Astrophysics (Index)About

rare designator prefixes

(designator prefixes generally used for only a few objects)

These are prefixes used in designators of objects (e.g., stars or galaxies) that are used for no more than a few objects of current interest. Some are from a small survey or catalog, such as produced by/for a single study and others are from catalogs no longer in general use. Or such a designator might be for objects discovered in a particular stellar cluster. Papers occasionally coin such a prefix for the discoveries they announce, or such a prefix might be devised by someone to indicate an earlier study mentioning the object. In some cases, a prefix is based upon the author's name.

Such a designator is likely the result of an attempt to reference the discoverer or an author who found it of interest or otherwise cataloged it. Such an object may have been of little or specialized interest, but more recently has generated wider research interest, the obscure name being revived and effectively publicized. For example, extra-solar planet searches watching many stars spot exoplanets around stars previously of little individual interest, some of these exoplanets making them targets for additional research.

(objects,designation)
Further reading:
https://www.skyandtelescope.com/astronomy-resources/names-of-deep-sky-objects/
PrefixExample  
βpmβpm 6author, proper motion, or "BUP"https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1913PA.....21..489D/abstract
A1689A1689-zD1lensed galaxy in Abell Catalog galaxy cluster 1689 fieldhttps://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2008ApJ...678..647B/abstract
ABAB 12authors' initialshttps://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1979A%26A....75..243A/abstract
AbettiAbetti 11discoverer
ACAC 2or "A.C.", discoverer's initialshttps://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1857MNRAS..17..257C/abstract
AckAck 277.7-03.5authorhttps://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1991A%26AS...90...89A/abstract
AgAg 5author initial, galaxyhttps://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1971PASP...83..310A/abstract
AGAG-136authorshttps://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1999ApJ...517..264A/abstract
AGCAGC 1or "A.G.C.", discoverer "Clark" initialshttps://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1862AN.....57..131B/abstract
AH03AH03 J1725-34.4author's initials & yearhttps://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2003stcl.book.....A/abstract
AlAl 2-Fauthor, PNehttps://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1979Obs....99...83A/abstract
ALDALD 19author abbrev.https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1936AJ.....45...73A/abstract
AlessiAlessi J18350+7223authorhttps://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2003A%26A...410..565A/abstract
AlicanteAlicante 12universityhttps://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2016MNRAS.459..880M/abstract
AllerAller 1namehttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ramón_María_Aller_Ulloa#Scientific_findings
ALSALS 3721college initialhttps://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1998ApJS..115..271R/abstract
Andrews-LindsayAndrews-Lindsay 1authorshttps://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1967IrAJ....8..126A/abstract
AnonAnon 0043-37for "anonymous"
AntalovaAntalova 1authorhttps://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1970BAICz..21..331A/abstract
ArchesArches-F6object within Arches star clusterhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arches_Cluster
ARGARG 1double star, discoverer
AzTECAzTEC-3instrumenthttps://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2008MNRAS.385.2225S/abstract
BB 1871discovererhttps://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1974MNSSA..33...60F/abstract
BB B 2227-612authorhttps://ned.ipac.caltech.edu/level5/SPGA_Atlas/SPGA_previd.html
BALBAL 746double star discoverer(Baillaud) or Bail 746https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1944AnBes...3...33B/abstract
BARBAR 61double star discoverer(Barnard) or Ba 61
BAT99BAT99-98authors' initials & yearhttps://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1999A%26AS..137..117B/abstract
BAZBAZ 4double star discoverer(Baize) or Baize 4https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1927JO.....10..149B/abstract
BDS03BDS03 9or "BDSB" or BDSB2003, authors, yearhttps://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2003A%26A...404..223B/abstract
BennettBennett 4author, or "Ben"https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1969MNSSA..28...80B/abstract
BernesBernes 157author, or "Be"https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1977A%26AS...29...65B/abstract
BFSBFS 15authorshttps://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1982ApJS...49..183B/abstract
BIBI 253authors' initialshttps://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1975A%26AS...21..109B/abstract
BicaBica 6discoverer
BiurakanBiurakan 11stellar clusters, observatory
BochumBochum 10observatory, also "Bo"https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1975A%26A....39..477V/abstract
BokBok I 421Fauthorhttps://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1964MmMtS..16....0B/abstract
BondBond 624observerhttps://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1857AnHar...2....2B/abstract
BPIBPI 14authorshttps://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2003A%26A...411...83B/abstract
BPMBPM 976"Bordeaux Proper Motion"https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2006A%26A...448.1235D/abstract
BPMABPMA 1"Bordeaux Proper Motion Annex"https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2010A%26A...521A...4G/abstract
BPSBPS CS 22898-0066authorshttps://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1985AJ.....90.2089B/abstract
BRBR1202-0725 LAEin UK Schmidt Survey B and R plateshttps://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1996ApJ...468..121S/abstract
BradleyBradley 3077astronomerhttps://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1818fapa.book.....B/abstract
BreyBrey 82authorhttps://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1981A%26AS...43..203B/abstract
BRIBRI 1202-0725in UK Schmidt Survey B, R, and I plates
BrsOBrsO 14Brisbane Observatory double starhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Brisbane#Astronomer
BRTBRT 1204discovererhttps://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1926AJ.....36..155B/abstract
BSOBSO 14Brisbane Observatory double starhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Brisbane#Astronomer
BSOBSO 1"blue stellar object" - early quasar detectionhttps://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1965ApJ...142..412S/abstract
BtzBtz 1Aadiscovererhttps://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1920AN....211...13B/abstract
BUPBUP 6author, proper motion, or "βpm"https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1913PA.....21..489D/abstract
BVBV 5-2discovererhttps://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu//abs/1956PASP...68..430B/abstract
BVDBVD 43discovererhttp://jdso.org/volume6/number1/Benavides.pdf
C*C* 3207carbon-star cataloghttps://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1973PW%26SO...1.....S/abstract
CamargoCamargo 439discovererhttps://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2016MNRAS.455.3126C/abstract
CamelopardalisCamelopardalis Bconstellation name
CarinaCarina Dwarfconstellation name
CasCas 1constellation abbreviation
CBCB 34authorshttps://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1988ApJS...68..257C/abstract
CBBCBB 3authorshttps://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2012MNRAS.423.1940C/abstract
CCCPCCCP-Cl 14surveyhttps://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2011ApJS..194....1T/abstract
CCCSCCCS 1174cool carbon starshttps://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1996yCat.3156....0S/abstract
CCSCCS 1394cool carbon starshttps://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1989PW%26SO...3...53S/abstract
CELCEL 1instrumenthttps://ntrs.nasa.gov/search.jsp?R=19730017142
CGCSCGCS xcool galactic carbon starshttps://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2001BaltA..10....1A/abstract
CGOCGO 439galactic O starshttps://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1974RMxAA...1..211C/abstract
CGSSCGSS 184S-type star, same as CSS
CHECHE 45double star discoverer
ChereulChereul 1moving groups, authorhttps://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1999A%26AS..135....5C/abstract
ChristieChristie's Leo Clusterfor discoverer "William H. Christie" of Mount Wilson Observatoryhttps://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1931PASP...43..350C/abstract
ChupinaChupina 1stellar clusters, authorhttps://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1998A%26A...334..552C/abstract
CiCi 20 483Cincinnati Obs.https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1930PCinO..20....1P/abstract
CLUSTCLUST 1stellar clustershttps://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1995AstL...21...10M/abstract
CnCn 1-1PN, discovererhttps://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1921HarCi.224....1W/abstract
COCO-0.40-0.22molecular cloud
COOCOO 70double stars, observatoryhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argentine_National_Observatory
COUCOU 79double stars, discovererhttp://articles.adsabs.harvard.edu/pdf/1967JO.....50...33C
CPCP 1919"Cambridge pulsar"https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1976Ap%26SS..44..479T/abstract
CPOCPO 7or "CapO", observatory
CRLCRLinstitutionhttps://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/102032602
CSSCSS 184S-type starshttps://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1984PW%26SO...3....1S/abstract
CTACTA-102Caltech Radio Source list Ahttps://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1960PASP...72..237H/abstract
CTBCTB 22Caltech Radio source list Bhttps://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1960PASP...72..331W/abstract
DD 413discovererhttps://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1828RSPT..118..113D/abstract
DanksDanks 2authorhttps://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1983A%26A...118..301D/abstract
DAWDAW 35discoverer, double starshttps://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1924AJ.....35..147D/abstract
DawesDawes 6discoverer, double starshttps://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1864MNRAS..24..117D/abstract
DBDB2001 36authors, open clustershttps://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2000A%26A...359L...9D/abstract
DeHtDeHt 5or "DHW", authors, planetary nebulaehttps://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1980A%26A....85..356D/abstract
DiasDias 6author, open clustershttps://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2002A%26A...389..871D/abstract
DM99DM99 10authorshttps://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1999AAS...194.6915M/abstract
EBLMEBLM J0555-57Abproject acronymhttps://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2017A%26A...608A.129T/abstract
EGGEGG 30authorhttps://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1990PASP..102..166E/abstract
EGGREGGR 131authorshttps://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1965ApJ...141...83E/abstract
EGMEGM 100authorhttps://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1976ApJS...30..351E/abstract
EliasElias 2-27three papers by Eliashttps://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1978ApJ...223..859E/abstract
FCCFCC 35Fornax cluster cataloghttps://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1989AJ.....98..367F/abstract
FMFM1discoverer's/author's initialshttps://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2000A%26AS..145..229F/abstract
FSFS 34"faint standard"https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2001MNRAS.325..563H/abstract
FSRFSR 1758authorshttps://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2007MNRAS.374..399F/abstract
FuruhjelmFuruhjelm I 285aka FI-285, authorhttps://www.worldcat.org/title/recherches-sur-les-mouvements-propres-des-etoiles-dans-la-zone-photographique-de-helsingfors/oclc/2924170
GG0.238-0.071maybe for "galactic coordinates"https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2010ApJ...725..188M/abstract
GATGAT 1373authorhttps://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1973AJ.....78..769G/abstract
GCGSSGCGSS 184S-type star, same as CSS
GCIRSGCIRS 13E"Galactic Center IR Source"https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1973ApJ...184..415R/abstract
GDGD 356Giclas dwarfhttps://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1965LowOB...6..155G/abstract
GHGH 7-21author, clusterhttps://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1962LowOB...5..257G/abstract
GRGR 31cataloger, red dwarfhttps://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1972LowOB...7..217G/abstract
GRGR 8discoverer's/author's initialshttps://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1956AJ.....61...69R/abstract
HaroHaro 29authorhttps://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1953ApJ...117...73H/abstract
HBHB 2124-4228authorshttps://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1988MNRAS.234..177H/abstract
HBVHBV 475observatory, variable
HCGHCG 92author, "compact group"https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1982ApJ...255..382H/abstract
HFLSHFLS3Herschel FLS field
HGHG 7-206Giclas (author), Hyades Clusterhttps://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1962LowOB...5..257G/abstract
HLXHLX-1"hyperluminous X-ray source"
HolmbergHolmberg IIdiscovererhttps://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1950MeLuS.128....5H/abstract
HSHHSH95 31authors' initialshttps://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1995ApJ...448..179H/abstract
HVHV 2112"Harvard Variable" star cataloghttps://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1946RA......1..385M/abstract
HZHZ 9discoverers' initialshttps://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1947ApJ...105...85H/abstract
ISGISG 39authors' initials and G for galaxyhttps://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1986A%26A...167...11I/abstract
KDGKDG 52author's initial and DG for "dwarf galaxy"https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1968SoByu..39...61K/abstract
KeluKelu-1namehttps://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1997ApJ...491L.107R/abstract
KHKH 24Dauthors' initialshttps://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1086/300426/fulltext/
KKHKKH 060authors' initialshttps://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2001A%26A...366..428K/abstract
KKRKKR 25authors' initialshttps://aas.aanda.org/articles/aas/pdf/1999/05/ds1603.pdf
KPDKPD 1930+2752Kitt Peak & author initialhttps://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1986ApJS...61..569D/abstract
KrugerKruger 60(or Kr) discovererhttps://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1891AN....127..289B/abstract
KUIKUI 75author: Kuiper, sometimes KPR
KUVKUV 410-4Kondo (author), UV excesshttps://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1980AnTok..18...55N/abstract
LL 143-231940s Luyten surveyshttps://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1939BHarO.911...24L/abstract
LALLAL 21185or "Lal", for "Lalande"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Histoire_Celeste_Francaise
LalandeLalande 21185authorhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Histoire_Celeste_Francaise
LAWDLAWD 13Luyten (author), white dwarfhttps://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1949ApJ...109..528L/abstract
LBLB 1479Luyten "blue"https://books.google.com/books/about/A_search_for_faint_blue_stars_I_XXX.html?id=zIzvAAAAMAAJ
LEHPMLEHPM 1902Liverpool-Edinburgh high PMhttps://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2003A%26A...397..575P/abstract
LGSLGS 3"Local Group, Suspected"https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1979ApJ...232L..11T/abstract
LHLH 10OB association, authorshttps://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1970AJ.....75..171L/abstract
LHLH 10-3209star within LH associationhttps://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1999AJ....118.1684W/abstract
LHOLHO 110authorshttps://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2009A%26A...494.1137L/abstract
LMC ABLMC AB 12LMC & authors' initialshttps://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1979A%26A....75..243A/abstract
LSRLSR J0822+1700authors' initialshttps://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2002AJ....124.1190L/abstract
LuhmanLuhman 16(or LUH) discoverer
MaffeiMaffei 1author namehttps://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1968PASP...80..618M/abstract
MalinMalin 1discovererhttps://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1987AJ.....94...23B/abstract
MarkarianMarkarian 6stellar clusters, authorhttps://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1951SoByu...9....1M/abstract
MayallMayall IIused in 1953 paperhttps://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1953PASP...65...24M/abstract
MBMB 3authors' initialshttps://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1997AJ....113..981M/abstract
MCCMCC 481observatoryhttps://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1943ApJ....97..381V/abstract
MelnickMelnick 42authorhttps://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1985A%26A...153..235M/abstract
MGCMGC1for "Martin Globular Cluster", Nicolas Martin, primary authorhttps://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2006MNRAS.371.1983M/abstract
MlbOMlbO 4Melbourne Obs. discovery
MLOMLO 4Melbourne Obs. discovery
MRMR 2251-178maybe for MIT Ricker?
MWCMWC 349"Mount Wilson Catalog"https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1933ApJ....78...87M/abstract
NMLNML Cygniauthorshttps://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1965ApJ...142..399N/abstract
OclOcl-89open clusterhttps://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1970csca.book.....A/abstract
OoOo 2311authorhttps://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1937AnLei..17A...1O/abstract
PP871author initialhttps://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1993AJ....106..560P/abstract
PismisPismis 24-17authorhttps://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1959BOTT....2r..37P/abstract
PrPr0201for open cluster Praesepe
PSPS 130authorshttps://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1978AJ.....83.1090P/abstract
QQ0051-279for "quasar", referencing single surveyhttps://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1993ApJS...87..451H/abstract
QQQQ2345+007double quasarhttps://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1991AJ....101...66W/abstract
QQQQQQ J1432-0106triple quasarhttps://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2013MNRAS.431.1019F/abstract
RensonRenson 570"General catalogue of Ap and Am Stars"https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1991A%26AS...89..429R/abstract
ReticulumReticulum II Dwarfconstellation name
RobRob 270authorhttps://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1984AJ.....89.1229R/abstract
SANDSAND364paper by "Sanders" re open cluster
SBSB-WF 3572-1508Hubble Deep Field South SB field
SextansSextans Dwarf Sphconstellation name
SherSher 25authorhttps://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1965MNRAS.129..237S/abstract
SIPSSIPS1259-4336catalog from 2MASS datahttps://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2005A%26A...435..363D/abstract
SkSk -68 137authorhttps://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1970CoTol..89.....S/abstract
SLSL 9discoverershttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comet_Shoemaker-Levy_9
SmSm 15authorhttps://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1974PhDT........10S/abstract
SMCSMC 018136survey of galaxyhttps://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2002ApJS..141...81M/abstract
SmethellsSmethells 15authorhttps://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1974PhDT........10S/abstract
SOSO025300.5+165258maybe "Skymorph object" or "stellar object"https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2003ApJ...589L..51T/abstract
SP77SP77 46-44(or SP) authors, publication yearhttps://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1977PW%26SO...2..105S/abstract
SRSR 12paper by Struve & Rudkjøbing of stars in Ophiuchus and Scorpius cloudshttps://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1949ApJ...109...92S/abstract
SSSS 433author initialshttps://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1977ApJS...33..459S/abstract
SteinStein 2031double star discovererhttp://www.jdso.org/volume2/number4/Daley3.pdf
StephSteph 762authorhttps://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1986AJ.....91..144S/abstract
StHAStHA 169author, H-alpha emitting starshttps://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1986ApJ...300..779S/abstract
STISSTIS 123627+621755Hubble Space Telescope STIS instrumenthttps://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2000Natur.408..560S/abstract
StKMStKM 1-762authorhttps://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1986AJ.....91..144S/abstract
TeideTeide 1observatoryhttps://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1998ApJ...499L..61M/abstract
TerzanTerzan 5series of papers re 12 globular clusters
TeutschTeutsch 126discovererhttps://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2006A%26A...447..921K/abstract
TrumplerTrumpler 27(or "Tr"), authorhttps://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1930LicOB..14..154T/abstract
TSTS 335authorshttps://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1974A%26A....36..155T/abstract
TVLMTVLM 513-46546author, "very low mass"https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1993ApJ...414..279T/abstract
UU 494"UPG" abbreviatedhttps://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1972AJ.....77..486U/abstract
UBVUBV 6193catalogs UBV datahttps://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1970pcmc.book.....B/abstract
ubvy98ubvy98 100180540filtershttps://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1998A%26AS..129..431H/abstract
UGPUGP 619author initialshttps://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1972AJ.....77..486U/abstract
UMaUMa I dSphconstellation abbreviation: Ursa Major
UPGUPG 494authorshttps://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1972AJ.....77..486U/abstract
VarVar 83M33 "variable"https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1975ApJS...29..303V/abstract
VBVB 8discoverer initialshttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Van_Biesbroeck%27s_star_catalog
vdB-HavB-Ha 47authorshttps://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1975AJ.....80...11V/abstract
VV2000cVV2000c J195928.3+404402authors' initialshttps://heasarc.gsfc.nasa.gov/w3browse/all/veroncat.html
VVOVVO 230Van Vleck Observatoryhttps://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1968AJ.....73..744G/abstract
VysVys 3author, same as MCChttps://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1943ApJ....97..381V/abstract
WesterlundWesterlund 1-26(or W26) cluster discovererhttps://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1961AJ.....66T..57W/abstract
WillmanWillman 1name of a discovererhttps://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2005AJ....129.2692W/abstract
WNCWNC 4or "Winnecke", discoverhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winnecke_Catalogue_of_Double_Stars
WoWo 9540 Ccatalog authorhttps://heasarc.gsfc.nasa.gov/W3Browse/all/woolley.html
WOHWHO G64authors' initialshttps://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1981A%26AS...43..267W/abstract
WrayWray 17-96authorhttps://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1966PhDT.........3W/abstract
WTWT 469author initialshttps://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1994A%26AS..105..179W/abstract
YBPYBP 1194author initialshttps://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2008A%26A...484..609Y/abstract
YGKOWYGKOW G1authors' initialshttps://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1980ApJ...241..507Y/abstract
z8z8 GND 5296apparently for "z rounds to 8, GOODS North Deep"
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