ASTRONOMY: Amusing Star Catalogue Acronyms

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Minor amusement among the astronomical databases of the world this weekend: this acronym actually exists. The subject matter, white dwarf stars, is perfectly respectable. As is the lead investigator named in the title...who ought to be having starships named for them.

http://cds.u-strasbg.fr/cgi-bin/Dic-Simbad?LAWD

The first object noted in this catalogue, by the by, is apparently 49 lightyears directly "south" of Sol along the Z-axis.

LAWD 1 as profiled on Kevin Jardine's GAIA DR 2 Galaxy Map