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Table name: PGC
Records: 73197
Spectral Band: OPT,PHOTO
Kind of Object: Galaxy
Mode: Morphology
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Coordinates: J2000
Reference
- Paturel G., Fouque P., Bottinelli L., Gougenheim L., Astron.
Astrophys. Suppl. 80, 299 (1985)
Description
The catalogue contains all available primary information for each
galaxy: morphological type, major and minor axes, magnitude, radial velocity
and position angle.
Fields
Name Type Meaning
pgc I Order number
name A Other identification (there are generally several
records per galaxy)
r_a I J2000 Right Ascension
dec I J2000 Declination
u_pos A Uncertaintly flag on position
mt A Morphological Classification in the Hubble system
d2a F Major diameter (arcmin)
d2b F Minor diameter (arcmin)
u_d2a A Uncertaintly flag on d2a
u_d2b A Uncertaintly flag on d2b
posang F Position angle (from north estwards), in degrees
mag F Apparent photographic magnitude
u_mag A Uncertaintly flag on mag
rvel F Heliocentric Radial velocity (km/s)
u_rvel A Uncertaintly flag on radial velocity
Derived Values
_z F Redshift computed from velocity as
1 + z = sqrt( (1+v)/(1-v))
_ra F J2000 Right Ascension
_de F J2000 Declination
_lii F Galactic Longitude
_bii F Galactic Latitude
_L F SuperGalactic Longitude
_B F SuperGalactic Latitude
ACRONYMS
Abb. Reference
ARAK Arakelian Galaxies: Kojoian G., Elliot R., Bicay M.D., Arakelian
M.A. Astron. J. 86, 820, 1981
UGC Uppsala General Catalogue by Nilson Acta Univ. Uppsala, ser. V,
vol.1 1973
UGCA Catalogue of Selected non-UGC galaxies by Nilson, Uppsala Astron.
Obs. Report 5, 1974
MCG Morphological Catalogue of Galaxies by Vorontsov-Velyaminov, Proc.
Sternberg Astron. Inst.
ESO ESO-Uppsala Survey by Lauberts A., European Southern Observatory
1982
MK Markarian galaxies (Astrofizika)
DDO David Dunlap Observatory galaxies by S. van de Bergh
M Messier galaxies
CGCG Catalogue of Galaxies and Clusters of Galaxies Zwicky F., et al.:
Caltech; A&A Supp. 64, 247; A&A Supp. 70, 189, 191;
FAIR Fairall Galaxies MNRAS 180, 391; 188, 349; 192, 389; 196, 417; 203
, 47; 210, 69; 233, 691.
UM University of Michigan list
nZW List of Compact Galaxies by Zwicky (n from 1 to 8), Caltech
VV Interacting Galaxies by Vorontsov-Velyaminov
ARP Arp galaxies
VCC Virgo Cluster Catalogue by Binggeli et al.
WEIN Galaxies near the gaalctic plane by Weinberger
TOL Tololo lists
nSZW List of Southern Comparct Galaxies by Zwicky
POX Emission-line objects by Kunth et al.
KAZA Lists of Galaxies with ultra-violet excess by Kazarian
KAR List of isolated galaxies by Karachenseva B.E.
IRAS Infrared Satellite galaxies
ANON RC2 anaonymous galaxies
SBS Second Byurakan Survey by Markarian et al.
KUG Kiso Ultraviolet Excess Galaxies by Takase and Miyauchi-Isobe
HICK Galaxies in Compact groups by Hickson
DCL Dickens R.J., Currie M.J., Lucey J.R.
RB Study of the Com cluster galaxies by Rood H.J., Haum W.A.