Dictionary of Nomenclature of Celestial Objects
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Result of query: info cati DRCG$

Details on Acronym:   DC
  
DC     (Dressler, Cluster)
  ***** Avoid the usage of DC,  prefer DRCG
 Originof the Acronym: A = Assigned by the author(s)

Details on Acronym:   DRCG
  
DRCG   (Dressler, Cluster of G)= (DC) 
 Write:<<DRCG  HHMM+DD>>
 N:  17
Object:Cluster of G  (SIMBAD class: ClG = Cluster of Galaxies)
  Stat:is completely incorporated in Simbad
   Ref:=1980ApJS...42..565D
     byDRESSLER A.

 Astrophys. J., Suppl. Ser., 42, 565-609 (1980)

    A catalog of morphological types in 55 rich clusters of galaxies.

oTable 1: <DRCG HHMM-DD> N=17. Table 2: <[D80] ACO NNNN NNN>, <[D80]    DRCG HHMM-DD NNN>, <[D80] CEN NN>, G in 56 ClG, N about 6000.
=E=Catalogue in electronic form as VII/174
 Originof the Acronym: D = Assigned by the Dictionary of Acronyms