Lyon-Meudon Extragalactic Database
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lyon-meudon-extragalactic-database-299-419377
title:
Lyon-Meudon Extragalactic Database
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The Lyon-Meudon Extragalactic Database (LEDA) was a database of galaxies, created in 1983 at the Lyon Observatory. Each galaxy had a number assigned to it, which is now known as its PGC number. The Principal Galaxies Catalogue (PGC), published in 1989, was based on the Lyon-Meudon Extragalactic Database and contained cross-identifications for it. LEDA was eventually merged with Hypercat to become HyperLEDA in 2000, itself also known as PGC2003. LEDA originally contained information on more than
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
Database of galaxies created in 1983
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lyon-Meudon_Extragalactic_Database
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date modified:
2024-04-17T18:47:44Z
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fields total:
13
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15