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IDS Codes & Discoverer Names

 

 

 

 

IDS Codes and Discoverer Names

Below are the IDS codes used to represent the discoverers of double stars. The codes are usually accompanied by a serial number to form double star names in the WDS.

A  B  C  D  E  F  G  H  I  J  K  L  M  N  O  P  Q  R  S  T  U  V  W  X  Y  Z

IDS Code

Discoverer

A

 

A

Aitken, R.G.

 

ABT

Abetti, G.

 

AC

Clark, Alvan

 

ACS

Acocks, H.F.

 

ADO

Adolph, C.

 

AG

AG catalog

 

AGC

Clark, A.G

 

AHN

Ahnert, P. von

 

AL

Alter, G.

 

ALB

Albany Obs.

 

ALD

Alden, H.L.

 

ALG

Algiers Obs.

 

ALI

Ali, A.

 

ALL

Aller, R.M.

 

ALT

van Altena, W.

 

ANJ

Anderson, J.A.

 

ANR

Anderson, R.

 

ARA

Aravamudan, S.

 

ARG

Argelander, F.

B

 

B

Bos, W.H. van den

 

BAA

Baade, W.

 

BAB

Barbier, D.

 

BAG

Balega et al

 

BAK

Baker, A.H.

 

BAL

Baillaud, R.

 

BAM

Baillaud, B.

 

BAN

Buch-Andersen, E.

 

BAR

Barnard, E.E.

 

BAT

Batterman, H.

 

BAZ

Baize, P.

 

BDG

Bond, G.P.

 

BDW

Bond, W.C.

 

BEA

Beal, W.O.

 

BEH

Behall, A.L.

 

BEM

Bemporad, A.

 

BEN

Benes, E.

 

BER

Berman, L.

 

BES

Bessel, F.

 

BET

Bertin, B.

 

BGH

Bergh, S. van den

 

BHA

Bhaskaran, T.P.

 

BID

Bidelman, W.P.

 

BIG

Bigourdan, G.

 

BLA

Blazit, A. et al

 

BLA

Blazit, A. et al

 

BLL

Ball, R.S.

 

BLM

Morgan, B. et al

 

BLO

Bloch, M.

 

BLY

Bailey, H.C.

 

BLZ

Balz, A.

 

BME

Bem, J.

 

BNU

Bonneau et al

 

BNW

Baranov, W.A.

 

BOB

Bobone, J.

 

BOG

Boeger, E.A.

 

BOH

Bohlin, K.

 

BOJ

Boje, K.

 

BON

Bonnet, R.

 

BOO

Boothroyd, S.

 

BOS

Bosler, J.

 

BOT

Bottger, G. von

 

BOW

Bowyer, W.M.

 

BR

Bru, P.

 

BRD

Bird, F.

 

BRE

Brenner, L.

 

BRF

Brown, F.L.

 

BRN

Brunnow, F.

 

BRO

Browne, W.M.

 

BRS

Brown, S.J.

 

BRT

Barton, S.G.

 

BRU

Bruggencate,P.ten

 

BRW

Bruwer, J.A.

 

BRY

Bryant, W.W.

 

BSO

Brisbane Obs.

 

BTN

Burton, H.E.

 

BTO

Burton, C.E.

 

BTT

Beattie, E.H.

 

BTZ

Bernewitz, E.

 

BU

Burnham, S.W.

 

BUC

Buchar, E.

 

BUP

Burnham p.m. stars

 

BWR

Bower, E.C.

 

BYS

Bailey, S.I.

 

BYW

Bailey, W.

 

BZF

Baize, F.

C

 

CAD

LeCadet, G.

 

CAL

Callisen,

 

CAM

Camichel, H.

 

CDY

Candy, M.P.

 

CEL

Celoria, G.

 

CES

Cester, B.

 

CHA

Chandon, E.

 

CHE

Chevalier, P.S.

 

CHG

Chang, K.

 

CHL

Challis, J.

 

CHO

Chofardet, P.

 

CHP

Chapman, S.

 

CHT

Tsai Chang Tche

 

CHU

Churms, J.

 

CHV

Chaves, A.J.

 

CLD

Callandreau, O.

 

CLS

Collins, W.H.

 

CLU

Clouet, B.

 

CLY

Clymer, W.B.

 

COG

Cogshall, W.A.

 

COH

Cohn, F.

 

COL

Colman, W.

 

COM

Comstock, G.C.

 

COO

Cordoba Obs.

 

COP

Copland, R.

 

COS

Cosserat, E.

 

COU

Couteau, P.

 

COW

Cowell, P.H.

 

COX

Cox, G.W.

 

CPD

Cape Photo. Durch.

 

CPO

Cape Observatory

 

CRS

Christie, W.H.

 

CRU

Cruls, L.

 

CTA

Costa, D.F.

 

CUA

Cambridge Univ.

 

CUD

Cudworth, K.M.

 

CUL

Cullen, R.T.

D

 

D

Dembowski, E.

 

DA

Dawes, W.R.

 

DAC

Dacic, M.

 

DAN

Danjon, A.

 

DAV

Davies, J.E.

 

DAW

Dawson, B.H.

 

DEN

Dennis, J.H.

 

DEO

Dearborn Obs.

 

DGN

Dugan, R.S.

 

DIC

Dick, J.

 

DIN

Dinwiddie, W.W.

 

DJU

Djurkovic, P.

 

DOB

Doberck, W.A.

 

DOM

Dommanget, J.

 

DON

Donner, H.F.

 

DOO

Doolittle, E.

 

DOR

Dorpat Obs.

 

DSC

Demetrescu, G.

 

DU

Duner, N.C.

 

DUB

Dubois, J.

 

DUC

Duncan, J.C.

 

DUN

Dunlop, J.

 

DUR

Duruy, M.V.

 

DYS

Dyson, F.

E

 

EBE

Ebersberger et al

 

EBL

Ebell, M.

 

EDD

Eddington, A.S.

 

EDG

Edgecomb, D.W.

 

EDN

Edney, D.J.

 

EGB

Egbert, H.V.

 

EGG

Eggen, O.J.

 

EIC

Eichelberger,W.S.

 

ELL

Ellison, J.

 

ELS

Ellison, M.A.

 

EN

=ENG

 

ENG

Engelmann, R.

 

ENH

Engelhardt, von

 

ERC

Erceg, V.

 

ERK

Erck, W.

 

ERN

Ernst, E.

 

ES

Espin, T.E.

F

 

FAT

Fatou, P.

 

FAY

Fayet, M.G.

 

FEI

Feierman, B.H.

 

FEK

Fekel, F.C.

 

FEN

Fender, F.G.

 

FER

Ferrin, A.

 

FES

Fessenkov, B.

 

FFG

Ferwerda, J.G.

 

FIC

Finch,

 

FIL

Filipov, M.L.

 

FIN

Finsen, W.S.

 

FJL

Fjeltofte, S.

 

FLE

Fleckenstein, J.

 

FLT

Fletcher, I.

 

FOK

Fokker, A.D.

 

FOR

Forgeron, L.

 

FOS

Fossat, E.

 

FOX

Fox, P.

 

FRH

Furuhjelm, R.

 

FRK

Franks, W.S.

 

FRM

Farman, M.

 

FRO

Frolich, O.

 

FRR

Ferrari, P.G.

 

FRS

Frisby, E.

 

FRZ

Franz, J.

 

FUR

Furner, H.

G

 

GAL

Gallo, J.

 

GAN

Anderson, G.

 

GAU

Gauchet, P.L.

 

GBB

Gabba, L.

 

GCB

Giacobini, M.

 

GE

Gasteyer,C. et al

 

GED

Geddes, M.

 

GEZ

Gezari, D. et al

 

GIA

Giacomelli, F.

 

GIC

Giclas et al

 

GIF

Gifford, E.H.

 

GIL

Gill, D.

 

GLD

Gledhill, J.

 

GLE

Gale, W.F.

 

GLI

Gilliss, J.M.

 

GLP

Glasenapp, S.

 

GND

Grandon, R.

 

GNY

Goldney, G.A.

 

GOL

Goldschmidt, H.

 

GRA

Gratchov, M.

 

GRB

Groombridge, S.

 

GRO

Greenwich Obs.

 

GSH

Glaisher, J.

 

GTB

Gottlieb, K.

 

GTL

Gentili,

 

GUI

Guillaume, J.

 

GUM

Gummere, H.V.

 

GUT

Guterbock,

 

GUY

Guyot, W.E.

 

GYL

Goyal, A.N.

H

 

H

Herschel, W.

 

HAA

Haarh, G.

 

HAG

Hagen, J.G.

 

HAL

Hall, A. Jr.

 

HAM

Hammond, J.C.

 

HAR

Hargreaves, F.J.

 

HAS

Hassenstein, W.

 

HAU

Haupt, H.

 

HAW

Hawksworth

 

HDO

Harvard Obs.

 

HDZ

Harvard Zones

 

HEI

Heintz, W.D.

 

HER

Herbig, G.

 

HG

Hog, E.

 

HIG

Highton, H.P.

 

HIR

Hirst, W.P.

 

HIL

Hill, L.

 

HJ

Herschel, J.

 

HL

Hall, A.

 

HLD

Holden, E.S.

 

HLM

Holmes, E.

 

HLN

Holden, F.

 

HLS

Hollis, H.P.

 

HMR

Hammer, C.

 

HNS

Hansen, C.

 

HNZ

Hintze, K.H.

 

HO

Hough, G.W.

 

HOC

Hock, E.

 

HON

Honnart, F.

 

HOP

Hopmann, J.

 

HRC

Heinrich, W.W.

 

HRG

Hargrave, L.

 

HRS

Harris, D.L.

 

HST

Hirst, G.D.

 

HTG

Hastings, C.S.

 

HU

Hussey, W.L.

 

HUS

Huss, J.

 

HWD

Howard, W.E.

 

HWE

Howe, H.A.

 

HYN

Hayn, F.

 

HZG

Hertzsprung, E.

I

 

I

Innes, R.T.A.

 

IAN

Iannini, G.

 

INA

Inaba, M.

 

INO

Ichinohe, N.

J

 

J

Jonckheere, R.

 

JAC

Jackson, C.

 

JAE

Jaegher, L. de

 

JAM

Jameson, H.

 

JAN

Janssen, C. Luplau

 

JC

Jacob, W.S.

 

JCK

Jackson, J.

 

JDH

Jones, D.H.

 

JE

Jedrizyewicz, J.

 

JEF

Jeffers, H.M.

 

JFR

Jouffray, A.C.

 

JKN

Jackson, P.

 

JNS

Jones, G.L.

 

JOH

Johnson, E.L.

 

JON

Jones, H.S.

 

JOS

Jost, E.

 

JSN

Johnson, S.J.

 

JSP

Jessup, M.K.

 

JW

Wilson, J.M.

 

JOY

Joy, A.H.

K

 

KAI

Kaiser, F.

 

KAM

Kamp, P. van de

 

KAZ

Kazansky, J.et al

 

KDL

Kendall, E.O.

 

KIN

King, E.S.

 

KLE

Klerk, M.

 

KOE

Koechlin  et al

 

KNO

Knol,

 

KNP

Knipe, G.F.

 

KNR

Knorre, V.

 

KNT

Knott, G.

 

KOM

Komendantov, N.

 

KOP

Kopal, Z.

 

KOR

Korbut, I.F.

 

KPR

Kamper, K.

 

KPZ

Krumpholtz, H.

 

KRA

Kranic, A.

 

KRN

Kurochkin, N.E.

 

KRU

Kruger, E.C.

 

KU

Kustner, F.

 

KUI

Kuiper, G.P.

 

KUL

Kulagin, E.S.

 

KUM

Kumon, T.

L

 

L

Lewis, T.

 

LAB

Labeyrie et al

 

LAC

Lacchini, G.B.

 

LAG

Lagrula, P.

 

LAL

Lalande, F. de

 

LAM

Lamont, J. von

 

LAR

Larink, J.

 

LAU

Lau, H.E.

 

LAW

Lawton, G.K.

 

LBD

Laques, et al

 

LBU

Le Beau, J

 

LBZ

Labitzke, P.

 

LCL

Lacaille, N.L.

 

LDB

Lindenblad, I.W.

 

LDS

Luyten p.m. catalog

 

LEE

Lee, O.J.

 

LEM

Lembang Obs.

 

LEO

Leonard, F.C.

 

LES

Leone, S.

 

LMB

Lamb, A.

 

LNG

Lan Ling Fang

 

LO

Lick Observatory

 

LOH

Lohse, O.

 

LOR

Lord, H.C.

 

LPM

Luyten p.m. catalog

 

LPO

La Plata Obs.

 

LPF

Lempfert, R.G.

 

LRZ

Lauritzen, S.

 

LSL

Lasell, W.

 

LT

Lyot, B.

 

LTG

Lategan, O.P.

 

LUC

Luck, J.M.

 

LUN

Lunt, J.

 

LUY

Luyten, W.J.

 

LV

Leavenworth, F.

 

LYO

Lyons, U.S.      

M

 

MA

Madler, J.H.

 

MAA

Maanen, A. van

 

MAC

Maclear, T.

 

MAG

Maggini, M.

 

MAI

Main, R.

 

MAL

McAlister, H.A.

 

MAN

Maneng, L.

 

MAS

Manson, S.E.

 

MAT

Mantelli, U.

 

MAU

Maunder, E.W.

 

MAW

Maw, W.H.

 

MCC

MacConnell, D.J.

 

MCH

Munch, W.

 

MCL

Maclear, G.

 

MCM

McMullen,

 

MDO

Madras Obs.

 

MER

Mercier, R.

 

MIL

Miller, J.A.

 

MLB

Milburn, W.

 

MLF

Muller, F.

 

MLL

Mitchell, S.A.

 

MLN

Merlin, E.

 

MLO

Melbourne Obs.

 

MUL

Miller, J.F.

 

MLR

Muller, P.

 

MLT

Melotte, P.

 

MOE

Moesta, C.W.

 

MOH

Mohiuddin, G.

 

MON

Montangerand, L.

 

MOT

Motherwell, R.M.

 

MOU

Moulton, F.R.

 

MRG

Morgan, H.R.

 

MRL

Morel, P.

 

MRO

Mourao, R.F.

 

MRR

Merrill, P.W.

 

MRT

Morton, F.

 

MRZ

Markowitz, W.

 

MTL

Mitchel, O.M.

 

MUN

Mundler, M.

 

MXW

Maxwell, L.

N

 

NAR

Narsimhan, B.

 

NBG

Newberg, J.L.

 

NEF

Neff, W.N.

 

NES

Newcomb, S.

 

NEU

Neumin, G.E.

 

NEV

Neven, L.

 

NEW

Newton, H.W.

 

NGL

Nangle, J.

 

NIB

Niblett,

 

NIC

Nicholson, S.B.

 

NIE

Nielsen, A.

 

NIS

Nissen, A.

 

NVL

Nechville, V.

 

NYF

Nyfeldt, A.

 

NYS

Nys, O.

 

NZO

New Zealand Obs.

O

 

OL

Olivier, C.P.

 

OLE

Olevic, D.M.

 

OPA

Opalski, W.

 

OPI

Opik, E.

 

OSB

Osborn, W.H.

 

OSG

Osgood, T.H.

 

OSV

Osvalds, V.

P

 

PAN

Pannuzzio, R.

 

PAR

Parkhurst, J.A.

 

PAU

Pauscher, H.

 

PAV

Pavel, F.

 

PCW

Pritchett, C.W.

 

PEI

Peirce, C.S.

 

PEK

Peek, B.M.

 

PEN

Pensado, J.

 

PER

Perrotin, J.

 

PET

Petit, H.

 

PHL

Phillips, T.E.

 

PHM

Philpott,

 

PHS

Pritchett, H.S.

 

PIC

Pickering, W.H.

 

PID

Pidoux, J.

 

PIP

Pipping, G.

 

PKO

Pulkovo Obs.

 

PLM

Plummer, W.E.

 

PLQ

Paloque, E.

 

PMA

Postma, S.W.

 

POC

Pocock, A.J.

 

POK

Pokrovsky, K.D.

 

POL

Pollock, J.A.

 

POP

Popovic, G.

 

POS

Postlemann, A.

 

POT

Potsdam Obs.

 

POU

Pourteau, A.

 

PRC

Pritchett, C.W.

 

PRE

Pretre, P.

 

PRJ

Pritchett, C. Jr.

 

PRN

Perrine, C.D.

 

PRY

Perry, J.J.

 

PRO

Perth Obs.

 

PRT

Pritchett, H.S.

 

PRZ

Przbyllok, E.

 

PTC

Lien Pou Cheou

 

PTT

Pettitt, E.

 

PWL

Powell, E.B.

 

PZ

Piazzi, G.

R

 

R

Russell, H.C.

 

RAB

Rabe, W.

 

RAK

Rakos, K.

 

RAY

Raynsford, G.M.

 

RBS

Robertson, W.H.

 

RE

Roemer, E.

 

REN

Renz, F.

 

REU

Reuyl, D.

 

RIC

Rice, H.L.

 

RMK

Rumker, C.

 

ROE

Roe, E.D.

 

ROM

Romberg, H.

 

RON

Ronchi, V.

 

ROS

Ross, F.E.

 

ROU

Rougier, G.

 

RSD

Rossard, F.

 

RST

Rossiter, R.A.

S

 

S

South, J.

 

SAL

Salet, P.

 

SAN

Sanford, R.F.

 

SBC

Saint-Blancat, D.

 

SBK

Seabroke, G.M.

 

SCA

Scardia, M.

 

SCD

Schmeidler, F.

 

SCH

Schembor, F.

 

SCJ

Schjellerup, H.

 

SCL

Scholl, H.

 

SCM

Schmidt, G. et al

 

SCR

Schur, W.

 

SCT

Scott, J.L.

 

SDL

Seidl, Z.

 

SDR

Sanders, W.L.

 

SE

Secchi, A.

 

SEA

Searle, G.M.

 

SEE

See, T.J.

 

SEI

Scheiner, J.

 

SEM

Semirot, P.

 

SER

Serafimov, B.

 

SGT

Sagot, R.

 

SHA

Shajn, G.

 

SHB

Shaeberle, J.M.

 

SHJ

South & Herschel

 

SHM

Schmidt, K.

 

SHR

Schiller, K.

 

SIL

Silbernagel, E.

 

SIM

Simpkins, R.P.

 

SKI

Skinner, A.N.

 

SKY

Savitsky, P.

 

SLA

Slater, R.C.

 

SLL

Lippincott, S.L.

 

SLO

Slocum, F.

 

SLR

Sellors, R.P.

 

SLV

Salukvadze, G.

 

SMA

Smart, W.M.

 

SMI

Smith, L.J.

 

SMM

Simms,

 

SMS

Sims, K.P.

 

SMT

Smith, A.P.

 

SMW

Simonov, G.V.

 

SMY

Smythe, W.H.

 

SNT

Sinton, W.M.

 

SOE

Soulie, G.

 

SOL

Sola, J. Comas

 

SOU

Soule, S.B.

 

SP

Schiaparelli, G.

 

SPR

Sproul Obs.

 

SRB

Sternberg Inst.

 

ST

Stearns, C. L.

 

STA

Starikova, G.A.

 

STE

Stephenson, B.

 

STF

Struve, F.G.W.

 

STG

Struve, G.

 

STH

Struve, H.

 

STI

Stein, J.

 

STN

Stone, O.

 

STO

Storey, J.

 

STR

Strand, K.A.

 

STT

Struve, O.

 

STV

Steavenson, W.H.

 

SUM

Sumzina, N.K.

 

SWI

Swift, L.

 

SWZ

Schwarzchild, K.

 

SYM

Symms, L.S.

 

SYO

Sydney Obs.

 

SZK

Szkalnitsky, P.

T

 

TAL

Talmadge, C.G.

 

TAN

Tannenbaum, B.

 

TAR

Tarrant, K.J.

 

TAY

Taylor, P.H.

 

TB

Tebbutt, J.

 

TCH

Tchen Yong Liang

 

TCX

Cox, T.

 

THE

The, P.S.

 

THI

Thiele, H.

 

THM

Thomsen, I.L.

 

THO

Thompson,

 

THS

Thomas, D.V.

 

TKA

Telnyuk-Adamchuk

 

TNG

Tango, W. et al

 

TOK

Tokovinin, A.A.

 

TOR

Torino Obs.

 

TRO

Trousset, J.

 

TRU

Trumpler, R.

 

TSH

Tscherny, S.D.

 

TUC

Tucker, R.H.

 

TUR

Turner, H.

U

 

UPD

Updegraff, M.

 

URB

Urban, K. von

 

USN

U.S. Naval Obs.

V

 

VAD

Van Albada, E.

 

VAL

Valbousquet, A.

 

VAT

Vatican Obs.

 

VBS

Van Biesbroeck,G.

 

VDK

Vanderdonck, J.

 

VDS

van der Spuy, K.

 

VIL

Villiger, W.

 

VOL

Volkel, M.

 

VOU

Voute, J.G.

 

VTR

Vetterlein, J.C.

 

VVO

Van Vleck Obs.

 

VVS

Vyssotsky, A.N.

W

 

WAG

Wagner, M.S.

 

WAK

Walker, R.L.

 

WAL

Wallenquist, A.

 

WAM

Wamer, W.P.

 

WAR

Ward, I.W.

 

WCK

Wickes  et  al

 

WEB

Webb, T.W.

 

WEI

Weisse, M.

 

WEN

Wendell, O.C.

 

WES

Wesselink, A.J.

 

WEY

Weymouth, C.

 

WG

Wrigley, R.W.

 

WGT

Weigelt, G.P.

 

WH

Wichmann, M.

 

WHC

Wilson, H.C.

 

WHE

Wood, H.E.

 

WIE

Wieth-Knudsen, N.

 

WIN

Winlock, J.

 

WIR

Wirtanen, C.A.

 

WLD

Waldo, L.

 

WNC

Winnecke, A.

 

WNO

Washington Obs.

 

WOH

Wood, H.

 

WOO

Woods, H.I.

 

WOR

Worley, C.E.

 

WOY

Woolley, R.

 

WRE

Wilson, R.E.

 

WRG

Wrigley, R.W.

 

WRH

Wilson, R.H.

 

WSL

Worssell, W.M.

 

WTL

Witchell, W.M.

 

WYL

Wylie, L.R.

 

WZ

Wirtz, C.

Y

 

Y

Yale Catalog

 

YOU

Young, S.P.

 

YNG

Young, C.A.

Z

 

ZAG

Zagar, F.

 

ZIN

Zinner, E.

 

ZUL

Zulevic, D.J.


 

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