Prefix | Example | Survey/Catalog | |
β | β 5341 A | Burnham Double Star Catalogue | |
βpm | βpm 6 | rare designator prefixes | author, proper motion, or "BUP" |
Δ | Δ 38 | Dunlop Double Star Catalogue | |
Φ | Φ 332 | double star designation | discoverer(Finsen) |
Σ | Σ2740 | Struve Catalogs | elder Struve |
0ES | 0ES 1225+44.7 | HEAO-2 | Einstein Slew Survey version 0 |
0FGL | 0FGL J0614.3-3330 | Fermi | LAT Bright Source |
1 Jy | 1 Jy 0902+343 | 1 Jansky Empty Field Survey | |
10C | 10C J104320+585621 | Cambridge Catalog of Radio Sources | 10th catalog |
1A | 1A620-00 | Ariel 5 | first list |
1AGL | 1AGL J0634+1748 | AGILE | first catalog |
1C | 1C 19.01 | Cambridge Catalog of Radio Sources | 1st catalog |
1E | 1E1740.7-2942 | HEAO-2 | Soft X-ray Source List |
1ES | 1ES 0414+009 | HEAO-2 | Einstein Slew Survey |
1FGL | 1FGL J1231.1-1410 | Fermi | LAT First-year Source |
1H | 1H 0323+342 | HEAO-1 | HEAO A-1 X-ray Source Catalog |
1RXH | 1RXH J173523.7-354013 | ROSAT | First cat with hires imager |
1RXS | 1RXS J160929.1-210524 | ROSAT | First ROSAT X-ray Survey |
1SWASP | 1SWASP J140747 | SuperWASP | |
2A | 2A1705+786 | Ariel 5 | second list |
2C | 2C 1686 | Cambridge Catalog of Radio Sources | 2nd catalog |
2dFGRS | 2dFGRS TGS382Z148 | 2dF Galaxy Redshift Survey | |
2E | 2E 0050.1-7247 | HEAO-2 | 2nd Soft X-ray Source List |
2FGL | 2FGL J0143.6-5844 | Fermi | LAT Second-year Source |
2HWC | 2HWC J0534+220 | High-altitude Water Cherenkov Observatory | |
2M | 2M1207 | Two Micron All-sky Survey | abbreviated |
2MA | 2MA 1835-3259 | Two Micron All-sky Survey | abbreviated |
2MASP | 2MASP J0345432+254023 | Two Micron All-sky Survey | prototype survey: or "2MASSP" |
2MASS | 2MASS J16264502-2423077 | Two Micron All-sky Survey | |
2MASSI | 2MASSI J0937347+293142 | Two Micron All-sky Survey | incremental release |
2MASSW | 2MASSW J0746425+200032 | Two Micron All-sky Survey | working database |
2MASX | 2MASX J00482185-2507365 | Two Micron All-sky Survey | "Extended source catalogue" |
2MUCD | 2MUCD 10390 | Two Micron All-sky Survey | ultracool dwarf |
2U | 2U 1957+40 | Uhuru | Uhuru Second Catalog |
3A | 3A620-00 | Ariel 5 | third list |
3C | 3C 273 | Third Cambridge Catalogue of Radio Sources | |
3CR | 3CR 68.1 | Third Cambridge Catalogue of Radio Sources | updated version |
3FHL | 3FHL J1823.3-1339 | Fermi | LAT hard source, third catalog |
4C | 4C 02.32 | Fourth Cambridge Catalog of Radio Sources | |
4U | 4U 0241+61 | Uhuru | Uhuru Fourth Catalog |
5C | 5C 4.81 | Cambridge Catalog of Radio Sources | 5th catalog |
6C | 6C 0905+3955 | Cambridge Catalog of Radio Sources | 6th catalog |
7C | 7C 105517.75+495540.95 | Cambridge Catalog of Radio Sources | 7th catalog |
87GB | 87GB 090153.2+694215 | 87GB Catalog of Radio Sources | |
8C | 8C 1435+63 | Cambridge Catalog of Radio Sources | 8th catalog |
9C | 9C J1503+4528 | Cambridge Catalog of Radio Sources | 9th catalog |
A | A 0136-0801 | APM Galaxy Survey | short form |
A | A620-00 | Ariel 5 | original/abbreviated designator |
A | A 1246-09 | Reference Catalogue of Bright Galaxies | if has no NGC or IC number |
A1689 | A1689-zD1 | rare designator prefixes | lensed galaxy in Abell Catalog galaxy cluster 1689 field |
AB | AB 12 | rare designator prefixes | authors' initials |
Abell | Abell 3627 | Abell Catalog | |
Abell | Abell 1 | Palomar Globular Clusters | or "Cl Palomar 1" |
Abetti | Abetti 11 | rare designator prefixes | discoverer |
AC | AC +79 3888 | Astrographic Catalog | |
AC | AC 2 | rare designator prefixes | or "A.C.", discoverer's initials |
Ack | Ack 277.7-03.5 | rare designator prefixes | author |
ACO | ACO 3627 | Abell Catalog | |
ACT | ACT-CL J0102-4915 | Atacama Cosmology Telescope | CL for "galaxy cluster" |
ADS | ADS 5951 | Aitken Double Star Catalogue | |
AFGL | AFGL 4029 | AFGL Four Color Infrared Sky Survey | |
AG | AG-136 | rare designator prefixes | authors |
Ag | Ag 5 | rare designator prefixes | author initial, galaxy |
AGC | AGC 198691 | Arecibo General Catalog | |
AGC | AGC 1 | rare designator prefixes | or "A.G.C.", discoverer "Clark" initials |
AGK | AGK +81 266 | Astronomische Gesellschaft Katalog | or "AG" |
AGKR | AGKR 1017 | Astronomische Gesellschaft Katalog | subset of reference stars |
AH03 | AH03 J1725-34.4 | rare designator prefixes | author's initials & year |
AKARI | AKARI-FIS-V1 J0001275+644107 | AKARI | |
Al | Al 2-F | rare designator prefixes | author, PNe |
ALD | ALD 19 | rare designator prefixes | author abbrev. |
Alessi | Alessi J18350+7223 | rare designator prefixes | author |
Alicante | Alicante 12 | rare designator prefixes | university |
Aller | Aller 1 | rare designator prefixes | name |
ALS | ALS 3721 | rare designator prefixes | college initial |
AM | AM 1934-563 | Arp-Madore Catalog of Southern Peculiar Galaxies | |
And | And I | Andromeda | M31 satellites |
Andrews-Lindsay | Andrews-Lindsay 1 | rare designator prefixes | authors |
Andromeda | Andromeda I | Andromeda | M31 satellites |
Anon | Anon 0043-37 | rare designator prefixes | for "anonymous" |
Anon | Anon 1246-09 | Reference Catalogue of Bright Galaxies | if has no NGC or IC number |
Antalova | Antalova 1 | rare designator prefixes | author |
AO | AO 0235+164 | Arecibo Occultation Survey | |
APASS | APASS J327.7257-16.5170 | APASS | |
APG | APG 148 | Atlas of Peculiar Galaxies | |
APM | APM 08279+5255 | APM Galaxy Survey | |
APMUKS | APMUKS(BJ) B215839.70-615403.9 | APM Galaxy Survey | |
Arches | Arches-F6 | rare designator prefixes | object within Arches star cluster |
ARG | ARG 1 | double star designation | discoverer(Argelander) |
Ark | Ark 120 | Arakelian Catalog | or "Arak" or "Arakelian" |
Arp | Arp 220 | Atlas of Peculiar Galaxies | |
ASAS | ASAS 160048-4846.2 | All Sky Automated Survey | |
ASASSN | ASASSN-15lh | All Sky Automated Survey for SuperNovae | |
ASCC | ASCC 113 | All-Sky Compiled Catalogue | open cluster |
ASCC | ASCC 744576 | All-Sky Compiled Catalogue | star |
AT | AT 2017gfo | transient | general transient prefix |
ATLAS | ATLAS J025.6821-33.4627 | VLT Survey Telescope | ATLAS survey |
AXP | AXP 1E 1048-59 | anomalous X-ray pulsar | |
AzTEC | AzTEC-3 | rare designator prefixes | instrument |
AzV | AzV 232 | Catalog of Azzopardi & Vigneau | |
B | B270 | Barnard Catalog | |
B | B 1871 | rare designator prefixes | discoverer |
B | B B 2227-612 | rare designator prefixes | author |
B2 | B2 0902+34 | Bologna Survey of Radio Sources | 2nd catalog |
B3 | B3 0219+443 | Bologna Survey of Radio Sources | 3rd catalog |
BAL | BAL 746 | double star designation | discoverer(Baillaud) or Bail 746 |
BAR | BAR 61 | double star designation | discoverer(Barnard) or Ba 61 |
Barnard | Barnard 270 | Barnard Catalog | |
Bas | Bas 4 | Basel Open Cluster Catalogue | |
Basel | Basel 4 | Basel Open Cluster Catalogue | |
BAT99 | BAT99-98 | rare designator prefixes | authors' initials & year |
BAZ | BAZ 4 | double star designation | or Baize 4, discoverer |
BD | BD+36 2147 | Bonner Durchmusterung Catalog | |
BD | BD3 | dropout | general for "blue dropout" |
BDF | BDF-3299 | BDF | |
BDS | BDS 5341 A | Burnham Double Star Catalogue | |
BDS03 | BDS03 9 | rare designator prefixes | or "BDSB" or BDSB2003, authors, year |
Be | Be 79 | Berkeley Open Cluster Catalogue | |
Bennett | Bennett 4 | rare designator prefixes | author, or "Ben" |
Berkeley | Berkeley 79 | Berkeley Open Cluster Catalogue | |
Bernes | Bernes 157 | rare designator prefixes | author, or "Be" |
BFS | BFS 15 | rare designator prefixes | authors |
BI | BI 253 | rare designator prefixes | authors' initials |
Bica | Bica 6 | rare designator prefixes | discoverer |
Biurakan | Biurakan 11 | rare designator prefixes | stellar clusters, observatory |
BLG | BLG-390Lb | OGLE | shortened, BLG meaning "bulge" |
Bochum | Bochum 10 | rare designator prefixes | observatory, also "Bo" |
Bok | Bok I 421F | rare designator prefixes | author |
Bond | Bond 624 | rare designator prefixes | observer |
BPI | BPI 14 | rare designator prefixes | authors |
BPM | BPM 78873 A | Bruce Proper Motion Survey | |
BPM | BPM 976 | rare designator prefixes | "Bordeaux Proper Motion" |
BPMA | BPMA 1 | rare designator prefixes | "Bordeaux Proper Motion Annex" |
BPS | BPS CS 22898-0066 | rare designator prefixes | authors |
BR | BR1202-0725 LAE | rare designator prefixes | in UK Schmidt Survey B and R plates |
Bradley | Bradley 3077 | rare designator prefixes | astronomer |
Brey | Brey 82 | rare designator prefixes | author |
BRI | BRI 1202-0725 | rare designator prefixes | in UK Schmidt Survey B, R, and I plates |
BrsO | BrsO 14 | double star designation | Brisbane Observatory |
BRT | BRT 1204 | rare designator prefixes | discoverer |
BS | BS 7958 | Bright Star Catalog | for "bright star" |
BSC | BSC 7958 | Bright Star Catalog | for "bright star catalogue" |
BSO | BSO 14 | double star designation | Brisbane Observatory |
BSO | BSO 1 | rare designator prefixes | "blue stellar object" - early quasar detection |
Btz | Btz 1Aa | rare designator prefixes | discoverer |
BU | BU 962 | Burnham Double Star Catalogue | |
BUP | BUP 6 | rare designator prefixes | author, proper motion, or "βpm" |
Burnham | Burnham 962 | Burnham Double Star Catalogue | |
BV | BV 5-2 | rare designator prefixes | discoverer |
BVD | BVD 43 | rare designator prefixes | discoverer |
BWE | BWE 1957+4035 | Becker, White, and Edwards Catalog | |
BZ | BZB J0152+0147 | Roma-BZCAT | |
C | C77 | Caldwell Catalog | |
C* | C* 3207 | rare designator prefixes | carbon-star catalog |
Caldwell | Caldwell 77 | Caldwell Catalog | |
Camargo | Camargo 439 | rare designator prefixes | discoverer |
Camelopardalis | Camelopardalis B | rare designator prefixes | constellation name |
Carina | Carina Dwarf | rare designator prefixes | constellation name |
CARMA | CARMA-7 | Combined Array for Research in Millimeter-wave Astronomy | |
Cas | Cas 1 | rare designator prefixes | constellation abbreviation |
CB | CB 34 | rare designator prefixes | authors |
CBB | CBB 3 | rare designator prefixes | authors |
CCCP | CCCP-Cl 14 | rare designator prefixes | survey |
CCCS | CCCS 1174 | rare designator prefixes | cool carbon stars |
CCDM | CCDM J12337+4121AB | Catalog of Components of Double and Multiple Stars | |
CCS | CCS 1394 | rare designator prefixes | cool carbon stars |
CD | CD-36°15693 | Bonner Durchmusterung Catalog | Cordoba Durchmusterung |
CDFS | CDFS J033208.6-274649 | Chandra Deep Field South | |
CDM | CDM-45°1841 | Bonner Durchmusterung Catalog | Cordoba Durchmusterung |
Ced | Ced 112 | Cederblad Catalog | |
Cederblad | Cederblad 112 | Cederblad Catalog | |
CEL | CEL 1 | rare designator prefixes | instrument |
CfA | CfA 13 | CfA Redshift Survey | galaxy group |
CFBD | CFBD J0059-01 | CFBDS | abbreviated |
CFBDS | CFBDS J005910.90-011401.3 | CFBDS | |
CFBDSIR | CFBDSIR1458+1013 | CFBDS | infrared observation |
CFHQS | CFHQS J2329-0301 | Canada-France High-z Quasar Survey | |
CFHTLS | CFHTLS J141446.82+544631.9 | CFHTLS | |
CFRS | CFRS 03.1077 | Canada-France Redshift Survey | |
CFS | CFS 18398 | Astrographic Catalog | (or CF) Cape of Good Hope zone |
CG | CG 26 | Bok globule | cometary globule |
CGCG | CGCG 448-020 | Catalog of Galaxies and Clusters of Galaxies | |
CGCS | CGCS x | rare designator prefixes | cool galactic carbon stars |
CGO | CGO 439 | rare designator prefixes | galactic O stars |
CGSS | CGSS 184 | rare designator prefixes | S-type star, same as CSS |
CHE | CHE 45 | double star designation | discoverer(Chevalier) |
Chereul | Chereul 1 | rare designator prefixes | moving groups, author |
Christie | Christie's Leo Cluster | rare designator prefixes | for discoverer "William H. Christie" of Mount Wilson Observatory |
Chupina | Chupina 1 | rare designator prefixes | stellar clusters, author |
Ci | Ci 20 483 | rare designator prefixes | Cincinnati Obs. |
CID | CID-42 | Cosmic Evolution Survey | C-COSMOS |
CL | CL J1001+0220 | galaxy cluster | general prefix for clusters |
Cl | Cl Terzan 5 | globular cluster | general prefix for star cluster |
CLASS | CLASS B0901+697 | Cosmic Lens All-sky Survey | |
CLUST | CLUST 1 | rare designator prefixes | stellar clusters |
CMC | CMC 804951 | Carlsberg Meridian Catalogue | |
Cn | Cn 1-1 | rare designator prefixes | PN, discoverer |
CO | CO-0.40-0.22 | rare designator prefixes | molecular cloud |
CoD | CoD-36°7429 | Bonner Durchmusterung Catalog | Cordoba Durchmusterung |
Col | Col 2 | Collinder Catalog | |
Collinder | Collinder 2 | Collinder Catalog | |
COO | COO 70 | double star designation | Cordoba Observatory |
COROT | COROT-1b | COROT | |
COSMOS | COSMOS Redshift 7 | Cosmic Evolution Survey | |
COU | COU 79 | double star designation | discoverer(Couteau) |
CP | CP-54°1925 | Bonner Durchmusterung Catalog | Cape Photographic Durchmusterung |
CP | CP 1919 | rare designator prefixes | "Cambridge pulsar" |
CPD | CPD-57°2874 | Bonner Durchmusterung Catalog | Cape Photographic Durchmusterung |
CPO | CPO 7 | rare designator prefixes | or "CapO", observatory |
Cr | Cr 2 | Collinder Catalog | |
CRL | CRL | rare designator prefixes | institution |
CSI | CSI-12-17112 | Catalog of Stellar Identifications | |
CSS | CSS100217 | Catalina Sky Survey | |
CSS | CSS 184 | rare designator prefixes | S-type stars |
CSV | CSV 6182 | New Catalogue of Suspected Variable Stars | 1951 predecessor |
CTA | CTA-102 | rare designator prefixes | Caltech Radio Source list A |
CTB | CTB 22 | rare designator prefixes | Caltech Radio source list B |
CTIO | CTIO-6 | Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory | |
CXC | CXCGC J174512.0-285754 | Chandra X-ray Observatory | |
CXO | CXO CDFS J033225.3-274219 | Chandra X-ray Observatory | |
CXOU | CXOU J132527.6-430023 | Chandra X-ray Observatory | "unregistered" |
Cz | Cz 29 | Czernik Catalog | |
Czernik | Czernik 29 | Czernik Catalog | |
D | D3-13 | CFHTLS | D3 for "Deep Field 3" |
D | D 413 | rare designator prefixes | discoverer |
D² | D²-1 | DEEP2 | |
DA | DA 500 | Dominion Observatory 1420 MHz Source Catalog | |
Danks | Danks 2 | rare designator prefixes | author |
DASCH | DASCH_J123349.2-113822 | DASCH | |
DAW | DAW 35 | double star designation | discoverer(Dawson) |
Dawes | Dawes 6 | double star designation | discoverer |
DB | DB 117 | Dominion Observatory 10.03 MHz Source Catalog | |
DB | DB2001 36 | rare designator prefixes | authors, open clusters |
DC | DC 287.1+02.4 | dark nebula | general prefix |
DCld | DCld DCld 300.2-16.9 | dark nebula | general prefix |
DDO | DDO 98 | David Dunlap Observatory Catalog | |
DEEP-GSS | DEEP-GSS 312-1668 | DEEP2 | DEEP Goth Strip Survey |
DeHt | DeHt 5 | rare designator prefixes | or "DHW", authors, PNe |
DEN | 0255-4700 | DENIS | abbreviated |
DENIS | DENIS J1013-7842 | DENIS | |
DENIS-P | DENIS-P J1058.7-1548 | DENIS | provisory designation |
DES | DES J0211-0646 | Dark Energy Survey | |
Dias | Dias 6 | rare designator prefixes | author, open clusters |
Djorg | Djorg 3 | rare designator prefixes | author, globular clusters |
Dju | Dju 9 | double star designation | discoverer(Djurkovic) |
DLS | DLSCL J0916.2+2951 | Deep Lens Survey | clusters |
DM | DM-45 1841 | Bonner Durchmusterung Catalog | Cordoba Durchmusterung |
DM99 | DM99 10 | rare designator prefixes | authors |
DO | DO 20 | rare designator prefixes | Dearborn Observatory |
Do | Do 41 | rare designator prefixes | or "Dolidze", author, open clusters |
DoDz | DoDz 7 | Dolidze-Dzimselejsvili Catalogue | |
Don | Don 520 | double star designation | discoverer(Donner) |
Doo | Doo 35 | double star designation | discoverer(Doolittle) |
Dorpat | Dorpat 502 | Struve Catalogs | observatory |
DR | DR 21 | rare designator prefixes | authors, microwave sources |
Dreyer | Dreyer Nebula 584 | New General Catalogue | |
DUN | DUN 38 | Dunlop Double Star Catalogue | or Dun |
Dunlop | Dunlop 38 | Dunlop Double Star Catalogue | |
DWB | DWB 111 | Dickel-Wendker-Bieritz Catalog | |
Dwingeloo | Dwingeloo 1 | Dwingeloo Obscured Galaxy Survey | |
E | E253-G3 | ESO/Uppsala Survey of the ESO (B) Atlas | abbreviated |
E | E 3 | ESO/Uppsala Survey of the ESO (B) Atlas | globular clusters |
EBLM | EBLM J0555-57Ab | rare designator prefixes | project acronym |
EC | EC 03089-6421 | Palomar-Green Survey | southern hemisphere |
EDG | EDG 2 | double star designation | discoverer(D.W. Edgecomb) |
EGB | EGB 6 | rare designator prefixes | authors, PNe |
EGG | EGG 30 | rare designator prefixes | author |
EGGR | EGGR 131 | rare designator prefixes | authors |
EGM | EGM 100 | rare designator prefixes | author |
EGS | EGS-zs8-1 | Extended Groth Strip | |
ELHC | ELHC 10 | EROS | "EROS LMC HAeBe Candidate" |
Elias | Elias 2-27 | rare designator prefixes | three papers by Elias |
ENG | ENG 11 | double star designation | discoverer(Engelmann) |
EPIC | EPIC 201367065 | K2 | input catalog |
EROS | EROS 1044 | EROS | |
Es-Birm | Es-Birm 120 | rare designator prefixes | authors |
Escorial | Escorial 31 | rare designator prefixes | town, open clusters |
ESO | ESO 97-G13 | ESO/Uppsala Survey of the ESO (B) Atlas | |
Esp | Esp 42 | double star designation | discoverer(Espin) |
EUVE | EUVE J2359-30.6 | Extreme Ultraviolet Explorer | |
EVCC | EVCC 2248 | Virgo Cluster Catalog | extended VCC |
EXO | EXO 0706.1+5913 | EXOSAT | slew survey |
Fairall | Fairall 9 | Fairall Galaxy List | |
FAUST | FAUST 3725 | FAUST | |
FCC | FCC 35 | rare designator prefixes | Fornax cluster catalog |
Fermi | Fermi J0109+6134 | Fermi | |
Ferrero | Ferrero 27 | rare designator prefixes | discoverer, asterisms |
Fg | Fg 3 | rare designator prefixes | or "Fleming", author, PNe |
FIGS | FIGS GN1 1292 | Faint Infrared Grism Survey | |
FIN | FIN 332 | double star designation | or Finsen 332, discoverer |
FIRST | FIRST J102347.6+003841 | FIRST | |
FK4 | FK4 309 | Catalogues of Fundamental Stars | fourth catalog |
FK5 | FK5 568 | Catalogues of Fundamental Stars | fifth catalog |
FM | FM1 | rare designator prefixes | discoverer's/author's initials |
FOX | FOX 134 | rare designator prefixes | discoverer |
FR | Fr 1 | rare designator prefixes | discoverer, open clusters |
FRB | FRB 121102 | fast radio burst | |
FRK | FRK 11 | double star designation | discoverer(Franks) |
Frl | Frl 9 | Fairall Galaxy List | or other abbreviation |
FS | FS 34 | rare designator prefixes | "faint standard" |
FSC | FSC 10214+4724 | IRAS | Faint Source Catalog |
FSR | FSR 1758 | rare designator prefixes | authors |
Furuhjelm | Furuhjelm I 285 | rare designator prefixes | aka FI-285, author |
G | G239-25 | Lowell Proper Motion Survey | |
G | G0.238-0.071 | rare designator prefixes | maybe for "galactic coordinates" |
Gaia | Gaia 1 | Gaia | star cluster |
GAL | GAL 307 | double star designation | or Gallo 307, discoverer |
GALEX ASC | GALEX ASC J011136.63+225357.5 | Galaxy Evolution Explorer | or GALEXASC, "all sky catalog" |
GAMA | GAMA J141103.98-003242.3 | GAMA | |
GASS | GASS 3505 | GALEX Arecibo SDSS Survey | |
GAT | GAT 1373 | rare designator prefixes | author |
GB6 | GB6 J0019+732 | Green Bank 6-cm Radio Source Catalog | |
GBS | GBS 0525-66 | gamma-ray burst | or GRB, "gamma burst source" |
GC | GC 7451 | Boss General Catalog | |
GC | GC 138 | New General Catalogue | "General Catalogue" |
GCGSS | GCGSS 184 | rare designator prefixes | S-type star, same as CSS |
GCIRS | GCIRS 13E | rare designator prefixes | "Galactic Center IR Source" |
GCRV | GCRV 1526 | General Catalogue of Stellar Radial Velocities | |
GCTP | GCTP 3242.00 | General Catalogue of Trigonometric Parallaxes | |
GD | GD 356 | Lowell Proper Motion Survey | Giclas dwarf |
GH | GH 7-21 | rare designator prefixes | author, cluster |
GIC | GIC 57 | double star designation | discoverer(Giclas) |
Giclas | Giclas 9-38 B | Lowell Proper Motion Survey | |
Ginga | Ginga 2000+25 | Ginga | |
GJ | GJ 1132 b | Gliese-Jahreiss Catalog | |
Gl | Gl 1132 b | Gliese Catalogue of Nearby Stars | abbreviated |
GLE | GLE 2 | double star designation | discoverer(Gale) |
Gliese | Gliese 1132 b | Gliese Catalogue of Nearby Stars | |
GLIMPSE | GLIMPSE C01 | Spitzer Space Telescope | GLIMPSE survey |
GLP | GLP 9 | double star designation | discoverer(Glasenapp) |
GM | GM 2-39 | rare designator prefixes | authors, PNe |
Gmb | Gmb 3689 | Catalog of Circumpolar Stars | |
GMRT | GMRTLH J105432.8+584720 | Giant Metrewave Radio Telescope | |
GN | GN 00.33.9 | Atlas of Galactic Nebulae | |
GN | GN-z10-1 | GOODS | GOODS-North |
GNS | GNS-JD2 | GOODS NICMOS Survey | |
GNT | GNT 1 | double star designation | discoverer(Grant) |
GR | GR 31 | rare designator prefixes | cataloger, red dwarf |
GR | GR 8 | rare designator prefixes | discoverer's/author's initials |
GR* | GR* 221 | Lowell Proper Motion Survey | red star |
GRB | GRB 170817A | gamma-ray burst | general GRB prefix |
GRO | GRO J1655-40 | Compton Gamma Ray Observatory | |
Groombridge | Groombridge 1618 | Catalog of Circumpolar Stars | |
GRS | GRS 1124-683 | GRANAT | |
GRW | GRW +70 8247 | Astrographic Catalog | Greenwich zone |
GS | GS 2000+25 | Ginga | for "Ginga satellite" |
GS | GS 4 | GOODS | GOODS-South |
GSC | GSC 03549-02811 | Guide Star Catalog | |
GSH | GSH 1 | double star designation | discoverer(Glaisher) |
GSPC | GSPC S840-F1 | Guide Star Catalog | photometric catalog |
GSS | GSS 073_1810 | Extended Groth Strip | Groth Strip Survey |
Gum | Gum 4 | rare designator prefixes | discoverer, emission nebula |
GW | GW170817 | GW detection | |
GX | GX 339-4 | X-ray source | general for "galactic X-ray source" |
GYL | GYL 73 | double star designation | discoverer(Goyal) |
H | H 2356-309 | HEAO-1 | various surveys on various instruments |
H | H V 79 | Herschel Double Star Catalog | |
h | h 3750 | Herschel Double Star Catalog | John Herschel, old designator |
H | H4043 | High Energy Transient Explorer | mission's ID |
Haffner | Haffner 18 | rare designator prefixes | discoverer, open clusters |
Haro | Haro 29 | rare designator prefixes | author |
Harvard | Harvard 20 | rare designator prefixes | observatory, open clusters |
HAT | HAT-P-9b | HATNet | |
HaTr | HaTr 4 | rare designator prefixes | authors, PNe |
HATS | HATS-2b | HATNet | HAT-South |
HB | HB 2124-4228 | rare designator prefixes | authors |
Hb | Hb 12 | rare designator prefixes | author |
HB87 | HB87 1602-576 | Hewitt & Burbidge Catalog | |
HB89 | HB89 2343+125 BX442 | Hewitt & Burbidge Catalog | 1987 addition |
HB93 | HB93 1429-008 | Hewitt & Burbidge Catalog | 1993 addition |
HBK | HBK 0-1 | HBK | |
HBV | HBV 475 | rare designator prefixes | observatory, variable |
HCG | HCG 92 | rare designator prefixes | author, compact groups |
HD | HD 133131 | Henry Draper Catalog | |
HDE | HDE 326823 | Henry Draper Catalog | "E" is redundant |
HDF | HDF 850.1 | Hubble Deep Field | |
HDO | HDO 127 | double star designation | Harvard College Observatory |
HDW | HDW 13 | rare designator prefixes | authors, PNe |
HE | HE0230-4323 | Hamburg/ESO Survey | |
He | He 2-138 | rare designator prefixes | or "Hen", discoverer, PNe or emission line stars |
HEI | HEI 812 | double star designation | discoverer(Heintz) |
Herz | Herz 10688 | Herz catalog | |
HESS | HESS J1731-347 | High Energy Stereoscopic System | |
Hf | Hf 69 | rare designator prefixes | discoverer, PNe |
HFLS | HFLS3 | rare designator prefixes | Herschel FLS field |
HG | HG 121102 | fast radio burst | host galaxy of the FRB |
HG | HG 7-206 | Lowell Proper Motion Survey | Giclas (author), Hyades Cluster |
HH | HH 36 | Herbig-Haro object | generic designator |
HIC | HIC 59206 | Hipparcos | input catalog |
HIP | HIP 45982 b | Hipparcos | |
HIPASS | HIPASS J0731-69 | HIPASS | |
HIZOA | HIZOA J0836-43 | Parkes HI Zone of Avoidance Survey | |
HIZSS | HIZSS 003 | Parkes HI Zone of Avoidance Survey | "shallow survey" |
HJ | HJ 342 | Herschel Double Star Catalog | John Herschel |
HLD | HLD 250 | double star designation | discoverer(E.S. Holden) |
HLM | HLM 19 | double star designation | discoverer(Holmes) |
HLN | HLN 18 | double star designation | discoverer(Frank Holden) |
HLX | HLX-1 | rare designator prefixes | "hyperluminous X-ray source" |
HN | HN 40 | Herschel Double Star Catalog | or "H N 40", W. Herschel 1821 catalog |
Ho | Ho 229 | double star designation | discoverer(G.W. Hough) |
Ho | Ho 14 | rare designator prefixes | or "Hogg 14", open clusters |
Holmberg | Holmberg II | rare designator prefixes | discoverer |
HR | HR 8799 | Bright Star Catalog | normal/preferred |
Hrg | Hrg 107 | double star designation | discoverer(Hargrave) |
HS | HS 1946+7658 | Hamburg Schmidt Survey | |
HSH | HSH95 31 | rare designator prefixes | authors' initials |
HST | HST14176+5226 | Hubble Space Telescope | |
Hu | Hu 667 | double star designation | discoverer(Hussey) |
Hu | Hu 1-2 | rare designator prefixes | discoverer, PNe |
HUDF | HUDF-JD2 | Hubble Ultra-Deep Field | |
HV | HV 2112 | rare designator prefixes | "Harvard Variable" star catalog |
HVS | HVS 2 | hypervelocity star | |
HWE | HWE 13 | double star designation | discoverer(H.A. Howe) |
Hynek | Hynek 1 | double star designation | author |
HZ | HZ 9 | rare designator prefixes | discoverers' initials |
HZG | HZG 2 | double star designation | discoverer(Hertzsprung) |
I | I 7 | double star designation | discoverer(Innes) |
IC | IC 342 | Index Catalog | |
IDS | IDS 05200+2831 A | Washington Double Star Catalog | Index Catalog of Double Stars |
IGR | IGR J00158+5605 | INTEGRAL | |
IPHAS | IPHAS J214625.99+572829.0 | IPHAS | |
iPTF | iPTF14hls | Palomar Transient Factory | Intermediate Palomar Transient Factory |
IRAS | IRAS 16399-0937 | IRAS | |
IRC | IRC -10414 | Two Micron Sky Survey | |
ISG | ISG 39 | rare designator prefixes | authors' initials and G for galaxy |
ISO | ISO 217 | Infrared Space Observatory | |
ISOHDFS | ISOHDFS 27 | Hubble Deep Field South | "Infrared Source Observation" |
IsWe | IsWe 2 | rare designator prefixes | discoverers, PNe |
Ivanov | Ivanov 7 | rare designator prefixes | author, open clusters |
J | J 900 | double star designation | discoverer(Jonckhèere) |
Jacoby | Jacoby LMC 34 | rare designator prefixes | author, PNe |
JaFu | JaFu 2 | rare designator prefixes | discoverers, PNe |
JC | JC 2 | double star designation | discoverer(Jacob) |
JEF | JEF 1 | double star designation | discoverer(Jeffers) |
JOY | JOY 1 | double star designation | discoverer(Joy) |
JSP | JSP 561 | double star designation | discoverer(Jessup) |
Juchert | Juchert 9 | rare designator prefixes | discoverer, open clusters |
JW | JW 566 | rare designator prefixes | authors |
K | K5 | King Catalog | |
K | K 13 | rare designator prefixes | or Kg or King(discoverer), open clusters |
K | K 4-55 | rare designator prefixes | discoverer, PNe |
K2 | K2-3b | K2 | |
Karhula | Karhula 11 | rare designator prefixes | discoverer, open clusters |
KAT | KAT7HI J103151-345117 | MeerKAT | KAT-7 |
KDG | KDG 52 | rare designator prefixes | author's initial and DG for "dwarf galaxy" |
KELT | KELT-10 | KELT | |
Kelu | Kelu-1 | rare designator prefixes | name |
Kepler | Kepler-186f | Kepler Telescope | confirmed planet |
Kesteven | Kesteven 79 | rare designator prefixes | or "Kes", galactic radio sources |
KFL | KFL 19 | rare designator prefixes | or "KnFs", authors, PNe |
KH | KH 24D | rare designator prefixes | authors' initials |
Kharchenko | Kharchenko 2 | rare designator prefixes | discoverer, open clusters |
KIC | KIC 8462852 | Kepler Telescope | input catalog |
King | King 5 | King Catalog | |
King | King 13 | rare designator prefixes | discoverer, open clusters |
KjPn | KjPn 8 | rare designator prefixes | authors, PNe |
KKH | KKH 060 | rare designator prefixes | authors' initials |
KKR | KKR 25 | rare designator prefixes | authors' initials |
Klemola | Klemola 44 | rare designator prefixes | or "Klem", galaxy clusters |
KNT | KNT 4 | double star designation | or Kn or Knott(discoverer) |
KOI | KOI-571.05 | Kepler Telescope | Kepler object of interest |
Koposov | Koposov 2 | rare designator prefixes | discoverer, globular clusters |
KPD | KPD 1930+2752 | rare designator prefixes | Kitt Peak & author initial |
KR | KR 60 | double star designation | or Kruger(Krüger, discoverer) |
Kron | Kron 3 | rare designator prefixes | author, globular clusters |
Kronberger | Kronberger 61 | rare designator prefixes | discoverer, stellar clusters |
Kruger | Kruger 60 | rare designator prefixes | (or Kr) discoverer |
KU | KU 3 | double star designation | discoverer(Kustner) |
KUG | KUG 1210+301B | Kiso Survey of Ultraviolet Excess Galaxies | |
KUG | KUG 1259+280 | rare designator prefixes | telescope UV galaxies |
KUI | KUI 75 | double star designation | or KPR, author(Kuiper) |
KUV | KUV 410-4 | rare designator prefixes | Kondo (author) or Kiso (observatory), UV excess |
L | L 15 | double star designation | discoverer(Lewis) |
L | L 143-23 | rare designator prefixes | 1940s Luyten surveys |
Lac | Lac 9352 | Lacaille Star Catalog | |
Lacaille | Lacaille 9352 | Lacaille Star Catalog | |
LAE | LAE J095950.99+021219.1 | Lyman-alpha emitter | general prefix for LAEs |
Laevens | Laevens 2 | rare designator prefixes | discoverer |
LAL | LAL 21185 | rare designator prefixes | or "Lal", for "Lalande" |
Lalande | Lalande 21185 | rare designator prefixes | author |
LAM | LAM 5 | double star designation | discoverer(Lamont) |
LAMOST | LAMOST J12280490-014825.7 | LAMOST | |
Latysev | Latysev 2 | rare designator prefixes | discoverer(moving group) |
LAU | LAU 1 | double star designation | discoverer |
LAWD | LAWD 13 | rare designator prefixes | Luyten (author), white dwarf |
LB | LB 1479 | rare designator prefixes | Luyten "blue" |
LBG | LBG J213512.73-010143 | Lyman-break galaxy | general prefix for LBGs |
LBN | LBN 1976 | Lynds Catalogue of Bright Nebulae | |
LBQS | LBQS 1429-008 | Large Bright QSO Survey | |
LBV | LBV 1806-20 | luminous blue variable | possibly the only use as a prefix |
LCL | LCL 120 AB | Lacaille Star Catalog | Washington Double Star Catalog code |
LCRS | LCRS B035620.1-420206 | Las Campanas Redshift Survey | |
LDN | LDN 1689 | Lynds Catalog of Dark Nebulae | |
LDS | LDS 131 A | Luyten Double Star Survey | |
Le Gentil | Le Gentil 2 | rare designator prefixes | nebulae |
LEDA | LEDA 42102 | Principal Galaxies Catalog | precursor to PGC |
LEHPM | LEHPM 1902 | rare designator prefixes | Liverpool-Edinburgh high PM |
LEO | LEO 34 | double star designation | or Leon(discoverer) |
LESS | LESS J033136.0-275439 | LABOCA Extended Chandra Deep Field-South Submillimetre Survey | |
LFT | LFT 833 | Luyten Half-second Catalog | 1955 version |
LGG | LGG 384 | rare designator prefixes | observatory, galaxy group |
LGS | LGS 3 | rare designator prefixes | "Local Group, Suspected" |
LH | LH 10 | rare designator prefixes | OB association, authors |
LH | LH 10-3209 | rare designator prefixes | star within LH association |
LHA | LHA 120-N 119 | rare designator prefixes | observatory, Hα emission nebulae |
LHO | LHO 110 | rare designator prefixes | authors |
LHS | LHS 1140 | Luyten Half-second Catalog | |
LID | LID 607005 | LAMOST | ID number |
LINEAR | LINEAR 10 | LINEAR | |
LkCl | LkCl-15 | Lick Observatory Calcium Line Survey | |
LMC AB | LMC AB 12 | rare designator prefixes | LMC & authors' initials |
Lo | Lo 4 | rare designator prefixes | or Longmore(author) PNe |
Lo | Lo 807 | rare designator prefixes | or Loden(author) |
LoTr | LoTr 5 | rare designator prefixes | authors, PNe |
LP | LP 731-58 | Luyten Palomar Survey | |
LPM | LPM 101 | Bruce Proper Motion Survey | 1941 list |
LPO | LPO 25 | double star designation | observatory |
LQG | LQG 1 | large quasar group | general term |
LS | LS IV-14 116 | Case-Hamburg Survey | |
LSE | LSE 239 | Case-Hamburg Survey | extension |
LSPM | LSPM J0207+333 | Lépine Shara Proper Motion catalog | |
LSQ | LSQ14bdq | LaSilla-QUEST Variability Survey | |
LSR | LSR J0822+1700 | rare designator prefixes | authors' initials |
LSS | LSS 4067 | Case-Hamburg Survey | southern Milky Way |
LTT | LTT 17897 | Luyten Two-Tenths Arcsecond Catalog | |
Luhman | Luhman 16 | rare designator prefixes | (or LUH) discoverer |
Lupus | Lupus-TR-3b | Lupus Transit Survey | |
LUY | LUY 6219 | double star designation | discoverer |
Ly | Ly | rare designator prefixes | (or Lynga) discoverer,stellar clusters |
M | M87 | Messier Catalog | |
M | M85-HCC1 | Messier Catalog | galaxy near M85 |
M | M1-92 | rare designator prefixes | discoverer,PNe |
M33 | m33-013406.63 | Triangulum Galaxy | M33 star |
M82 | M82 X-1 | M82 | X-ray source |
MACHO | MACHO-LMC-4 | MACHO Project | |
MACS | MACS J0025.4-1222 | Massive Cluster Survey | |
MACS | MACS J0057-734 10 | Magellanic Catalogue of Stars | |
Maffei | Maffei 1 | rare designator prefixes | author name |
Malin | Malin 1 | rare designator prefixes | discoverer |
Mamajek | Mamajek 3 | rare designator prefixes | discoverer |
Mark | Mark 335 | Markarian galaxy | |
Markarian | Markarian 335 | Markarian galaxy | |
Markarian | Markarian 6 | rare designator prefixes | stellar clusters, author |
MASCARA | MASCARA-1b | MASCARA | |
MAXI | MAXI J0556-332 | MAXI | |
Mayall | Mayall II | rare designator prefixes | used in 1953 paper |
Mayer | Mayer 2 | rare designator prefixes | discoverer |
MB | MB 3 | rare designator prefixes | authors' initials |
MCC | MCC 481 | rare designator prefixes | observatory |
MCG | MCG +8-11-11 | Morphological Catalogue of Galaxies | |
MCW | MCW 1179 | rare designator prefixes | authors |
MDS | MDS uem0-043 | Medium Deep Survey | |
Me | Me 2-1 | rare designator prefixes | discoverer,PNe |
Mel | Mel 25 | Melotte Catalog | |
Melnick | Melnick 42 | rare designator prefixes | author |
Melotte | Melotte 25 | Melotte Catalog | |
MENeaCS | MENeaCS Abell2033-5-19-0 | Multi-Epoch Nearby Cluster Survey | |
Mercer | Mercer 81 | rare designator prefixes | author, stellar clusters |
MGC | MGC 27301 | Millennium Galaxy Catalogue | |
MGC | MGC1 | rare designator prefixes | for "Martin Globular Cluster", Nicolas Martin, primary author |
MGRO | MGRO J1908+06 | Milagro | |
MIL | MIL 1 | double star designation | discoverer |
Mills | Mills 19+4 | Badgerys Creek Interferometer 101MHz Survey | |
Mkn | Mkn 335 | Markarian galaxy | |
MLB | MLB 1 | double star designation | discoverer |
MlbO | MlbO 4 | double star designation | Melbourne Obs. discovery |
MLF | MLF 2 | double star designation | discoverer |
MLO | MLO 4 | double star designation | Melbourne Obs. discovery |
MLR | MLR 391 | double star designation | discoverer |
MOA | MOA-2007-BLG-192Lb | MOA | |
MP | MP J0000-3556 | USS Sources | data from MRC and PMN |
MR | MR 2251-178 | rare designator prefixes | maybe for MIT Ricker? |
MR | MR 93 | rare designator prefixes | or "Roberts 93", Wolf-Rayet stars |
Mrk | Mrk 335 | Markarian galaxy | |
MSH | MSH 05-22 | MSH Catalog | |
MSX | MSX 6C G160.2784-18.4216 | Midcourse Space Experiment | |
MTL | MTL 2CD | double star designation | discoverer |
MUNICS | MUNICS S7F5 254 | Munich Near-Infrared Cluster Survey | |
MWC | MWC 349 | rare designator prefixes | "Mount Wilson Catalog" |
MXB | MXB 1658-298 | MIT X-ray Burst Source Catalog | |
Mz | Mz 3 | rare designator prefixes | author |
N | N 164 | rare designator prefixes | abbreviated from LHA 120-N 64 |
N30 | N30 2 | N30 Catalog | |
Na | Na 2 | rare designator prefixes | author |
NDWFS | NDWFS J1426+3531 | NOAO Deep Wide-field Survey | |
NeVe | NeVe 3-4 | rare designator prefixes | authors |
New | New 1 | Shapley-Ames Catalog | new in updated catalog |
NG | NG 0522-2518 017220 | NGTS | |
NGC | NGC 253 | New General Catalogue | |
NGC | NGC 3603-A1a | New General Catalogue | star within cluster NGC 3603 |
NGTS | NGTS-1b | NGTS | |
NLTT | NLTT 6655 | Luyten Two-Tenths Arcsecond Catalog | later replacement |
NML | NML Cygni | rare designator prefixes | authors |
NOMAD1 | NOMAD1 1243-0140899 | NOMAD | |
NRAO | NRAO 620 | NRAO Catalog | |
NSV | NSV 11288 | New Catalogue of Suspected Variable Stars | |
NuSTAR | NuSTAR J100259+0220.5 | NuSTAR | |
NVSS | NVSS J093731-102001a | NRAO VLA Sky Survey | |
NZO | NZO 52 | double star designation | observatory |
O | OA 084 | Ohio Radio Survey | prefix "OHIO" later adopted |
OΣ | OΣ123 | Struve Catalogs | younger Struve |
OΣΣ | OΣ123 | Struve Catalogs | younger Struve appendix |
OAO | OAO 1653-40 | Orbiting Astronomical Observatory | |
Ocl | Ocl-89 | rare designator prefixes | open cluster |
OGLE | OGLE-2005-BLG-390Lb | OGLE | |
OHIO | OHIO A 084 | Ohio Radio Survey | |
OL | OL 244 | double star designation | discoverer |
OMC | OMC-1 | Orion Molecular Cloud Complex | for "Orion Molecular Cloud" |
Oo | Oo 2311 | rare designator prefixes | author |
OPI | OPI 2 | double star designation | discoverer |
OTS | OTS 44 | rare designator prefixes | authors |
P | P871 | rare designator prefixes | author initial |
P-L | 6344 P-L | Palomar-Leiden Survey | |
PA | PA-00-S3 | POINT-AGAPE | |
Pal | Pal 15 | Palomar Globular Clusters | or "Cl Pal 15" |
Palomar | Palomar 15 | Palomar Globular Clusters | or "Cl Palomar 15" |
PAndAS | PAndAS-8 | PAndAS | |
Par | Par 21 | Parsamian Nebula Catalog | |
Parsamian | Parsamian 21 | Parsamian Nebula Catalog | |
PB | PB 10 | rare designator prefixes | authors |
PC | PC 1247+3406 | Palomar Four-filter Survey | |
PC | PC 22 | rare designator prefixes | authors |
PDS | PDS 456 | Pico dos Dias Survey | |
Pe | Pe 1-4 | rare designator prefixes | author |
PG | PG 0052+251 | Palomar-Green Survey | |
PGC | PGC 63287 | Principal Galaxies Catalog | |
PH | PH1 | Planet Hunters | aka PH1b |
PHL | PHL 293B | Palomar-Haro-Luyten Catalog | |
PHR | PHR J1510-6754 | MASH Catalog of Planetary Nebulae | for discoverers |
Pis | Pis 20 | rare designator prefixes | or Pi or Pismis(discoverer) |
PK | PK 63+13.1 | Catalogue of Galactic Planetary Nebulae | |
PKS | PKS 0130-17 | Parkes Catalog | |
Platais | Platais 1 | rare designator prefixes | author |
PLQ | PLQ 3 | double star designation | or Paloque(discoverer) |
PLX | PLX 695 | General Catalog of Trigonometric Parallaxes | |
PM | PM 1-173 | rare designator prefixes | author |
PMC | PMC 90-93 957 | Tokyo Photoelectric Meridian Circle | catalog |
PMN | PMN J0006-0623 | Parkes-MIT-NRAO Surveys | |
PN | PN G315.4-08.4 | planetary nebula | general planetary nebula prefix |
PNG | PNG 215.5-30.8 | Strasbourg-ESO Catalog of Galactic Planetary Nebulae | for "Planetary Nebulae Galactic" |
POINT-AGAPE | POINT-AGAPE-S3 | POINT-AGAPE | |
POL | POL 4 | double star designation | discoverer |
POTS | POTS-1b | Pre-OmegaTranS | |
POU | POU 1931 | double star designation | discoverer |
PPM | PPM 164850 | PPM Star Catalogue | |
PQ | PQOT015849-022627 | Palomar 48 Inch Telescope | Palomar-Quest Survey |
Pr | Pr0201 | rare designator prefixes | for open cluster Praesepe |
PRC | PRC D-51 | Polar-ring Catalog | |
PRY | PRY 3 | double star designation | discoverer |
PRZ | PRZ 3 | double star designation | discoverer |
PS | PS 130 | rare designator prefixes | authors |
PS1 | PS1-10jh | Pan-STARRS | PS1-discovered transients |
PSC | PSC 09104+4109 | IRAS | Point Source Catalog |
PSO | PSO J246.4222+15.4698 | Pan-STARRS | |
PSR | PSR 1257+12 | pulsar | "PSR" used for any pulsar irrespective of catalog |
PTF | PTF09dah | Palomar Transient Factory | |
PTFO | PTFO 8-8695 | Palomar Transient Factory | Orion project |
PTT | PTT 19 | double star designation | discoverer |
PZ | PZ 4 | double star designation | discoverer |
Q | Q0051-279 | rare designator prefixes | for "quasar", referencing single survey |
Qatar | Qatar-4b | Qatar Exoplanet Survey | |
QQ | QQ2345+007 | rare designator prefixes | double quasar |
QQQ | QQQ J1432-0106 | rare designator prefixes | triple quasar |
QSO | QSO B1957+405 | quasar | general prefix |
QSR | QSR J1819+3845 | quasar | general for "radio-loud quasar" |
Quasar | Quasar J192748.6+735802 | quasar | general prefix |
R | R 230 | double star designation | discoverer |
R | R136 | Radcliffe Observatory Magellanic Clouds Catalogue | abbreviated |
Raab | Raab 19 | rare designator prefixes | author |
RAFGL | RAFGL 5081 | AFGL Four Color Infrared Sky Survey | 1980s enlarged revision |
RBS | RBS 78 | Rosat Bright Survey | |
RCW | RCW 36 | rare designator prefixes | authors |
RD | RD1 | dropout | general for "red dropout" |
RDCS | RDCS 1252.-2927 | ROSAT | Deep Cluster survey |
RE | RE J0317-853 | ROSAT | ROSAT EUV |
Renson | Renson 570 | rare designator prefixes | "General catalogue of Ap and Am Stars" |
Reticulum | Reticulum II Dwarf | rare designator prefixes | constellation name |
RGB | RGB J0152+017 | RASS/Green Bank Catalog | |
RGZ | RGZ J103435.8+251817 | Radio Galaxy Zoo | |
RHS | RHS 03 | Rosat Hard Survey | |
Riddle | Riddle 4 | rare designator prefixes | open clusters |
RMC | RMC 136 | Radcliffe Observatory Magellanic Clouds Catalogue | |
RMK | RMK 13 | double star designation | discoverer |
Ro | Ro 4 | rare designator prefixes | or Roslund, open clusters |
Rob | Rob 270 | rare designator prefixes | author |
ROE | ROE 47 | double star designation | discoverer |
Ross | Ross 154 | Frank Ross's Catalog | |
ROTSE | ROTSE3 J222115.63+403454.8 | ROTSE | |
ROX | ROXs 12b | Rho Ophiuchi Cloud Complex | |
RRAT | RRAT J1819-1458 | rotating radio transient | |
RSGC | RSGC1 | red supergiant cluster | |
RSGCn | RSGC1-F02 | red supergiant cluster | member of RSGC1 |
RST | RST 1154 | Catalogue of Southern Double Stars | |
Ru | Ru 7 | rare designator prefixes | or "Ruprecht 7", open clusters |
RX | RX J0720.4-3125 | ROSAT | ROSAT observation |
RXC | RXC J0516.6-5430 | ROSAT | galaxy cluster |
S | S 451 | double star designation | or "South 451", discoverer |
S5 | S5 0014+813 | Strong Source Surveys | |
Sa | Sa 1-5 | rare designator prefixes | or "PN Sa 1-5" |
Sa | Sa 156 | rare designator prefixes | or "Sandqvist 156", dark nebulae |
SACS | SACS 178 | rare designator prefixes | stars |
SAGE | SAGE1CJ053634.78-722658.5 | SAGE | |
SAND | SAND364 | rare designator prefixes | short for "NGC 2682 Sand 364" |
SAO | SAO 75144 | SAO Star Catalog | |
Saurer | Saurer 1 | rare designator prefixes | open clusters |
SaWe | SaWe 4 | rare designator prefixes | PNe |
SAX | SAX J1750.8-2900 | BeppoSAX | |
SB | SB-WF 3572-1508 | rare designator prefixes | Hubble Deep Field South SB field |
SBS | SBS 0335-052 | Second Byurakan Survey | |
Schoenberg | Schoenberg 205/6 | rare designator prefixes | dark nebulae |
SCJ | SCJ 7 | double star designation | discoverer |
SCM | SCM 192 | rare designator prefixes | PNe |
SCP | SCP 06F6 | Supernova Cosmology Project | |
SCR | SCR J1546-5534 | SuperCOSMOS Sky Survey | SuperCOSMOS-RECONS nearby star |
SDF | SDF J132418.3+271455 | Subaru Deep Field | |
SDSS | SDSS 1346-0031 | Sloan Digital Sky Survey | |
SDSSp | SDSSp J104433.04-012502.2 | Sloan Digital Sky Survey | "provisory" |
SEE | SEE 53 | double star designation | or λl, discoverer(See) |
Segue | Segue 2 | Sloan Digital Sky Survey | SEGUE discovery |
SEI | SEI 1007 | double star designation | discoverer |
Sextans | Sextans Dwarf Sph | rare designator prefixes | constellation name |
SGR | SGR 0418+5729 | soft gamma repeater | general for "SGRs" |
Sh1 | Sh1-89 | Sharpless Catalog | 1st catalog |
Sh2 | Sh2-106 | Sharpless Catalog | or "Sharpless 106" or "Sh 106" |
SHB | SHB 1 | double star designation | discoverer |
Sher | Sher 25 | rare designator prefixes | or "Sh 25", author |
SHJ | SHJ 44 | Herschel Double Star Catalog | John Herschel/James South |
Shk | Shk 4 | rare designator prefixes | author |
Simeis | Simeis 147 | rare designator prefixes | observatory |
SIMP | SIMP J013656.5+093347 | SIMP | |
SIPS | SIPS1259-4336 | rare designator prefixes | catalog from 2MASS data |
Sk | Sk -68 137 | rare designator prefixes | author |
SKHB | SKHB 1 | SKHB | |
SKI | SKI 4 | double star designation | discoverer |
SL | SL 9 | rare designator prefixes | discoverers |
SL | SL 39 | rare designator prefixes | or "Sandqvist 39", authors |
SLR | SLR 1 | double star designation | discoverer |
Sm | Sm 15 | rare designator prefixes | author |
SM | SM0313 | SkyMapper Southern Survey | abbreviated form |
SMA | SMA 101 | double star designation | discoverer |
SMC | SMC 018136 | rare designator prefixes | survey of galaxy |
Smethells | Smethells 15 | rare designator prefixes | author |
SMM | SMM J02399-0136 | submillimeter galaxy designator | "submillimeter" |
SMSS | SMSS J031300.36-670839.3 | SkyMapper Southern Survey | |
SMY | SMY 4 | double star designation | discoverer |
SN | SN UDS10Wil | supernova | |
SNF | SNF20080514-002 | Nearby Supernova Factory | |
SNLS | SNLS-03D1aw | Supernova Legacy Survey | |
SNR | SNR G111.7-02.1 | supernova remnant | |
SO | SO025300.5+165258 | rare designator prefixes | maybe "Skymorph object" or "stellar object" |
SP | SP 1 | rare designator prefixes | author, PNe |
SP77 | SP77 46-44 | rare designator prefixes | (or SP) authors, publication year |
SPIRITS | SPIRITS14bsb | SPIRITS | |
SPOCS | SPOCS 1001 | Spectroscopic Properties of Cool Stars | |
SPT | SPT 0243-49 | South Pole Telescope | galaxy |
SPT-CL | SPT-CL J0546-5345 | South Pole Telescope | galaxy cluster |
SR | SR 12 | rare designator prefixes | paper by Struve & Rudkjøbing of stars in Ophiuchus and Scorpius clouds |
SRS | SRS 30232 | rare designator prefixes | astrometry |
SS | SSA22-HCM1 | Hawaii K-band Galaxy Survey | A22 is field. |
SS | SS 433 | rare designator prefixes | author initials |
SSS | SSS120810 | Catalina Sky Survey | observatory, SN |
SSS | SSS17a | Swope Supernova Survey | |
SSSPM | SSSPM J1549-3544 | SuperCOSMOS Sky Survey | SSS Proper Motion star |
SST | SST24 J1434110+331733 | Spitzer Space Telescope | |
ST | ST 1 | double star designation | discoverer |
Stein | Stein 2031 | double star designation | discoverer |
Steph | Steph 762 | rare designator prefixes | author |
STF | STF2740 | Struve Catalogs | elder Struve WDS code |
STH | STH 2 | double star designation | or H 2, discoverer(H. Struve) |
StHA | StHA 169 | rare designator prefixes | author, H-alpha emitting stars |
STIS | STIS 123627+621755 | rare designator prefixes | Hubble Space Telescope STIS instrument |
StKM | StKM 1-762 | rare designator prefixes | author |
STN | STN 2 | double star designation | discoverer |
Stock | Stock 2 | rare designator prefixes | author |
Str | Str 0431-616 | Duus-Newell catalog | |
Stromlo | Stromlo 16 | rare designator prefixes | or "Gum 16" |
Struve | Struve 1 | Struve Catalogs | ambiguous |
STT | STT123 | Struve Catalogs | younger Struve WDS code |
STTA | STTA 123 AB | Struve Catalogs | younger Struve appendix |
StWr | StWr 2-8 | rare designator prefixes | authors |
SWEEPS | SWEEPS-16 | Sagittarius Window Eclipsing Extrasolar Planet Search | |
SWI | SWI 1 | double star designation | discoverer |
Swift | Swift J1745-26 | Swift | |
SWIRE | SWIRE J022550.67-042142 | Spitzer Space Telescope | SWIRE survey |
SXDF | SXDF-NB1006-2 | Subaru XMM-Newton Deep Survey | in SXDS field |
TAP | TAP 26 | Taurus-Auriga Complex | or Perseus Complex |
Teide | Teide 1 | rare designator prefixes | observatory |
Terzan | Terzan 5 | rare designator prefixes | series of papers re 12 globular clusters |
Teutsch | Teutsch 126 | rare designator prefixes | discoverer |
TIC | TIC 410451752 | Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite | input catalog |
TMSS | TMSS -10122 | Two Micron Sky Survey | |
TN | TN J0924-2201 | USS Sources | data from TXS and NVSS |
TOI | TOI 700 d | Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite | object of interest |
TON | TON S180 | Tonantzintla Surveys | or "Ton S180" |
TR | TR-122 | OGLE | shortened, TR meaning "transit" |
TRAPPIST | TRAPPIST-1 | TRAPPIST | |
TrES | TrES-4b | Trans-Atlantic Exoplanet Survey | |
Trumpler | Trumpler 27 | rare designator prefixes | (or "Tr"), author |
TS | TS 335 | rare designator prefixes | authors |
TVLM | TVLM 513-46546 | rare designator prefixes | author, "very low mass" |
TWA | TWA 9 | TW Hydrae association | |
TXS | TXS 1156+295 | Texas Survey of Radio Sources at 365 MHz | |
TYC | TYC 3162-665-1 | Hipparcos | Tycho-1 or -2 Catalog |
U | U1.27 | large quasar group | meaning "unit of quasars" with z number |
U | U 494 | rare designator prefixes | "UPG" abbreviated |
UBV | UBV 6193 | rare designator prefixes | catalogs UBV data |
ubvy98 | ubvy98 100180540 | rare designator prefixes | filters |
UCAC | UCAC3 70-2386 | USNO CCD Astrograph Catalog | |
UDF | UDF 1 | Hubble Ultra-Deep Field | |
UDFj | UDFj-39546284 | Hubble Ultra-Deep Field | HUDF09 J-band dropout |
UDFy | UDFy-38135539 | Hubble Ultra-Deep Field | HUDF09 Y-band dropout |
UDXS | UDXS J221611.51+003308.1 | UKIDSS | deep extragalactic survey |
UGC | UGC 7654 | Uppsala General Catalogue | |
UGCA | UGCA 205 | Uppsala General Catalogue | addendum |
UGCS | UGCS J030013.86+490142.5 | UKIDSS | galactic clusters survey |
UGP | UGP 619 | rare designator prefixes | author initials |
UGPS | UGPS J0521+3640 | UKIDSS | galactic plane survey |
UIT | UIT 3 | Ultraviolet Imaging Telescope | |
ULAS | ULAS J112001.48+064124.3 | UKIDSS | large area survey |
UMa | UMa I dSph | rare designator prefixes | constellation abbreviation: Ursa Major |
UPG | UPG 494 | rare designator prefixes | authors |
UScoCTIO | UScoCTIO 108 | CTIO Upper-Scorpius OB Association Survey | |
USNO | USNO 689 | USNO | star parallax list |
USNO-A | USNO-A2.0 0825-18396733 | USNO | astrometric catalog edition |
USNO-B | USNO-B1.0 1047-0021596 | USNO | astrometric catalog edition |
UUDS | UUDS J021922.01-045536.3 | UKIDSS | deep survey |
UVEX | UVEX J032855.25+503529.8 | IPHAS | UV-Excess Survey |
UVOTSSC1 | UVOTSSC1 J023436.6-084707 | Swift | |
Var | Var. A-1 | luminous blue variable | used for some in M31 and M33 |
Var | Var 83 | rare designator prefixes | M33 "variable" |
VB | VB 8 | rare designator prefixes | discoverer initials |
VCC | VCC 1993 | Virgo Cluster Catalog | |
vdB | vdB 26 | Van Den Bergh Reflection Nebula Catalog | |
vdB-Ha | vB-Ha 47 | rare designator prefixes | authors |
VFTS | VFTS 682 | VLT-FLAMES Tarantula Survey | |
VHS | VHS J125601.92-125723.9 | VISTA | VHS survey |
VIK | VIK J1148+0056 | VISTA | VIKING survey |
VLA | VLA 1623 | Very Large Array | |
VLT | VLT085859.60-473127.5 | European Southern Observatory Very Large Telescope | uncommon |
VV | VV 72 | Catalogue of Interacting Galaxies | |
VV2000c | VV2000c J195928.3+404402 | rare designator prefixes | authors' initials |
VVDS | VVDS-20463884 | VIMOS-VLT Deep Survey | |
VVO | VVO 230 | rare designator prefixes | Van Vleck Observatory |
VVV | VVV J114135.16-622055.51 | VISTA | VVV survey |
Vys | Vys 3 | rare designator prefixes | author, same as MCC |
W | W 57 | Westerhout Radio Survey | |
WASP | WASP-17 | WASP | |
WD | WD 0806-661 | Villanova White Dwarf Catalog | |
WDS | WDS 10494+5517 | Washington Double Star Catalog | |
Westerlund | Westerlund 1-26 | rare designator prefixes | (or W26) cluster discoverer |
Willman | Willman 1 | rare designator prefixes | name of a discoverer |
WINGS | WINGS J1348 | WINGS | |
WISE | WISE 1506+7027 | Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer | |
WISEP | WISEP J004701.06+680352.1 | Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer | preliminary release catalog |
WMAP | WMAP J184840+3223 | Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe | radio source |
WN | WN J0000+4654 | USS Sources | data from WENSS and NVSS |
WNC | WNC 4 | double star designation | or Winnecke 4, discoverer |
Wo | Wo 9540 C | rare designator prefixes | catalog author |
WOH | WHO G64 | rare designator prefixes | authors' initials |
Wolf | Wolf 359 | Max Wolf's catalog of stars with proper motion | |
WR | WR 124 | Wolf-Rayet star | |
Wray | Wray 17-96 | rare designator prefixes | author |
WT | WT 469 | rare designator prefixes | author initials |
WTS | WTS-1b | WFCAM Transit Survey | |
XCS | J2215.9-1738 | XMM Cluster Survey | abbreviated |
XMMSL1 | XMMSL1 J070542.7-381442 | XMM-Newton | slew survey |
XMMU | XMMU J004814.1-731003 | XMM-Newton | |
XMMXCS | J2215.9-1738 | XMM Cluster Survey | |
XO | XO-1b | XO Project | |
XSS | XSS J00564+4548 | RXTE | XTE slew survey |
XTE | XTE J1755-324 | RXTE | |
YBP | YBP 1194 | rare designator prefixes | author initials |
YGKOW | YGKOW G1 | rare designator prefixes | authors' initials |
z8 | z8 GND 5296 | rare designator prefixes | apparently for "z rounds to 8, GOODS North Deep" |
zCOSMOS | zCOSMOS 824314 | Cosmic Evolution Survey | zCOSMOS |
ZF | ZF-COSMOS-20115 | FourStar Galaxy Evolution Survey | |
ZOAG | ZOAG G135.74-04.53 | zone of avoidance | |
ZTF | ZTF J0139+5245 | Palomar Transient Factory | Zwicky Transient Facility |
Zw | Zw I 18 | Catalog of Galaxies and Clusters of Galaxies | or cited as "I Zw 18" |