Catalogue of Galaxies and of Clusters of Galaxies explained

The Catalogue of Galaxies and of Clusters of Galaxies (or CGCG) was compiled by Fritz Zwicky in 1961–68. It contains 29,418 galaxies and 9,134 galaxy clusters.[1] [2]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: [ftp://cdsarc.u-strasbg.fr/cats/VII/190/ReadMe Zwicky Galaxy Catalog]. CDS Catalogues Service.
  2. Web site: Zwicky Catalogue. 2016-04-04 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160305081841/http://www.daviddarling.info/encyclopedia/Z/Zwicky_Catalogue.html. 2016-03-05 . dead .

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