List of Catalog Names for Planetary Nebulae, Proto-planetary Nebulae, and Some Objects Previously Thought to be Planetary Nebulae

Last updated: May 1995


Abbreviation    Catalog

A...............Abell (2nd list)
Al2.............Allen, D. A. 1979, Observatory, 99, 83.
Ap..............Apriamsvili
B1..............BoBn, BB1 Boeshaar, G. O., & Bond, H. E. 1977, ApJ, 213, 421.
Ba..............Baade
BD..............BD+30 3639
Bl..............Blanco
BV..............Bohm-Vitense
Cn..............Cannon
CnMy............Cannon,Mayall
CTS.............Cappellaro, E., Turatto, M., & Sabbadin, F. 1989, A&A, 218, 241.
CTSS............Cappellaro, E., Turatto, M., Salvatori, L., & Sabbadin, F. 1990,
		A&AS, 86, 503.
DDM.............DDDM1, Ko1, DoDz  Dolidze, M. V. & Dzhimshelejshvili, G. N. 
		1966, Astr Tsirk, 7.
E...............ESO# European Southern Observatory
EGB.............Ellis, G. L., Grayson, E. T., & Bond, H. E. 1984, PASP, 96, 283.
Fg..............Fleming
G339.2..........G339.2-0.4 Murdin, P., Clark, D. H., & Haynes, R. F. 1979, 
		MNRAS, 189, 459.
GL618...........AFGL, RAFGL, AFCRL Westbrook, W. E., Becklin, E. E., 
		Merrill, K. M., Neugebauer, G., Schmidt, M., Willner, S. P., &
		Wynn-Williams, C. G. 1975, ApJ, 202, 407.
Ha..............Haro (H)
HB..............Hubble
HBV.............Hamburg-Bergedorf Variable 475
HD..............Henry Draper Catalogue
He..............Henize
HEN.............PGLP
Hf..............Hoffleit
HFG1............Heckathorn, J. N., Fesen, R. A., & Gull, T. R. 1982, A&A, 114, 
		414.
HM..............HM Sagittae
Hu..............Humason
IC..............IC Index Catalogue
IW..............Ishida, K., & Weinberger, R. 1987, A&A, 178, 227.
J...............Jonckheere
Jn..............Jones
K...............Kohoutek
KFL.............Kinman, T. D., Feast, M. W., & Lasker, B. M. 1988, AJ, 95, 804.
KJ4.............KjPN4, KaPa4 Kazarjan, M. A., & Parsamian, E. S. 1971, 
		Astr Tsirk, 602, 6.
Lo..............Longmore, A. J. 1977, MNRAS, 178, 251.
LT..............Longmore, A. J., and Tritton, S. B. 1980, MNRAS, 193, 521.
LSA1............Lundstrom, I., Stenholm, B., & Acker, A. 1988, A&A, 196, 233.
M...............Minkowski
MAC1............MacConnell, D. J. 1978, A&AS, 33, 219.
Me..............Merrill
MGLP............Manchado, A., Garcia-Lario, P., & Pottasch, S. R. 1989, A&A, 
		218, 267.
MWC.............MWC17 Allen, D. A., & Swings, J. P. 1976, A&A, 47, 293.
My..............Mayall
MyCn........... Mayall,Cannon
MZ..............Menzel
Na..............Nassau et al
NGC.............NGC New General Catalogue
PB..............Peimbert,Batiz
PBOZ............Pottasch, S. R., Bignell, C., Olling, R., & Zijlstra, A. A. 
		1988, A&A, 205, 248.
PC..............Peimbert,Costero
Pe..............Perek
PH..............Ph1 in NGC3587 discoverd by Phelps, R. L. per Phelps, R. L., & 
                Janes, K. A. 1991, PASP, 103, 491.
PRMG1...........Pena, M., Ruiz, M. T., Maza, J., & Gonzalez, L. E. 1989, 
		Rev Mex A&A, 17, 25.
PRTM1.......... PN242-37.1 as used by Maciel, W. J., & Dutra, C. M. 1992, AA,
		262, 271
Pu..............Purgathofer, A. 1978, A&A, 70, 589.
PW..............Purgathofer, A., & Weinberger, R. 1980, A&A, 87, L5.
Sa2.............Sanduleak, N. 1975, Pub Warner & Swasey Obs, 2, No 1.
Sa3.............Sanduleak, N. 1976, Pub Warner & Swasey Obs, 2, No 3.
SaSt2...........Sanduleak, N., & Stephenson, C. B. 1972, ApJ, 178, 183.
SH..............Sharpless
ShWi............Shaw, R. A., & Wirth, A. 1985, PASP, 97, 1071.
SN1.............Shane
Sp..............Shapley
Sp3-1...........Stephenson, S. P. 1978, PASP, 90, 396.
SuWt............SchuWe Schuster, E.-H., & West, R. M. 1976, A&A, 46, 139.
SwSt............Swings,Struve
T21,T53.........Herbig, G. H. 1969, Proc Nat Acad Sci, 63, 1045.
Tc1.............Thackeray
Te..............Terzan
TeJu............Terzan, A., & Ju, K. H. 1980, The ESO Messenger, No. 20, 6.
Th..............The
TRBR............aka TeJu21, TBJ4
V1016CY.........V1016Cygnus, IRAS19553+3941
VDB.............Bergh, S. Van den 1978, ApJS, 38, 119.
Ve..............Velghe
VV1.............Voroncov-Veljaminov
Vy..............Vyssotsky
W15,W16,W17.....Wray, J. D. 1966, Thesis, Northwestern University.
We..............Weinberger, R. 1977, A&AS, 30, 335.
Ym29............Johnson
0702-79.........IRAS07027-7934 aka Vo1
0713+10.........IRAS07134+1005 aka HD56126, BD+10 1470 
1230-27.........CTIO1230-275
1751-15.........IRAS17514-1555
1751-25.........IRAS17516-2525
1833-23.........IRAS18333-2357 in IRAS Point Source Catalog
1912+17.........IRAS Source 1912+172P09
2256+61.........IRAS22568+6141
F1   NGC185.....FO
KD1  NGC6822....DT
FD1  Fornax.....in Fornax Dwarf Galaxy
290    M31......JF86 
363    M31......JF86 
372    M31......JF86
M32-1  M32......JFJ
SMP#s supercede Kaler (1976) coding of SMC: NS and LMC: N, P.
J       SMC.....Jacoby, G. H. 1980, ApJS, 42, 1.
LN      SMC.....Lindsey, E. M. 1961, AJ, 66, 169
MA,MG   SMC.....Morgan, D. H., & Good, A. R. 1985, MNRAS, 213, 491.
                Wood, P. R., Meatheringham, S. J., Dopita, M. A., &
		Morgan, D. H. 1987, ApJ, 320, 178.
                Vassiliadis, E., Dopita, M. A., & Morgan, D. H. 1992, in prep.
N      SMC......Henize, K. G. 1956, ApS, 2, 315.
SMP    SMC......Sanduleak, N., MacConnell, D. J., & Davis Philip, A. G.  1978, 
		PASP, 90, 621.
J      LMC......Jacoby, G. H. 1980, ApJS, 42, 1.
MA,MG  LMC......Wood, P. R., Meatheringham, S. J., Dopita, M. A. &
		Morgan, D. H. 1987, ApJ, 320, 178.
                Vassiliadis, E., Dopita, M. A., & Morgan, D. H. 1992, in prep.
MG1-MG86..LMC...Morgan, D. H., & Good, A. R. 1992, A&A, 92, 571.
N      LMC......Henize, K. G. 1956, ApS, 2, 315.