Dictionary of Nomenclature of Celestial Objects
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Result of query: info cati BTS87 Cluster$

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Details on Acronym:   BTS87
  
BTS87  (Binggeli+Tammann+Sandage)
 Write:<<BTS87  Cluster A>>  

        <<BTS87  Cloud A>>  

        <<BTS87  Cloud A'>>
 N:  5
Object:Group of G  (SIMBAD class: GroupG = Group of Galaxies)
  Stat:is completely incorporated in Simbad
  Note:N=5 groups of galaxies in Virgo cluster,    Cluster A (NGC 4486 or M 87 group) and    Cluster B (NGC 4472 or M 49 group),    Cloud W and Cloud W' already found in De Vaucouleurs    [D61],    Cloud M already found in Ftaclas+ [FFS84].
 in source:NAME Virgo Cluster
   Ref:=1987AJ.....94..251B
     byBINGGELI B.
, TAMMANN G.A., SANDAGE A.
 Astron. J., 94, 251-277 (1987)

    Studies of the Virgo cluster. VI. Morphological and kinematical
    structure of the Virgo cluster.
o<BTS87 Cluster A>, <BTS87 Cluster B>, <BTS87 Cloud W>, <BTS87 Cloud    W'>, <BTS87 Cloud M>
 Originof the Acronym: L (1993A&AS...98..275B)