Dictionary of Nomenclature of Celestial Objects
(Last update: 05-Dec-2023)

Result of query: info cati MKW$

Details on Acronym:   MKW
  
MKW    (Morgan+Kayser+White)
 Write:<<MKW  NN>>  

        <<MKW  Ns>>
 N:  12+4
Object:Cluster of G  (SIMBAD class: ClG = Cluster of Galaxies)
  Stat:is completely incorporated in Simbad
  Note:Paper II: AWM
   Ref:=1975ApJ...199..545M
     byMORGAN W.W.
, KAYSER S., WHITE R.A.
 Astrophys. J., 199, 545-548 (1975)

    cD galaxies in poor clusters.

oTable 1: <MKW NN> (Nos 1-12), <MKW Ns> (Nos 1s-4s)
 Originof the Acronym: A = Assigned by the author(s)