Dictionary of Nomenclature of Celestial Objects
(Last update: 26-Sep-2023)

Result of query: info cati MGC$

Details on Acronym:   MGC
  
MGC    (Millenium Galaxy Catalogue)
 Write:<<MGC  NNNNN>>
 N:  69594
Object:G  (SIMBAD class: Galaxy)
  Note:The Millenium Galaxy Catalogue (MGC) is a 37.5deg(2),    medium-deep, B-band imaging survey along the celestial equator,    taken with the Wide GThe survey region is contained within the regions of both the    2dFGRS and the SDSS Early Data Release surveys.
    The MGC is described in 2003MNRAS.344..307L
   Ref:=2003MNRAS.344..307L
     byLISKE J.
, LEMON D.J., DRIVER S.P., CROSS N.J.G., COUCH W.J.
 Mon. Not. R. Astron. Soc., 344, 307-324 (2003)

    The Millennium Galaxy Catalogue: 16 ≤B_{MGC}< 24 galaxy counts and the
    calibration of the local galaxy luminosity function.
oCDS Catalogue: VII/240> Description of the MGC catalogue.
oCatalog: <MGC NNNNNNN> N=69594 among (Nos 1-95860).
=E=Catalogue in electronic form as VII/240
 Originof the Acronym: A = Assigned by the author(s)

Details on Acronym:   MGC
  
MGC    (MIT-Green Bank obs. Catalog)
  ***** Avoid the usage of MGC,  prefer MITG
 Originof the Acronym: L (1998ApJ...492L...9M)

Details on Acronym:   MGC
  
MGC    (Miyun General Catalogue)
  ***** Avoid the usage of MGC,  prefer MY
 Originof the Acronym: A = Assigned by the author(s)