Dictionary of Nomenclature of Celestial Objects
(Last update: 02-Nov-2023)

Result of query: info cati NFP$

Details on Acronym:   NFP
  
NFP    (NOAO Fundamental Plane survey)
 Write:<<NFP  JHHMMSS.s+DDMMSS>>
 N:  5479
Object:G in ClG  (SIMBAD class: GtowardsCl = Galaxy towards a Cluster of Galaxies)
  Stat:is completely incorporated in Simbad
  Note:NOAO Fundamental Plane survey:    search for galaxies in 93 clusters.
   Ref:=2004AJ....128.1558S
     bySMITH R.J.
, HUDSON M.J., NELAN J.E., MOORE S.A.W., QUINNEY S.J., WEGNER G.A., LUCEY J.R., DAVIES R.L., MALECKI J.J., SCHADE D., SUNTZEFF N.B.
 Astron. J., 128, 1558-1569 (2004)

    NOAO fundamental plane survey. I. Survey design, redshifts, and
    velocity dispersion data.
oTable 5: <NFP JHHMMSS.s+DDMMSS> N=5479.
=E=Catalogue in electronic form as J/AJ/128/1558
 Originof the Acronym: A = Assigned by the author(s)