Dictionary of Nomenclature of Celestial Objects
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Result of query: info cati V2CG$

Details on Acronym:   V2CG
  
V2CG (Volume-Limited Compact Group, subset 2)
Write:<<V2CG NNN>>
N: 297
Object:Compact Group of G  (SIMBAD class: Compact_Gr_G = Compact Group of Galaxies)
Note:Volume-limited catalog of N=297 compact groups of galaxies in the redshift range 0.01<z<0.116, built from a magnitude-limited catalog (MLCG) that is based on an enhanced SDSS DR12 spectroscopic catalog.
Ref:=2016ApJS..225...23S
bySOHN J. , GELLER M.J., HWANG H.S., ZAHID H.J., LEE M.G.
 Astrophys. J., Suppl. Ser., 225, 23-23 (2016)
  Catalogs of compact groups of galaxies from the enhanced SDSS DR12.
oTable 1: <MLCG NNNN> (Nos 0001-1588). Table 5: <V1CG NNN> (Nos 001-670). Table 6: <V2CG NNN> (Nos 001-294).
=E=Catalogue in electronic form as <J/ApJS/225/23/>
Originof the Acronym: A = Assigned by the author(s)