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Catalogue of Galaxies and of Clusters of Galaxies

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

References

  1. ^ CDS Catalogues Service. "Zwicky Galaxy Catalog".
  2. ^ http://www.daviddarling.info/encyclopedia/Z/Zwicky_Catalogue.html