SIMBAD: Nomenclature in SIMBAD


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The nomenclature does matter: it is the keystone of the SIMBAD and NED databases. The primary role of Nomenclature is to ensure that acronyms permit the identification of astronomical objects in an unambiguous way: a given name must correspond to a unique object.


In the dictionary of Nomenclature you can check what already exists, more than 15,000 acronyms. If you are going to publish a new survey or new observations that require a new acronym, please check the IAU Recommendations, and submit it to the IAU Working Group on Nomenclature & Designations prior to publication.


Dictionary of Nomenclature (https://cds.unistra.fr/cgi-bin/Dic-Simbad)


IAU Recommendations for Nomenclature (https://cds.unistra.fr/Dic/iau-spec.html)


Submission of a new acronym (http://cdsarc.u-strasbg.fr/viz-bin/DicForm)


IAU Functional Working Group on Designations & Nomenclature (https://www.iau.org/science/scientific_bodies/working_groups/311/)


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