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

Details on Acronym:   VPCX
  
VPCX   (Virgo Photometric Catalog, object 'X')
 Write:<<VPCX  NNA>>
 N:  51+38
Object:?  (SIMBAD class: Unknown = Object of Unknown Nature)
  Note:Appendix D: merged objects, (Nos 1-51), some been interacting    pairs format 'NNA and B', named VPCX by the authors to    distinguish them from main catalogue. See VPC
 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)