Dictionary of Nomenclature of Celestial Objects
(Last update: 11-Mar-2024)

Result of query: info cati 2MFGC$

Details on Acronym:   2MFGC
  
2MFGC (2MASS Flat Galaxy Catalog)
Write:<<2MFGC NNNNN>>
N: 18020
Object:G  (SIMBAD class: Galaxy)
Note:Galaxies selected from the XSC 2MASS survey.
Ref:=2004BSAO...57....5M
byMITRONOVA S.N. , KARACHENTSEV I.D., KARACHENTSEVA V.E., JARRETT T.H., KUDRYA Y.N.
 BSAO, 57, 5-163 (2004)
  The 2MASS-selected flat galaxy catalog.
oCatalogue: <2MFGC NNNNN> (Nos 1-18020).
Ref:=2015AstBu..70...24M
byMITRONOVA S.N. , KOROTKOVA G.G.
 AstBu, 70, 24 (2015)
  Visual survey of 18020 objects from the 2MFGC catalog.
=E=Catalogue in electronic form as J/other/BSAO/57.5
=E=Catalogue in electronic form as <J/other/AstBu/70.24/>
Originof the Acronym: A = Assigned by the author(s)