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

Details on Acronym:   NFGS
  
NFGS (Nearby Field Galaxies Survey)
Write:<<NFGS NNN>>
N: 198
Object:G  (SIMBAD class: Galaxy)
Stat:is completely incorporated in Simbad
Note:Survey of Nearby Field Galaxies.
Photometry of nearby galaxies with the F.L. Whipple Observatory's 1.2m telescope.
See also: http://www.public.asu.edu/~rjansen/nfgs/
Ref:=2000ApJS..126..271J
byJANSEN R.A. , FRANX M., FABRICANT D., CALDWELL N.
 Astrophys. J., Suppl. Ser., 126, 271-329 (2000)
  Surface photometry of nearby field galaxies: the data.
oTable 1: <NFGS NNN> (Nos 1-198).
=E=Catalogue in electronic form as J/ApJS/126/271
Originof the Acronym: L (2004AJ....127.2002K)