Dictionary of Nomenclature of Celestial Objects
(Last update: 19-Apr-2024)

Result of query: info cati MC83b]$

Details on Acronym:   [MC83b]
  
[MC83b] (Malin+Carter, 1983)
Write:<<[MC83b] HHMM+DDd>>
N: 137+12
Object:G  (SIMBAD class: Galaxy)
Note:N=137 elliptical galaxies south of -17deg Dec, which exhibit shell or ripple features, and N=12 supplementary galaxies outside the main survey.
Ref:=1983ApJ...274..534M
byMALIN D.F. , CARTER D.
 Astrophys. J., 274, 534-540 (1983)
  A catalog of elliptical galaxies with shells.
oTables 1, 2: <[MC83b] HHMM+DDd> N=137+12.
Originof the Acronym: S = Created by Simbad, the CDS Database