Dictionary of Nomenclature of Celestial Objects
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Result of query: info cati FFS84]$

Details on Acronym:   [FFS84]
  
[FFS84] (Ftaclas+Fanelli+Struble, 1984)
 Write:<<[FFS84]  Cloud A>>
 N:  2
Object:Group of G  (SIMBAD class: GroupG = Group of Galaxies)
  Stat:is completely incorporated in Simbad
  Note:Structure of the Virgo cluster region.
    The designation 'Cloud' is used for group of galaxies, and    often found in literature as 'M Cloud' instead of 'Cloud M'.    Cloud M and Cloud N are 2 subgroups in the field of    the Virgo cluster.
    See also [D61], BTS87.
 in source:NAME Virgo Cluster
   Ref:=1984ApJ...282...19F
     byFTACLAS C.
, FANELLI M.N., STRUBLE M.F.
 Astrophys. J., 282, 19-28 (1984)

    Velocity distribution of Virgo cluster galaxies.

o12 12.5 +13 45
oFig.10: <[FFS84] Cloud A> (Nos M, N>.
 Originof the Acronym: S = Created by Simbad, the CDS Database