Dictionary of Nomenclature of Celestial Objects
(Last update: 15-Sep-2023)

Result of query: info cati MLCG$

Details on Acronym:   MLCG
  
MLCG   (Magnitude-Limited Compact Group)
 Write:<<MLCG  NNNN>>
 N:  1588
Object:Compact Group of G  (SIMBAD class: Compact_Gr_G = Compact Group of Galaxies)
  Stat:is completely incorporated in Simbad
  Note:Magnitude-limited catalog of N=1588 compact groups of galaxies,    identified by applying a friends-of-friends algorithm and an    enhanced SDSS DR12 spectroscopic catalog.
    See also the volume-limited catalogs V1CG and V2CG.
   Ref:=2016ApJS..225...23S
     bySOHN J.
, GELLER M.J., HWANG H.S., ZAHID H.J., LEE M.G.
 Astrophys. J., Suppl. Ser., 225, 23-23 (2016)

    Catalogs of compact groups of galaxies from the enhanced SDSS DR12.

oTable 1: <MLCG NNNN> (Nos 0001-1588). Table 5: <V1CG NNN> (Nos 001-670). Table    6: <V2CG NNN> (Nos 001-294).
=E=Catalogue in electronic form as <J/ApJS/225/23/>
 Originof the Acronym: A = Assigned by the author(s)