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Abell Catalog

(Catalogue of Rich Clusters of Galaxies, RCG, Abell)
(galaxy cluster catalog assembled over 1950s-1980s)

The Abell Catalog (named Catalogue of Rich Clusters of Galaxies) is a catalog of galaxy clusters begun in the 1950s and updated into the 1980s, ultimately including 4073 clusters. They were identified in the photographic plates of the Palomar Observatory Sky Survey (POSS) and the UK Schmidt Survey (the UK Schmidt Telescope's original survey).


(catalog,galaxy clusters)
Further reading:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abell_catalogue
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Abell_clusters
http://cdsarc.u-strasbg.fr/viz-bin/Cat?VII/110A
http://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1989ApJS...70....1A/abstract
PrefixExample  
AA 3627abbreviated
AbellAbell 3627 
ABGCABGC 209or "ABCG 209"
ACOACO 3627 
AGCAGC 2065for "Abell Galaxy Cluster"
RCGRCG 22a 

Referenced by pages:
Abell 1689 (A1689)
Abell 85 (A85)
Arecibo General Catalog (AGC)
Coma Supercluster
Comet Galaxy (PGC 3234374)
ESO 137-001
ESO Nearby Abell Cluster Survey (ENACS)
galaxy cluster (CL)
Perseus-Pisces Supercluster
rare designator prefixes

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