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

Details on Acronym:   MCXC
  
MCXC   (Meta-Catalogue of X-ray detected Clusters of Galaxies)
 Write:<<MCXC  JHHMM.m+DDMM>>
 N:  1743
Object:X-ray Cluster of Galaxies  (SIMBAD class: ClG = Cluster of Galaxies)
  Stat:is completely incorporated in Simbad
  Note:The meta-catalogue of X-ray detected clusters of galaxies (MCXC)    comprises N=1743 X-ray clusters of galaxies from ROSAT observations.
   Ref:=2011A&A...534A.109P
     byPIFFARETTI R.
, ARNAUD M., PRATT G.W., POINTECOUTEAU E., MELIN J.-B.
 Astron. Astrophys., 534A, 109-109 (2011)

    The MCXC: a meta-catalogue of X-ray detected clusters of galaxies.

oTable 2: <MCXC JHHMM.m+DDMM> N=1743.
=E=Catalogue in electronic form as <J/A+A/534/A109/>
 Originof the Acronym: A = Assigned by the author(s)