Abbreviations of object designations
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ADS           Aitken Double Stars, Note (1)
AS            HeR, AoS
BD            Bonner Durchmusterung
Bernes        Author's name, Note (3)
BHJ           AoS
Bran          Brand, Author's name, Note (2)
CD            HeB
CoKu          HeB
CPD           Cape Photometric Durchmusterung
Elias         HeB
EQ            Note (4)
ESO           AoS
G1pe          HeB
GX            Galactic X-ray sources
Haro          HeB
HBC           Catalog number of HeB
HD            Henry Draper Catalogue              =HDE
He            HeB     =He 3- =Hen
Herbst        Author's name, WeT
Hilt          Hiltner, Author's name, Note (5)
HR            Harvard Revised Photometry
IC            NGC Supplement, AoS
IRAS          IRAS Point Source Catalogue
KMS           Note (6)
Kn            HeB
LkH_alpha_    HeR
LS            Wolf-Rayet stars, Note (7)
Mac C         AoS, HeB, HeR                       =MaC=Mac Co
MC            HeB
MH_alpha_     AoS, HeR
MR            Wolf-Rayet stars, Note (8)
Mrk           Galaxies, Note (9)
MWC           AoS, HeR
NGC           AoS
NNsk          Note (10)                           =N^3 sk
Par           HeB
Pe            Planetary Nebulae, AoS
PK            Planetary Nebulae, AoS
PN M          Planetary Nebulae, AoS              =M
PN VV         Planetray Nebulae, AoS              = VV'
PP            AoS, HeB
RCW           H_alpha_ emission-line regions, AoS
RNO           HeB
Rob           Stars in Clusters, Note (11)
SS            HeB                                 =SS73
StH_alpha_    Author's name, Note, AoS
Sz            HeB
Th            HeB, HeR                            =Th_alpha_
vdBH          HeB
Ve            Planetary Nebulae, AoS
Ves           Vatican Emission Stars
W             Walker, HeB, HeR
WR            Wolf-Rayet stars, HeB
WRA           AoS, HeB                            =WRA 15- =WRAY
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Notes:
  (1) Aitken, R.G. 1932, Carnegie Inst. Washington, publ.
      no. 417, 2 vol.,p. 1488.
  (2) Brand, J., Blitz, L., Wouterloot, J.G.A. 1986, A&AS, 65,
      537 (1986A&AS...65..537B)
  (3) Bright nebulosities, Bernes, C. 1977, A&AS, 29, 65.
      (1977A&AS...29...65B)
  (4) Simbad systematic designation for non-stellar objects.
  (5) Hiltner, W.A. 1956, ApJS, 2, 389.  (1956ApJS....2..389H)
  (6) Strom, K.M., Newton, G., Strom, S.E., Seaman, R.L.,
      Carasco, L., Cruz-Gonzales, I., Serrano, A.,
      Grasdalen, G.L 1989, ApJS, 71, 183 (1989ApJS...71..183S)
  (7) Smith, L.F. 1968, MNRAS, 138, 1092 (1968MNRAS.138..109S)
  (8) Roberts, M.S. 1962, AJ, 67, 79 (1962AJ.....67...79R)
  (9) Markarian, B.E., Galaxies with an ultraviolet continuum,
      several lists are given in Astrofizika from no. 3, 1967,
      to no. 10, 1974.
 (10) Nakajima, T., Nagata, T., Nishida, M., Sato, S., 
      Kawara, K. 1986, MNRAS, 221, 483 (1986MNRAS.221..483N)
 (11) Stars in clusters, Robertson, J.W. 1974, A&AS, 15, 261.
      (1974A&AS...15..261R)
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