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Searching the Astronomical Object Field

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 search operators (AND, OR, NOT) and wildcards (* $ ?) in your search query.

Astronomical Object Examples

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

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Inspec follows the guidelines for naming astronomical objects provided by the International Astronomical Union.