Dictionary of Nomenclature of Celestial Objects
(Last update: 22-Mar-2024)

Result of query: info cati KMA2007]$

Details on Acronym:   [KMA2007]
  
[KMA2007] (Koester+McKay+Annis+, 2007)= (MaxBCG)
Write:<<[KMA2007] DDD.ddddd+DD.ddddd>>
N: 13823
Object:Cluster of G  (SIMBAD class: ClG = Cluster of Galaxies)
Note:Catalog of galaxy clusters selected using the MaxBCG red-sequence from SDSS photometric data.
Ref:=2007ApJ...660..239K
byKOESTER B.P. , McKAY T.A., ANNIS J., WECHSLER R.H., EVRARD A., BLEEM L., BECKER M., JOHNSTON D., SHELDON E., NICHOL R., MILLER C., SCRANTON R., BAHCALL N., BARENTINE J., BREWINGTON H., BRINKMANN J., HARVANEK M., KLEINMAN S., KRZESINSKI J., LONG D., NITTA A., SCHNEIDER D.P., SNEDDEN S., VOGES W., YORK D.
 Astrophys. J., 660, 239-255 (2007)
  A MaxBCG catalog of 13,823 galaxy clusters from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey.
oTable 1: <[KMA2007] DDD.ddddd+DD.ddddd> N=13823.
=E=Catalogue in electronic form as J/ApJ/660/239
Originof the Acronym: S = Created by Simbad, the CDS Database

Details on Acronym:   MaxBCG
  
MaxBCG (Koester+McKay+Annis+, 2007)
***** Avoid the usage of MaxBCG, prefer [KMA2007]
Originof the Acronym: A = Assigned by the author(s)