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

Details on Acronym:   VPC
  
VPC    (Virgo Photometric Catalog)
 Write:<<VPC  NNNN>>
 N:  1129
Object:G in Cl  (SIMBAD class: GtowardsCl = Galaxy towards a Cluster of Galaxies)
  Note:See also VPCX
 in source:NAME Virgo Cluster
   Ref:=1998A&AS..127..367Y
     byYOUNG C.K.
, CURRIE M.J.
 Astron. Astrophys., Suppl. Ser., 127, 367-395 (1998)

    The ``Virgo photometry catalogue''.

op.367: Cluster A and Cluster B are respectively M 87 and M 49 in    Binggeli+ 1987
oCatalogue: <VPC NNNN> (Nos 1-1129). Table 14: <VPCX NNA> (Nos 1-51)    N=51+38
=E=Catalogue in electronic form as J/A+AS/127/367
 Originof the Acronym: A = Assigned by the author(s)