rare designator prefixes

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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.

See also double star designation.

(objects,designation) Further reading:
https://www.skyandtelescope.com/astronomy-resources/names-of-deep-sky-objects/

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 12	author	https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1921PASP...33..174H/abstract
HB	HB 2124-4228	authors	https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1988MNRAS.234..177H/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 4-55	discoverer, PNe	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lubos_Kohoutek
K	K 13	or Kg or King(discoverer), open clusters	https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1949BHarO.919...41K/abstract
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), 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
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
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
LEHPM	LEHPM 1902	Liverpool-Edinburgh high PM	https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2003A%26A...397..575P/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
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
LSR	LSR J0822+1700	authors' initials	https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2002AJ....124.1190L/abstract
Luhman	Luhman 16	(or LUH) discoverer
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
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
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
Melnick	Melnick 42	author	https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1985A%26A...153..235M/abstract
MGC	MGC1	for "Martin Globular Cluster", Nicolas Martin, primary author	https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2006MNRAS.371.1983M/abstract
MlbO	MlbO 4	Melbourne Obs. discovery
MLO	MLO 4	Melbourne Obs. discovery
MR	MR 2251-178	maybe for MIT Ricker?
MWC	MWC 349	"Mount Wilson Catalog"	https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1933ApJ....78...87M/abstract
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
P	P871	author initial	https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1993AJ....106..560P/abstract
Pismis	Pismis 24-17	author	https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1959BOTT....2r..37P/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
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
Rob	Rob 270	author	https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1984AJ.....89.1229R/abstract
SAND	SAND364	paper by "Sanders" re open cluster
SB	SB-WF 3572-1508	Hubble Deep Field South SB field
Sextans	Sextans Dwarf Sph	constellation name
Sher	Sher 25	author	https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1965MNRAS.129..237S/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
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
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
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
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"

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