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

Result of query: info cati NAME Cen$

Details on Acronym:   Cen
  
Cen    (Centaurus)
 Write:<<NAME Cen  NN>>
Object:Cluster of G  (SIMBAD class: ClG = Cluster of Galaxies)
  Note:Centaurus cluster of galaxies is composed of two velocity    components, 'Cen 30' (mean velocity 3000kms-1), and    'Cen 45' (mean velocity 4500kms-1).
 in source:Centaurus Cluster = ACO 3526
   Ref:=1986MNRAS.221..453L
     byLUCEY J.R.
, CURRIE M.J., DICKENS R.J.
 Mon. Not. R. Astron. Soc., 221, 453-472 (1986)

    The Centaurus cluster of galaxies - II. The bimodal velocity
    structure.
o<NAME CEN 30> <NAME CEN 45>
 Originof the Acronym: A = Assigned by the author(s)