Catalogue of Galaxies and of Clusters of Galaxies

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]

Gallery

I Zwicky 18
I Zwicky 32, a face-on spiral galaxy in the constellation Canes Venatici
Ring galaxy II Zwicky 28

References

CDS Catalogues Service. "Zwicky Galaxy Catalog".
"Zwicky Catalogue". Archived from the original on 2016-03-05. Retrieved 2016-04-04.

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