CDS.headStuff2 Dictionary of Nomenclature of Celestial Objects
(Last update: 24-Apr-2024)
Result of query: info cati GMBCG DDD.ddddd+DD.ddddd$
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Details on Acronym:   GMBCG
  
GMBCG (Gaussian Mixture Brightest Cluster Galaxy)
Write:<<GMBCG DDD.ddddd+DD.ddddd>>
<<GMBCG JDDD.ddddd+DD.ddddd>> (not recognised by Simbad, but found in literature)
N: 55424
Object:Cluster of G  (SIMBAD class: ClG = Cluster of Galaxies)
Note:Catalog of N=55424 optically selected galaxy clusters from the application of a new Gaussian Mixture Brightest Cluster Galaxy (GMBCG) algorithm to SDSS DR7 data.
More information available at: http://home.fnal.gov/~jghao/gmbcg_sdss_catalog.html