A Photometric Catalog of Compact Groups of Galaxies
Abstract
We present astrometry, photometry, and morphological types, derived from CCD images, for 463 galaxies in the 100 compact groups selected by Hickson. Some minor revisions to the membership of the original catalog are made, based on these new images. The completeness of the catalog is considered as a function of group magnitude and Galactic lattitude. At high Galactic lattitude (b> 30^deg^), the catalog is estimated to be 90% complete for groups with total B_T_ magnitude 13.0 or less. It is less complete at lower Galactic lattitude because of obscuration and high stellar density.
- Publication:
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The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series
- Pub Date:
- August 1989
- DOI:
- 10.1086/191354
- Bibcode:
- 1989ApJS...70..687H
- Keywords:
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- Astronomical Catalogs;
- Astronomical Photometry;
- Galactic Clusters;
- Astrometry;
- Morphology;
- Tables (Data);
- Astronomy;
- GALAXIES: PHOTOMETRY