Morphological Catalogue of Galaxies
(MCG, Morphological Catalog of Galaxies)
(1960s catalog from Palomar plates)
The Morphological Catalogue of Galaxies
(or "catalog", abbreviated MCG)
is a Russian catalog of 30,000+ galaxies
assembled in the 1960s-1970s, from inspection
of the plates of the Palomar Observatory Sky Survey (POSS)
carried out in the 1950s.
The goal was every galaxy of magnitude
15 or brighter.
(catalog,galaxies)
Further reading:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morphological_Catalogue_of_Galaxies
https://heasarc.gsfc.nasa.gov/W3Browse/galaxy-catalog/mcg.html
| Prefix | Example | | |
| MCG | MCG +8-11-11 | | |
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