Prefix | Example | | |
βpm | βpm 6 | author, proper motion, or "BUP" | https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1913PA.....21..489D/abstract |
A1689 | A1689-zD1 | lensed galaxy in Abell Catalog galaxy cluster 1689 field | https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2008ApJ...678..647B/abstract |
AB | AB 12 | authors' initials | https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1979A%26A....75..243A/abstract |
Abetti | Abetti 11 | discoverer | |
AC | AC 2 | or "A.C.", discoverer's initials | https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1857MNRAS..17..257C/abstract |
Ack | Ack 277.7-03.5 | author | https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1991A%26AS...90...89A/abstract |
Ag | Ag 5 | author initial, galaxy | https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1971PASP...83..310A/abstract |
AG | AG-136 | authors | https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1999ApJ...517..264A/abstract |
AGC | AGC 1 | or "A.G.C.", discoverer "Clark" initials | https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1862AN.....57..131B/abstract |
AH03 | AH03 J1725-34.4 | author's initials & year | https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2003stcl.book.....A/abstract |
Al | Al 2-F | author, PNe | https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1979Obs....99...83A/abstract |
ALD | ALD 19 | author abbrev. | https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1936AJ.....45...73A/abstract |
Alessi | Alessi J18350+7223 | author | https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2003A%26A...410..565A/abstract |
Alicante | Alicante 12 | university | https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2016MNRAS.459..880M/abstract |
Aller | Aller 1 | name | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ramón_María_Aller_Ulloa#Scientific_findings |
ALS | ALS 3721 | college initial | https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1998ApJS..115..271R/abstract |
Andrews-Lindsay | Andrews-Lindsay 1 | authors | https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1967IrAJ....8..126A/abstract |
Anon | Anon 0043-37 | for "anonymous" | |
Antalova | Antalova 1 | author | https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1970BAICz..21..331A/abstract |
Arches | Arches-F6 | object within Arches star cluster | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arches_Cluster |
AzTEC | AzTEC-3 | instrument | https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2008MNRAS.385.2225S/abstract |
B | B 1871 | discoverer | https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1974MNSSA..33...60F/abstract |
B | B B 2227-612 | author | https://ned.ipac.caltech.edu/level5/SPGA_Atlas/SPGA_previd.html |
BAT99 | BAT99-98 | authors' initials & year | https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1999A%26AS..137..117B/abstract |
BDS03 | BDS03 9 | or "BDSB" or BDSB2003, authors, year | https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2003A%26A...404..223B/abstract |
Bennett | Bennett 4 | author, or "Ben" | https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1969MNSSA..28...80B/abstract |
Bernes | Bernes 157 | author, or "Be" | https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1977A%26AS...29...65B/abstract |
BFS | BFS 15 | authors | https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1982ApJS...49..183B/abstract |
BI | BI 253 | authors' initials | https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1975A%26AS...21..109B/abstract |
Bica | Bica 6 | discoverer | |
Biurakan | Biurakan 11 | stellar clusters, observatory | |
Bochum | Bochum 10 | observatory, also "Bo" | https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1975A%26A....39..477V/abstract |
Bok | Bok I 421F | author | https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1964MmMtS..16....0B/abstract |
Bond | Bond 624 | observer | https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1857AnHar...2....2B/abstract |
BPI | BPI 14 | authors | https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2003A%26A...411...83B/abstract |
BPM | BPM 976 | "Bordeaux Proper Motion" | https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2006A%26A...448.1235D/abstract |
BPMA | BPMA 1 | "Bordeaux Proper Motion Annex" | https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2010A%26A...521A...4G/abstract |
BPS | BPS CS 22898-0066 | authors | https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1985AJ.....90.2089B/abstract |
BR | BR1202-0725 LAE | in UK Schmidt Survey B and R plates | https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1996ApJ...468..121S/abstract |
Bradley | Bradley 3077 | astronomer | https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1818fapa.book.....B/abstract |
Brey | Brey 82 | author | https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1981A%26AS...43..203B/abstract |
BRI | BRI 1202-0725 | in UK Schmidt Survey B, R, and I plates | |
BRT | BRT 1204 | discoverer | https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1926AJ.....36..155B/abstract |
BSO | BSO 1 | "blue stellar object" - early quasar detection | https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1965ApJ...142..412S/abstract |
Btz | Btz 1Aa | discoverer | https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1920AN....211...13B/abstract |
BUP | BUP 6 | author, proper motion, or "βpm" | https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1913PA.....21..489D/abstract |
BV | BV 5-2 | discoverer | https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu//abs/1956PASP...68..430B/abstract |
BVD | BVD 43 | discoverer | http://jdso.org/volume6/number1/Benavides.pdf |
C* | C* 3207 | carbon-star catalog | https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1973PW%26SO...1.....S/abstract |
Camargo | Camargo 439 | discoverer | https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2016MNRAS.455.3126C/abstract |
Camelopardalis | Camelopardalis B | constellation name | |
Carina | Carina Dwarf | constellation name | |
Cas | Cas 1 | constellation abbreviation | |
CB | CB 34 | authors | https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1988ApJS...68..257C/abstract |
CBB | CBB 3 | authors | https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2012MNRAS.423.1940C/abstract |
CCCP | CCCP-Cl 14 | survey | https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2011ApJS..194....1T/abstract |
CCCS | CCCS 1174 | cool carbon stars | https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1996yCat.3156....0S/abstract |
CCS | CCS 1394 | cool carbon stars | https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1989PW%26SO...3...53S/abstract |
CEL | CEL 1 | instrument | https://ntrs.nasa.gov/search.jsp?R=19730017142 |
CGCS | CGCS x | cool galactic carbon stars | https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2001BaltA..10....1A/abstract |
CGO | CGO 439 | galactic O stars | https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1974RMxAA...1..211C/abstract |
CGSS | CGSS 184 | S-type star, same as CSS | |
Chereul | Chereul 1 | moving groups, author | https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1999A%26AS..135....5C/abstract |
Christie | Christie's Leo Cluster | for discoverer "William H. Christie" of Mount Wilson Observatory | https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1931PASP...43..350C/abstract |
Chupina | Chupina 1 | stellar clusters, author | https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1998A%26A...334..552C/abstract |
Ci | Ci 20 483 | Cincinnati Obs. | https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1930PCinO..20....1P/abstract |
CLUST | CLUST 1 | stellar clusters | https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1995AstL...21...10M/abstract |
Cn | Cn 1-1 | PN, discoverer | https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1921HarCi.224....1W/abstract |
CO | CO-0.40-0.22 | molecular cloud | |
CP | CP 1919 | "Cambridge pulsar" | https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1976Ap%26SS..44..479T/abstract |
CPO | CPO 7 | or "CapO", observatory | |
CRL | CRL | institution | https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/102032602 |
CSS | CSS 184 | S-type stars | https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1984PW%26SO...3....1S/abstract |
CTA | CTA-102 | Caltech Radio Source list A | https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1960PASP...72..237H/abstract |
CTB | CTB 22 | Caltech Radio source list B | https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1960PASP...72..331W/abstract |
D | D 413 | discoverer | https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1828RSPT..118..113D/abstract |
Danks | Danks 2 | author | https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1983A%26A...118..301D/abstract |
DB | DB2001 36 | authors, open clusters | https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2000A%26A...359L...9D/abstract |
DeHt | DeHt 5 | or "DHW", authors, PNe | https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1980A%26A....85..356D/abstract |
Dias | Dias 6 | author, open clusters | https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2002A%26A...389..871D/abstract |
Djorg | Djorg 3 | author, globular clusters | https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1987ApJ...317L..13D/abstract |
DM99 | DM99 10 | authors | https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1999AAS...194.6915M/abstract |
DO | DO 20 | Dearborn Observatory | https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1943AnDea...5....1L/abstract |
Do | Do 41 | or "Dolidze", author, open clusters | https://wilton.unifei.edu.br/ocdb/Dolidzelist.txt |
DR | DR 21 | authors, microwave sources | https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1966ApJ...144..937D/abstract |
EBLM | EBLM J0555-57Ab | project acronym | https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2017A%26A...608A.129T/abstract |
EGB | EGB 6 | authors, PNe | https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1984PASP...96..283E/abstract |
EGG | EGG 30 | author | https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1990PASP..102..166E/abstract |
EGGR | EGGR 131 | authors | https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1965ApJ...141...83E/abstract |
EGM | EGM 100 | author | https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1976ApJS...30..351E/abstract |
Elias | Elias 2-27 | three papers by Elias | https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1978ApJ...223..859E/abstract |
Es-Birm | Es-Birm 120 | authors | https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/100220412 |
Escorial | Escorial 31 | town, open clusters | https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2008AN....329..801C/abstract |
FCC | FCC 35 | Fornax cluster catalog | https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1989AJ.....98..367F/abstract |
Ferrero | Ferrero 27 | discoverer, asterisms | http://splendeursducielprofond.eklablog.fr/mon-catalogue-d-amas-d-etoiles-p563496 |
Fg | Fg 3 | or "Fleming", author, PNe | https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1910HarCi.158....1F/abstract |
FM | FM1 | discoverer's/author's initials | https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2000A%26AS..145..229F/abstract |
FOX | FOX 134 | discoverer | |
FR | Fr 1 | discoverer, open clusters | https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1977IzPul.195...80F/abstract |
FS | FS 34 | "faint standard" | https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2001MNRAS.325..563H/abstract |
FSR | FSR 1758 | authors | https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2007MNRAS.374..399F/abstract |
Furuhjelm | Furuhjelm I 285 | aka FI-285, author | https://www.worldcat.org/title/recherches-sur-les-mouvements-propres-des-etoiles-dans-la-zone-photographique-de-helsingfors/oclc/2924170 |
G | G0.238-0.071 | maybe for "galactic coordinates" | https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2010ApJ...725..188M/abstract |
GAT | GAT 1373 | author | https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1973AJ.....78..769G/abstract |
GCGSS | GCGSS 184 | S-type star, same as CSS | |
GCIRS | GCIRS 13E | "Galactic Center IR Source" | https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1973ApJ...184..415R/abstract |
GH | GH 7-21 | author, cluster | https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1962LowOB...5..257G/abstract |
GM | GM 2-39 | authors, PNe | |
GR | GR 31 | cataloger, red dwarf | https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1972LowOB...7..217G/abstract |
GR | GR 8 | discoverer's/author's initials | https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1956AJ.....61...69R/abstract |
Gum | Gum 4 | discoverer, emission nebula | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gum_catalog |
Haffner | Haffner 18 | discoverer, open clusters | https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1957ZA.....43...89H/abstract |
Haro | Haro 29 | author | https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1953ApJ...117...73H/abstract |
Harvard | Harvard 20 | observatory, open clusters | http://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1930HarMo...2.....S/abstract |
HaTr | HaTr 4 | authors, PNe | https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1985A%26A...145...41H/abstract |
HB | HB 2124-4228 | authors | https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1988MNRAS.234..177H/abstract |
Hb | Hb 12 | author | https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1921PASP...33..174H/abstract |
HBV | HBV 475 | observatory, variable | |
HCG | HCG 92 | author, compact groups | https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1982ApJ...255..382H/abstract |
HDW | HDW 13 | authors, PNe | https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1980A%26A....85..356D/abstract |
He | He 2-138 | or "Hen", discoverer, PNe or emission line stars | https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1961PASP...73..159H/abstract |
Hf | Hf 69 | discoverer, PNe | https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1953AnHar.119...37H/abstract |
HFLS | HFLS3 | Herschel FLS field | |
HLX | HLX-1 | "hyperluminous X-ray source" | |
Ho | Ho 14 | or "Hogg 14", open clusters | https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1965MmMtS..17....1H/abstract |
Holmberg | Holmberg II | discoverer | https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1950MeLuS.128....5H/abstract |
HSH | HSH95 31 | authors' initials | https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1995ApJ...448..179H/abstract |
Hu | Hu 1-2 | discoverer, PNe | https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1921PASP...33..175H/abstract |
HV | HV 2112 | "Harvard Variable" star catalog | https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1946RA......1..385M/abstract |
HZ | HZ 9 | discoverers' initials | https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1947ApJ...105...85H/abstract |
ISG | ISG 39 | authors' initials and G for galaxy | https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1986A%26A...167...11I/abstract |
IsWe | IsWe 2 | discoverers, PNe | https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1987A%26A...178..227I/abstract |
Ivanov | Ivanov 7 | author, open clusters | https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2002A%26A...394L...1I/abstract |
Jacoby | Jacoby LMC 34 | author, PNe | https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1980ApJS...42....1J/abstract |
JaFu | JaFu 2 | discoverers, PNe | https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1997AJ....114.2611J/abstract |
Juchert | Juchert 9 | discoverer, open clusters | |
JW | JW 566 | authors | https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1988AJ.....95.1755J/abstract |
K | K 13 | or Kg or King(discoverer), open clusters | https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1949BHarO.919...41K/abstract |
K | K 4-55 | discoverer, PNe | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lubos_Kohoutek |
Karhula | Karhula 11 | discoverer, open clusters | |
KDG | KDG 52 | author's initial and DG for "dwarf galaxy" | https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1968SoByu..39...61K/abstract |
Kelu | Kelu-1 | name | https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1997ApJ...491L.107R/abstract |
Kesteven | Kesteven 79 | or "Kes", galactic radio sources | https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1968AuJPh..21..369K/abstract |
KFL | KFL 19 | or "KnFs", authors, PNe | https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1988AJ.....95..804K/abstract |
KH | KH 24D | authors' initials | https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1086/300426/fulltext/ |
Kharchenko | Kharchenko 2 | discoverer, open clusters | https://www.iau.org/administration/membership/individual/932/ |
King | King 13 | discoverer, open clusters | https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1949BHarO.919...41K/abstract |
KjPn | KjPn 8 | authors, PNe | https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1971ATsir.602....6K/abstract |
KKH | KKH 060 | authors' initials | https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2001A%26A...366..428K/abstract |
KKR | KKR 25 | authors' initials | https://aas.aanda.org/articles/aas/pdf/1999/05/ds1603.pdf |
Klemola | Klemola 44 | or "Klem", galaxy clusters | https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1969AJ.....74..804K/abstract |
Koposov | Koposov 2 | discoverer, globular clusters | https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2007ApJ...669..337K/abstract |
KPD | KPD 1930+2752 | Kitt Peak & author initial | https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1986ApJS...61..569D/abstract |
Kron | Kron 3 | author, globular clusters | https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1956PASP...68..125K/abstract |
Kronberger | Kronberger 61 | discoverer, stellar clusters | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kronberger_61 |
Kruger | Kruger 60 | (or Kr) discoverer | https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1891AN....127..289B/abstract |
KUG | KUG 1259+280 | telescope UV galaxies | https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1984AnTok..19..595T/abstract |
KUV | KUV 410-4 | Kondo (author) or Kiso (observatory), UV excess | https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1980AnTok..18...55N/abstract |
L | L 143-23 | 1940s Luyten surveys | https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1939BHarO.911...24L/abstract |
Laevens | Laevens 2 | discoverer | http://www.mpia.de/person/32613/2285 |
LAL | LAL 21185 | or "Lal", for "Lalande" | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Histoire_Celeste_Francaise |
Lalande | Lalande 21185 | author | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Histoire_Celeste_Francaise |
Latysev | Latysev 2 | discoverer(moving group) | https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1972ATsir.681....2L/abstract |
LAWD | LAWD 13 | Luyten (author), white dwarf | https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1949ApJ...109..528L/abstract |
LB | LB 1479 | Luyten "blue" | https://books.google.com/books/about/A_search_for_faint_blue_stars_I_XXX.html?id=zIzvAAAAMAAJ |
Le Gentil | Le Gentil 2 | nebulae | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guillaume_Le_Gentil |
LEHPM | LEHPM 1902 | Liverpool-Edinburgh high PM | https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2003A%26A...397..575P/abstract |
LGG | LGG 384 | observatory, galaxy group | https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1993A%26AS..100...47G/abstract |
LGS | LGS 3 | "Local Group, Suspected" | https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1979ApJ...232L..11T/abstract |
LH | LH 10 | OB association, authors | https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1970AJ.....75..171L/abstract |
LH | LH 10-3209 | star within LH association | https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1999AJ....118.1684W/abstract |
LHA | LHA 120-N 119 | observatory, Hα emission nebulae | https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1956ApJS....2..315H/abstract |
LHO | LHO 110 | authors | https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2009A%26A...494.1137L/abstract |
LMC AB | LMC AB 12 | LMC & authors' initials | https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1979A%26A....75..243A/abstract |
Lo | Lo 4 | or Longmore(author) PNe | https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1977MNRAS.178..251L/abstract |
Lo | Lo 807 | or Loden(author) | https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1973A%26AS...10..125L/abstract |
LoTr | LoTr 5 | authors, PNe | https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1980MNRAS.193..521L/abstract |
LSR | LSR J0822+1700 | authors' initials | https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2002AJ....124.1190L/abstract |
Luhman | Luhman 16 | (or LUH) discoverer | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin_Luhman |
Ly | Ly | (or Lynga) discoverer,stellar clusters | https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1964MeLuS.140....1L/abstract |
M | M1-92 | discoverer,PNe | https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1946PASP...58..305M/abstract |
Maffei | Maffei 1 | author name | https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1968PASP...80..618M/abstract |
Malin | Malin 1 | discoverer | https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1987AJ.....94...23B/abstract |
Mamajek | Mamajek 3 | discoverer | https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1999ApJ...516L..77M/abstract |
Markarian | Markarian 6 | stellar clusters, author | https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1951SoByu...9....1M/abstract |
Mayall | Mayall II | used in 1953 paper | https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1953PASP...65...24M/abstract |
Mayer | Mayer 2 | discoverer | https://dml.cz/handle/10338.dmlcz/142165 |
MB | MB 3 | authors' initials | https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1997AJ....113..981M/abstract |
MCC | MCC 481 | observatory | https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1943ApJ....97..381V/abstract |
MCW | MCW 1179 | authors | https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1955ApJS....2...41M/abstract |
Me | Me 2-1 | discoverer,PNe | https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1942PASP...54Q.107M/abstract |
Melnick | Melnick 42 | author | https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1985A%26A...153..235M/abstract |
Mercer | Mercer 81 | author, stellar clusters | https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2005ApJ...635..560M/abstract |
MGC | MGC1 | for "Martin Globular Cluster", Nicolas Martin, primary author | https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2006MNRAS.371.1983M/abstract |
MR | MR 2251-178 | maybe for MIT Ricker? | |
MR | MR 93 | or "Roberts 93", Wolf-Rayet stars | https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1962AJ.....67...79R/abstract |
MWC | MWC 349 | "Mount Wilson Catalog" | https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1933ApJ....78...87M/abstract |
Mz | Mz 3 | author | https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1922BHarO.777....0M/abstract |
N | N 164 | abbreviated from LHA 120-N 64 | https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1956ApJS....2..315H/abstract |
Na | Na 2 | author | https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1964ApJ...139..864N/abstract |
NeVe | NeVe 3-4 | authors | http://adsabs.harvard.edu/full/1987MitAG..70..406N |
NML | NML Cygni | authors | https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1965ApJ...142..399N/abstract |
Ocl | Ocl-89 | open cluster | https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1970csca.book.....A/abstract |
Oo | Oo 2311 | author | https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1937AnLei..17A...1O/abstract |
OTS | OTS 44 | authors | https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1998Sci...282.1095T/abstract |
P | P871 | author initial | https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1993AJ....106..560P/abstract |
PB | PB 10 | authors | https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1960BOTT....2s..19P/abstract |
PC | PC 22 | authors | https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1961BOTT....3...33P/abstract |
Pe | Pe 1-4 | author | https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1960BAICz..11..256P/abstract |
Pis | Pis 20 | or Pi or Pismis(discoverer) | http://www.astroscu.unam.mx/bott/indexvol2num18.html |
Platais | Platais 1 | author | https://webda.physics.muni.cz/cgi-bin/selname.cgi?auth=platais |
PM | PM 1-173 | author | https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1988A%26AS...76..317P/abstract |
Pr | Pr0201 | for open cluster Praesepe | |
PS | PS 130 | authors | https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1978AJ.....83.1090P/abstract |
Q | Q0051-279 | for "quasar", referencing single survey | https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1993ApJS...87..451H/abstract |
QQ | QQ2345+007 | double quasar | https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1991AJ....101...66W/abstract |
QQQ | QQQ J1432-0106 | triple quasar | https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2013MNRAS.431.1019F/abstract |
Raab | Raab 19 | author | https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1922MeLuS..28....3R/abstract |
RCW | RCW 36 | authors | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RCW_Catalogue |
Renson | Renson 570 | "General catalogue of Ap and Am Stars" | https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1991A%26AS...89..429R/abstract |
Reticulum | Reticulum II Dwarf | constellation name | |
Riddle | Riddle 4 | open clusters | https://www.pbase.com/jshuder/image/167044580 |
Ro | Ro 4 | or Roslund, open clusters | https://www.stellar-journeys.org/cluster-roslund-tour.htm |
Rob | Rob 270 | author | https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1984AJ.....89.1229R/abstract |
Ru | Ru 7 | or "Ruprecht 7", open clusters | https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1966BAICz..17...33R/abstract |
Sa | Sa 1-5 | or "PN Sa 1-5" | https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1974PASP...86..215S/abstract |
Sa | Sa 156 | or "Sandqvist 156", dark nebulae | http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/sim-ref?bibcode=1976A%26A....53..179S |
SACS | SACS 178 | stars | https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1994A%26AS..106..441N/abstract |
SAND | SAND364 | short for "NGC 2682 Sand 364" | https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1977A%26AS...27...89S/abstract |
Saurer | Saurer 1 | open clusters | https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1994AJ....107.2101S/abstract |
SaWe | SaWe 4 | PNe | https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1987A%26AS...69..527S/abstract |
SB | SB-WF 3572-1508 | Hubble Deep Field South SB field | |
Schoenberg | Schoenberg 205/6 | dark nebulae | https://www.zobodat.at/publikation_volumes.php?id=56673 |
SCM | SCM 192 | PNe | https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1992A%26AS...96...23S/abstract |
Sextans | Sextans Dwarf Sph | constellation name | |
Sher | Sher 25 | or "Sh 25", author | https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1965MNRAS.129..237S/abstract |
Shk | Shk 4 | author | https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1973Afz.....9..495S/abstract |
Simeis | Simeis 147 | observatory | https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1950IzKry...6....3S/abstract |
SIPS | SIPS1259-4336 | catalog from 2MASS data | https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2005A%26A...435..363D/abstract |
Sk | Sk -68 137 | author | https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1970CoTol..89.....S/abstract |
SL | SL 9 | discoverers | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comet_Shoemaker-Levy_9 |
SL | SL 39 | or "Sandqvist 39", authors | https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1976A%26A....53..179S/abstract |
Sm | Sm 15 | author | https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1974PhDT........10S/abstract |
SMC | SMC 018136 | survey of galaxy | https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2002ApJS..141...81M/abstract |
Smethells | Smethells 15 | author | https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1974PhDT........10S/abstract |
SO | SO025300.5+165258 | maybe "Skymorph object" or "stellar object" | https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2003ApJ...589L..51T/abstract |
SP | SP 1 | author, PNe | https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1936BHarO.902...26S/abstract |
SP77 | SP77 46-44 | (or SP) authors, publication year | https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1977PW%26SO...2..105S/abstract |
SR | SR 12 | paper by Struve & Rudkjøbing of stars in Ophiuchus and Scorpius clouds | https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1949ApJ...109...92S/abstract |
SRS | SRS 30232 | astrometry | https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1990IAUS..141..457S/abstract |
SS | SS 433 | author initials | https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1977ApJS...33..459S/abstract |
Steph | Steph 762 | author | https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1986AJ.....91..144S/abstract |
StHA | StHA 169 | author, H-alpha emitting stars | https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1986ApJ...300..779S/abstract |
STIS | STIS 123627+621755 | Hubble Space Telescope STIS instrument | https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2000Natur.408..560S/abstract |
StKM | StKM 1-762 | author | https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1986AJ.....91..144S/abstract |
Stock | Stock 2 | author | https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1956ApJ...123..258S/abstract |
Stromlo | Stromlo 16 | or "Gum 16" | https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1955MmRAS..67..155G/abstract |
StWr | StWr 2-8 | authors | https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1972PDAUC...2...59S/abstract |
Teide | Teide 1 | observatory | https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1998ApJ...499L..61M/abstract |
Terzan | Terzan 5 | series of papers re 12 globular clusters | |
Teutsch | Teutsch 126 | discoverer | https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2006A%26A...447..921K/abstract |
Trumpler | Trumpler 27 | (or "Tr"), author | https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1930LicOB..14..154T/abstract |
TS | TS 335 | authors | https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1974A%26A....36..155T/abstract |
TVLM | TVLM 513-46546 | author, "very low mass" | https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1993ApJ...414..279T/abstract |
U | U 494 | "UPG" abbreviated | https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1972AJ.....77..486U/abstract |
UBV | UBV 6193 | catalogs UBV data | https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1970pcmc.book.....B/abstract |
ubvy98 | ubvy98 100180540 | filters | https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1998A%26AS..129..431H/abstract |
UGP | UGP 619 | author initials | https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1972AJ.....77..486U/abstract |
UMa | UMa I dSph | constellation abbreviation: Ursa Major | |
UPG | UPG 494 | authors | https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1972AJ.....77..486U/abstract |
Var | Var 83 | M33 "variable" | https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1975ApJS...29..303V/abstract |
VB | VB 8 | discoverer initials | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Van_Biesbroeck%27s_star_catalog |
vdB-Ha | vB-Ha 47 | authors | https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1975AJ.....80...11V/abstract |
VV2000c | VV2000c J195928.3+404402 | authors' initials | https://heasarc.gsfc.nasa.gov/w3browse/all/veroncat.html |
VVO | VVO 230 | Van Vleck Observatory | https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1968AJ.....73..744G/abstract |
Vys | Vys 3 | author, same as MCC | https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1943ApJ....97..381V/abstract |
Westerlund | Westerlund 1-26 | (or W26) cluster discoverer | https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1961AJ.....66T..57W/abstract |
Willman | Willman 1 | name of a discoverer | https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2005AJ....129.2692W/abstract |
Wo | Wo 9540 C | catalog author | https://heasarc.gsfc.nasa.gov/W3Browse/all/woolley.html |
WOH | WHO G64 | authors' initials | https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1981A%26AS...43..267W/abstract |
Wray | Wray 17-96 | author | https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1966PhDT.........3W/abstract |
WT | WT 469 | author initials | https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1994A%26AS..105..179W/abstract |
YBP | YBP 1194 | author initials | https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2008A%26A...484..609Y/abstract |
YGKOW | YGKOW G1 | authors' initials | https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1980ApJ...241..507Y/abstract |
z8 | z8 GND 5296 | apparently for "z rounds to 8, GOODS North Deep" | |