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

Details on Acronym:   PDCS
  
PDCS (Palomar Distant Cluster Survey)
Write:<<PDCS NN>>
<<PDCS NNS>>
N: 79+28
Object:Cluster of G  (SIMBAD class: ClG = Cluster of Galaxies)
Stat:is completely incorporated in Simbad
Note:Table 4: (Nos 1-79)
Finding charts Table 5: Supplemental catalog, format 'NNS', (Nos 1S-28S)
Ref:=1996AJ....111..615P
byPOSTMAN M. , LUBIN L.M., GUNN J.E., OKE J.B., HOESSEL J.G., SCHNEIDER D.P., CHRISTENSEN J.A.
 Astron. J., 111, 615-641 (1996)
  The Palomar distant cluster survey. I. The cluster catalog.
oESTIMATED redshifts.
oTable 4: <PDCS NN> (Nos 1-79), Table 5: <PDCS NNS> (Nos 1S-28S)
Originof the Acronym: A = Assigned by the author(s)