Table information for 'leda.designations'

General

Table Description: Catalogue of object designations (names) in LEDA

This table is available for ADQL queries and through the TAP endpoint.

Resource Description: Astronomical object catalogues from LEDA.

For a list of all services and tables belonging to this table's resource, see Information on resource 'LEDA catalogues'

Citing this table

To cite the table as such, we suggest the following BibTeX entry:

@MISC{vo:leda_designation,
  year=2026,
  title={{LEDA} catalogues},
  author={{HyperLEDA}},
  url={http://tap.leda.kraysent.dev/tableinfo/leda.designations},
  howpublished={{VO} resource provided by the Dachs-on-Docker}
}

Columns

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NameTable Head DescriptionUnitUCD
author Author Authors of the bibliographic reference, comma-separated N/A meta.bib.author
bib Bib Internal bibliographic reference identifier N/A meta.bib
bibyear Year Publication year of the bibliographic reference N/A time.epoch;meta.bib
code Code Bibliographic reference code N/A meta.bib.bibcode
name Name Object designation N/A meta.id
pgc PGC Principal Galaxy Catalog identifier N/A meta.id;meta.main
title Title Title of the bibliographic reference N/A meta.title;meta.bib

Columns that are parts of indices are marked like this.

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