. Tacub., 1, part no 1, 1. [1952BOTT....1a...1H] |
| PN Hb n | — | Hb, Hub, Hubble | — | planetary nebula | Hubble, E.P. (1921) Twelve new planetary nebulae. PASP, 33, 174-175. [1921PASP...33..174H] |
| PN Hf n | — | Hf, H, Hoffleit | — | planetary nebula | Hoffleit, D. (1953) A preliminary survey of nebulosities and associated B-stars in Car. Ann. Astron. Obs. Harvard Coll., 119, 37. [1953AnHar.119...37H], [1967PK....C......1P] |
| PN HFG n | — | HFG, HeFe | — | planetary nebula | Heckathorn, J.N., Fesen, R.A. & Gull, T.R. (1982) Discovery of a large, high-excitation planetary nebula at l=136, b=+5. Astron. Astrophys., 114, 414-418. [1982A&A...114..414H] |
| PN HHMM+DDMM | — | PN | — | planetary nebula | Van de Steene, G.C., Jacoby, G.H. & Pottasch, S.R. (1996) Optical observations of planetary nebula candidates from the northern hemisphere. Astron. Astrophys., Suppl. Ser., 118, 243-262. [1996A&AS..118..243V] |
| PN Hu 1-n | — | Hu | — | planetary nebula | Humason, M.L. (1921) Two new planetary nebulae. PASP, 33, 175-175. [1921PASP...33..175H] |
| PN Hu 2-n | — | Hu | — | planetary nebula | Humason, M.L. (1922) A new planetary nebula. PASP, 34, 296-297. [1922PASP...34..296H] |
| PN Jn n | — | Jn, Jones | — | planetary nebula | Miller, F.D. & Van Dien, E. (1949) A large new planetary nebula. Astrophys. J., 109, 537-538. [1949ApJ...109..537M] |
| PN JnEr n | — | JnEr, Jones+Emberson | — | planetary nebula | Berbieri, C. & Sulentic, J.W. (1977) The planetary nebula 164+31 1. PASP, 89, 261-263. [1977PASP...89..261B] |
| PN K 1-n | — | K, Kohoutek | — | planetary nebula | [1962BAICz..13..120K], [1963BAICz..14...70K], [1971A&A....13..493K], [1977A&A....59..137K] |
| PN Lo n | — | Lo, Longmore | — | planetary nebula | Longmore, A.J. (1977) New and known planetary nebulae on plates taken with the U.K. 1,2 m Schmidt telescope. MNRAS, 178, 251-257. [1977MNRAS.178..251L] |
| PN M 1-n | — | Min | — | planetary nebula | Minkowski, R. (1946) New emission nebulae. PASP, 58, 305-309. [1946PASP...58..305M] |
| PN Me 1-n | — | Me, Merrill | — | planetary nebula | Merrill, P.W. (1941) A distant planetary nebulae. Publ. Astron. Soc. Pac., 53, 245-247. [1941PASP...53..245M] |
| PN My n | — | My, Mayall | — | planetary nebula | Mayall, M.W. (1951) New peculiar spectra. Harvard Bull., 920, 32-37. [1951BHarO.920...32M] |
| PN MyCn n | — | MyCn, Mayall+Cannon | — | planetary nebula | Mayall, M.W. & Cannon, A.J. (1940) New peculiar spectra. Harvard Bull., 913, 7-7. [1940BHarO.913....7M] |
| PN Mz n | — | — | — | planetary nebula | Menzel, D.N. (1922) Five new planetary nebulae. Harvard Bull., 777. [1922BHarO.777....0M] |
| PN Na n | — | Na, NSC | — | planetary nebula | Nassau, J.J. et al. (1964) Spectral classification for new or unclassified late-type variables, emission-line stars, S stars, and planetary nebulae. Astrophys. J., 139, 864-868. [1964ApJ...139..864N] |
| PN PB n | — | PB | — | planetary nebula | Peimbert, M. & Batiz, G. (1960) Nuevas nebulosas planetarias. Bol. Obs. Tonantz. Tacub., 2, part no 19, 19-20. [1960BOTT....2s..19P] |
| PN PC n | — | PC | — | planetary nebula | Peimbert, M. & Costero, R. (1961) Nuevas nebulosas planetarias. II. Bol. Obs. Tonantz. Tacub., 3, 33-35. [1961BOTT....3...33P] |
| PN Pe 1-n, PN Pe 2-n | — | Pe, Perek | — | planetary nebula | Perek, L. (1960) New planetary nebulae. Bull. Astron. Inst. Czech., 11, 256. [1960BAICz..11..256P] |
| PN PM 1-n, PN PM 2-n | — | PM | — | planetary nebula | Preite-Martinez, A. (1988) Possible new planetary nebulae in the IRAS point source catalogue. Astron. Astrophys., Suppl. Ser., 76, 317-330. [1988A&AS...76..317P] |
| PN Sa N-n | — | Sa, Sp, St, Sanduleak | — | planetary nebula | [1974PASP...86..215S], [1975PW&SO...2a...1S], [1976PW&SO...2...57S], [1983PASP...95..619S] |
| PN Sp n | — | Sp | — | planetary nebula | Shapley, H. (1936) Five planetary nebulae and a globular cluster. Harvard Bull., 902, 26-27. [1936BHarO.902...26S] |
| PN StWr 4-7 | — | StWr, SkWl | — | planetary nebula | Stock, J. & Wroblewski, H. (1972) A southern objective prism survey. Publ. Obs. Astron. Nacional, Cerro Calan, 2, 59-129. [1972POAN....2...59S] |
| PN Tc n | — | Tc | — | planetary nebula | Thackeray, A.D. (1950) Some southern stars involved in nebulosity. MNRAS, 110, 524. [1950MNRAS.110..524T] |
| PN Th 1-A, PN Th 2-A | — | Th | — | planetary nebula | (Th = The) [1962CoBos..14....0T], [1962CoBos..17....0T] |
| PN VV n | — | VV | — | planetary nebula | Vorontsov-Vel'jaminov, B.A. (1934) Catalogue of planetary nebulae with a statistical discussion of the subject. Astron. Zh., 11, 40-59. [1934AZh....11...40V] |
| PN VV' n | — | VV' | — | planetary nebula | Vorontsov-Vel'jaminov, B.A. (1962) Mitt. Staatl. Astron. Sterberga Inst. Moscow 118, 3. |
| PN Vy 2-n | — | Vy | — | planetary nebula | Vyssotsky, A.N., Miller, W.J. & Walther, M.E. (1945) New planetaries, Wolf-Rayet stars, and a Be star. PASP, 57, 314-314. [1945PASP...57..314V] |
| PN Y-C n | — | Y-C, CeGi, CG, YC | — | planetary nebula | (YC = Yale Columbia obs.) [1973A&AS...11..335C], [1984BAAA...28..159C] |
| PN YM n | — | YM | — | planetary nebula | (YM = Yerkes McDonald obs.) [1955ApJ...121..604J], [1956ApJ...124...90J] |
| Raab n | — | Rb, Raab | — | open cluster | Raab, S. (1922) A research on open clusters. Lund Medd. Astron. Obs. Ser. II, 28, 1. [1922MeLu2..28....1R] |
| RCW na | — | RCW, R | http://cdsweb.u-strasbg.fr/cgi-bin/qcat?VII/216 | bright nebula | Rodgers, A.W., Campbell, C.T. & Whiteoak, J.B. (1960) A catalogue of H-alpha emission regions in the Southern Milky Way. MNRAS, 121, 103-110. [1960MNRAS.121..103R], [1985AJ.....90...88M] |
| Rose n | — | Rose, [R77] | — | galaxy group | Rose, J.A. (1977) A survey of compact groups of galaxies. Astrophys. J., 211, 311-318. [1977ApJ...211..311R] |
| Sandqvist n | — | Sa, SL, Sandqvist | — | dark nebula | Sandqvist, A. & Lindroos, K.P. (1976) Interstellar formaldehyde in southern dark dust clouds. Astron. Astrophys., 53, 179-189. [1976A&A....53..179S], [1977A&A....57..467S] |
| SCM n | — | SCM, [SCM92a] | — | planetary nebula | Schwarz, H.E., Corradi, R.L.M. & Melnick, J. (1992) A catalogue of narrow band images of planetary nebulae. Astron. Astrophys., Suppl. Ser., 96, 23-113. [1992A&AS...96...23S] |
| Ser FFF-NNN | — | Ser, Calan, Se | — | galaxy, galaxy group | Sersic, J.L. (1974) A list of peculiar galaxies, interacting pairs, groups and clusters south of declination -43. Astrophys. Space Sci., 28, 365-373. [1974Ap&SS..28..365S] |
| SGC HHMMSS+DDMM.m | — | — | http://cdsweb.u-strasbg.fr/cgi-bin/qcat?VII/116 | galaxy | Corwin, H.G. et al. (1985) Southern Galaxy Catalogue. Univ. Texas Monogr. Astron., 4. [1985MAUTx...4....1C] |
| Sh 1-n | — | S, ShA, ShB, Sharpless | http://cdsweb.u-strasbg.fr/cgi-bin/qcat?VII/20 | bright nebula | Sharpless, S. (1953) A catalogue of emission nebulae near the galactic plane. Astrophys. J., 118, 362-369. [1953ApJ...118..362S] |
| Sh 2-n | — | S, ShA, ShB, Sharpless | — | bright nebula | Sharpless, S. (1959) A catalogue of HII regions. Astrophys. J., Suppl. Ser., 4, 257-279. [1959ApJS....4..257S] |
| Simeis | Simeis 104 | S, SG, Sh, Shajn, SHZ, Si, Simeis, Simeiz | — | bright nebula | Gaze, V.F. & Shajn, G.A. (1954) Fourth list of diffuse emission nebulae. Izv. Krym. Astrofiz. Obs., 11, 39-41. [1954IzKry..11...39G] |
| SL nA | — | [SL63], SL, Shapley-Lindsay | — | star cluster (in LMC) | Shapley, H. & Lindsay, E.M. (1963) A catalogue of clusters in the Large Magellanic Cloud. IAJ, 6, 74-91. [1963IrAJ....6...74S], [1997AJ....114.1920G], [1999AJ....117..238B] |
| SNR LLL.l+BB.b | — | — | http://cdsweb.u-strasbg.fr/cgi-bin/qcat?VII/227 | supernova remnant | Green, D.A. (1996) Proc. IAU Colloq., Supernovae and Supernovae Remnants", 145, 419. CUP. [1996IAUCo.145..419G], [1984MNRAS.209..449G], [1988Ap&SS.148....3G], [1991PASP..103..209G] |
| SP82 n | — | — | — | galaxy | Sanduleak, N. & Pesch, P. (1982) Emission-line galaxies in the direction of the proposed void in Bootes. Astrophys. J., 258, L11-L15. [1982ApJ...258L..11S] |
| SPB n | — | — | http://cdsweb.u-strasbg.fr/cgi-bin/qcat?VII/161 | galaxy | Schmidt, K.-H., Priebe, A. & Boller, T. (1993) Nearby galaxies. Revised machine-readable version of the catalogue. Astron. Nachr., 314, 371-380. [1993AN....314..371S], [1992AN....313..189S] |
| UGC n | — | U | — | galaxy | Nilson, P. (1973) Uppsala General Catalogue of Galaxies. Data for 12,921 galaxies north of delta =-2 30. Nova Acta Regiae Soc. Sci. Upsaliensis, Ser. V:A. [1973UGC...C......0N], [1999ApJS..125..409C] |
| UGCA n | — | UGCA, UA | — | galaxy | Nilson, P. (1974) Catalogue of selected non-UGC galaxies. Upps. Astron. Obs. Rep., 5. [1974UppOR...5....0N] |
| UKS HHMM+DD.d | — | — | — | globular cluster | Malkan, M., Kleinmann, D.E. & Apt, J. (1980) Infrared studies of globular clusters near the Galactic Center. Astrophys. J., 237, 432-437. [1980ApJ...237..432M] |
| VDB n | — | Van den Bergh | http://cdsweb.u-strasbg.fr/cgi-bin/qcat?VII/21 | bright nebula | Van den Bergh, S. (1966) A study of reflection nebulae. Astron. J., 71, 990-998. [1966AJ.....71..990V], [1968AJ.....73..233R] |
| VGHC 1-n, VGHC 2-n | — | V86, [VGV86] | — | emission object (in NGC 598) | Viallefond, F. et al. (1986) H II regions in M 33. II. Radio continuum survey. Astron. Astrophys., Suppl. Ser., 64, 237-246. [1986A&AS...64..237V] |
| VV nA | — | VV, IGVV, IG VV | http://cdsweb.u-strasbg.fr/cgi-bin/qcat?VII/236 | galaxy | Vorontsov-Vel'yaminov, B.A. (1977) Atlas of interacting galaxies, Part. II and the concept of fragmentation of galaxies. Astron. Astrophys., Suppl. Ser., 28, 1-117. [1977A&AS...28....1V], [2001A&AT...20..717V] |
| VVD n, VVD nA | — | — | — | galaxy | Van den Broek, A.C. et al. (1991) A study of southern extreme IRAS galaxies. I. Optical observations. Astron. Astrophys., Suppl. Ser., 91, 61-128. [1991A&AS...91...61V] |
| Wray 15-n .. Wray 19-n | — | W, Wr, Wra | — | bright nebula | Wray, J.D. (1966) A study of H-alpha emission objects in the Southern Milky Way. Thesis. [1966PhDT.........3W] |
| ZH n | — | — | — | galaxy (in Abell 194) | (ZH = Zwicky + Humason) Zwicky, F. & Humason, M.L. (1964) Spectra and other characteristics of interconnected galaxies and of galaxies in groups and in clusters. III. AJ, 139, 269-283. [1964ApJ...139..269Z], [1985AJ.....90..163N] |
| ZW I n, ZW VII n | — | Zw | — | galaxy | Zwicky, F. (1971) Catalogue of selected compact galaxies and of post-eruptive galaxies. Publ. F. Zwicky, Guemligen (BE), Switzerland. [1971CGPG..C......0Z] |
| ZwCl fff-nn | — | ZwCl, ZC, Zw | — | galaxy cluster | Zwicky, F. et al. (1961) Catalogue of galaxies and of clusters of galaxies. Vol. I to Vol. VIII. Caltech. [1961CGCG..C......0Z], [1992QJRAS..33...59T] |
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