Dictionary of Nomenclature of Celestial Objects
(Last update: 22-Mar-2024)

Result of query: info cati LWD2016] XLSSC NNN BCG$
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Details on Acronym:   [LWD2016]
  
[LWD2016] (Lavoie+Willis+Democles+, 2016)
Write:<<[LWD2016] XLSSC NNN BCG>>
N: 85
Object:Brightest Cluster Galaxy  (SIMBAD class: BrightestCG = Brightest Galaxy in a Cluster (BCG))
Stat:is completely incorporated in Simbad
Note:N=85 brightest cluster galaxies in 85 clusters, as part of the XXL survey.
Ref:=2016MNRAS.462.4141L
byLAVOIE S. , WILLIS J.P., DEMOCLES J., ECKERT D., GASTALDELLO F., SMITH G.P., LIDMAN C., ADAMI C., PACAUD F., PIERRE M., CLERC N., GILES P., LIEU M., CHIAPPETTI L., ALTIERI B., ARDILA F., BALDRY I., BONGIORNO A., DESAI S., ELYIV A., FACCIOLI L., GARDNER B., GARILLI B., GROOTE M.W., GUENNOU L., GUZZO L., HOPKINS A.M., LISKE J., McGEE S., MELNYK O., OWERS M.S., POGGIANTI B., PONMAN T.J., SCODEGGIO M., SPITLER L., TUFFS R.J.
 Mon. Not. R. Astron. Soc., 462, 4141-4156 (2016)
  The XXL survey XV: evidence for dry merger driven BCG growth in XXL-100-GC X-ray clusters.
oTable A1: <[LWD2016] XLSSC NNN BCG> N=85.
=E=Catalogue in electronic form as <IX/49/>
Originof the Acronym: S = Created by Simbad, the CDS Database