Dictionary of Nomenclature of Celestial Objects

main (McClure+Twarog+Forrester, 1981)
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N: 806
Object:*  (SIMBAD class: Star)
Note:CTIO Yale 1.0m telescope observations of N=806 stars in NGC 2406.
In the format, the first digit refers to a quandrant number on the finding chart, the second digit refers to a ring number, and the last three digits refer to the serial number assigned to the star within that quandrant and ring.
Ref:=1981ApJ...243..841M
byMcCLURE R.D. , TWAROG B.A., FORRESTER W.T.
 Astrophys. J., 243, 841-854 (1981)
  The old open cluster NGC 2506 and its similarity to NGC 2420.
oFig. 1, Tables 1+3: <[MTF81] NNNNN> N=806. Table 3: <NGC 2506 NNNN> N=416 among (Nos 1101-4382).
Originof the Acronym: S = Created by Simbad, the CDS Database