Dictionary of Nomenclature of Celestial Objects
(Last update: 22-Mar-2024)

Result of query: info cati PCG$

Details on Acronym:   PCG
  
PCG (Palomar Compact Group)
Write:<<PCG JHHMM+DDMM>>
N: 84+459
Object:Group of G  (SIMBAD class: GroupG = Group of Galaxies)
Note:Small high-density groups of galaxies around the North Galactic Pole, using the digitized Second Palomar Observatory Sky Survey (DPOSS).
Ref:=2003AJ....125.1660I
byIOVINO A. , DE CARVALHO R.R., GAL R.R., ODEWAHN S.C., LOPES P.A.A., MAHABAL A., DJORGOVSKI S.G.
 Astron. J., 125, 1660-1681 (2003)
  A new sample of distant compact groups from the digitized second Palomar observatory sky survey.
oTable 1: <PCG JHHMM+DDMM> N=84. Table 2: <PCG JHHMM+DDMM A> N=347.
Ref:=2005AJ....130..425D
byDE CARVALHO R.R. , GONCALVES T.S., IOVINO A., KOHL-MOREIRA J.L., GAL R.R., DJORGOVSKI S.G.
 Astron. J., 130, 425-444 (2005)
  A catalog of distant compact groups using the Digitized Second Palomar Observatory Sky Survey.
oTable 1: <PCG JHHMM+DDMM> N=459. Table 2: <PCG JHHMM+DDMM A> N=1889
=E=Catalogue in electronic form as J/AJ/125/1660
=E=Catalogue in electronic form as J/AJ/130/425
Originof the Acronym: S = Created by Simbad, the CDS Database

Details on Acronym:   PCG
  
PCG (Palomar Compact Group)
Write:<<PCG JHHMM+DDMM A>>
N: 347
Object:G in Group  (SIMBAD class: GtowardsGroup = Galaxy towards a Group of Galaxies)
Stat:is completely incorporated in Simbad
Note:Galaxies in the PCG groups. The PCG groups have at least four galaxies.
Ref:=2003AJ....125.1660I
byIOVINO A. , DE CARVALHO R.R., GAL R.R., ODEWAHN S.C., LOPES P.A.A., MAHABAL A., DJORGOVSKI S.G.
 Astron. J., 125, 1660-1681 (2003)
  A new sample of distant compact groups from the digitized second Palomar observatory sky survey.
oTable 1: <PCG JHHMM+DDMM> N=84. Table 2: <PCG JHHMM+DDMM A> N=347.
Originof the Acronym: S = Created by Simbad, the CDS Database