Dictionary of Nomenclature of Celestial Objects
(Last update: 10-Apr-2024)

Result of query: info cati VMF98] NNN$
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Details on Acronym:   V98
  
V98 (Vikhlinin+, 1998)
***** Avoid the usage of V98, prefer [VMF98]
Originof the Acronym: L (2000ApJS..126..209R)

Details on Acronym:   VMF
  
VMF (Vikhlinin+McNamara+Forman+)
***** Avoid the usage of VMF, prefer [VMF98]
Originof the Acronym: L (2006MNRAS.366..163K)

Details on Acronym:   [VMF98]
  
[VMF98] (Vikhlinin+McNamara+Forman+, 1998)= (V98) = (VMF)
Write:<<[VMF98] NNN>>
N: 223
Object:Cluster of G  (SIMBAD class: ClG = Cluster of Galaxies)
Stat:is completely incorporated in Simbad
Note:ROSAT PSPC detection.
Among the 223 ClG detected, 19 are false detections, and some of the clusters are so poor that they may contain only one galaxy.
See [VMH99].
Ref:=1998ApJ...502..558V
byVIKHLININ A. , McNAMARA B.R., FORMAN W., JONES C., QUINTANA H., HORNSTRUP A.
 Astrophys. J., 502, 558-581 (1998)
  A catalog of 200 galaxy clusters serendipitously detected in the ROSAT PSPC pointed observations.
oTable 3: <[VMF98] NNN> (Nos 1-223).
=E=Catalogue in electronic form as J/ApJ/502/558
Originof the Acronym: S = Created by Simbad, the CDS Database