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Shapley-Ames catalog
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Shapley-Ames cataloghas definition A catalog of galaxies brighter than thirteenth magnitude, completed in 1932. There are about 1200 galaxies in this catalogue.has source: Lightman, A., Brawer, R. 1990 The Lives and Worlds of Modern Cosmologists, Harvard University Press, 2001-09-27 09:32:29.0
is a kind of galaxy catalog2001-09-27 09:32:29.0
galaxy cataloghas object type galaxy or nebula (some nebulae are misidentified as galaxies)2001-09-27 09:32:29.0