Dictionary of Nomenclature of Celestial Objects
(Last update: 17-Mar-2023)

Result of query: info cati VLGG$

Details on Acronym:   VLGG
  
VLGG   (Very Luminous Galaxy Group)
 Write:<<VLGG  HHMM+DDMM>>
 N:  54
Object:Group of G  (SIMBAD class: GroupG = Group of Galaxies)
  Stat:is completely incorporated in Simbad
  Note:Table 2: N=54 groups or clusters of VLG galaxies, named    'VLGG HHMM+DDMM'.    See also table 1: [CDB98] galaxies.
   Ref:=1998AJ....115.2250C
     byCAPPI A.
, DA COSTA L.N., BENOIST C., MAUROGORDATO S., PELLEGRINI P.S.
 Astron. J., 115, 2250-2263 (1998)

    Properties of very luminous galaxies.

oTable 1: <[CDB98] NNN> (Nos 1-113) = <[CDB98] VLG HHMM+DDMM> N=113.    Table 2: <VLGG HHMM+DDMM> N=54.
 Originof the Acronym: S = Created by Simbad, the CDS Database