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

Result of query: info cati SDSSCGA NNNN.N$

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Details on Acronym:   SDSSCGA
  
SDSSCGA (SDSS DR6 Compact Group Catalogue A)
 Write:<<SDSSCGA  NNNN>>  

        <<SDSSCGA  NNNN.N>>
 N:  2297+9713
Object:Compact Group + G in Group  (SIMBAD class: Unknown = Object of Unknown Nature)
  Stat:is completely incorporated in Simbad
  Note:Catalogue of compact groups of galaxies selected from the SDSS DR6    (Catalogue A, 14.5≤r≤18.0).
    See also SDSSCGB.
   Ref:=2009MNRAS.395..255M
     byMcCONNACHIE A.W.
, PATTON D.R., ELLISON S.L., SIMARD L.
 Mon. Not. R. Astron. Soc., 395, 255-268 (2009)

    Compact groups in theory and practice - III. Compact groups of
    galaxies in the sixth data release of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey.
oTable 1: <SDSSCGA NNNN> (Nos 1-2297). Table 2: <SDSSCGB NNNNN> (Nos    1-74791). Table 3: <SDSSCGA NNNN.N> N=9713. Table 4: <SDSSCGB    NNNNN.NN> N=313508.
=E=Catalogue in electronic form as J/MNRAS/395/255
 Originof the Acronym: A = Assigned by the author(s)