Dictionary of Nomenclature of Celestial Objects
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Result of query: info cati MGH2008]$

Details on Acronym:   [MGH2008]
  
[MGH2008] (McIntosh+Guo+Hertzberg+, 2008)
Write:<<[MGH2008] Group NNNN>>
<<[MGH2008] JHHMMSS.s+DDMMSS.s>>
<<[MGH2008] NYU NNNNNN>>
N: 38+83
Object:Group of G + G in Pair  (SIMBAD class: Galaxy)
Note:Archival SDSS images are used to search for pairs of massive galaxies merging in dense group and cluster environments.
Ref:=2008MNRAS.388.1537M
byMcINTOSH D.H. , GUO Y., HERTZBERG J., KATZ N., MO H.J., VAN DEN BOSCH F.C., YANG X.
 Mon. Not. R. Astron. Soc., 388, 1537-1556 (2008)
  Ongoing assembly of massive galaxies by major merging in large groups and clusters from the SDSS.
oTables 2, 3, col(1): <[MGH2008] Group NNNN> N=38. Tables 2, 3, col(4), Fig.3: <[MGH2008] NYU NNNNNN> N=35 = Tables 2, 3, cols(5,6): <[MGH2008]JHHMMSS.s+DDMMSS.s> N=76.
=E=Catalogue in electronic form as J/MNRAS/388/1537
Originof the Acronym: S = Created by Simbad, the CDS Database