The Astronomical Object field contains controlled designations for astronomical objects discussed in the source documents. The designations may be:

• Name-based acronyms
• Catalogue-based, consisting of an acronym for the catalogue followed by the catalogue entry number
• Positional information

You can use Booleans (AND, OR, and NOT) and wildcards (* ? $) in your search query.

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Astronomical Object Examples

• CM Tau
• CM Ta*
• CM Ta?
• CM Ta$
• PSR 0531
• PS? 0531
• PS$ 0531
• PSR 0531 OR CM Tau
• PSR 0531 AND CM Tau

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Inspec follows the guidelines provided by the International Astronomical Union. The List of Atronomical Catalogue Designations is available in HTML or PDF format from IEE.