Shapley-Ames Catalog
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shapley-ames-catalog-295-18437683
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Shapley-Ames Catalog
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The Shapley-Ames Catalog of Bright Galaxies is a catalog of galaxies published in 1932 that includes observations of 1249 objects brighter than 13.2 magnitude. It was compiled by Harlow Shapley and Adelaide Ames. They identified 1189 objects based on the New General Catalogue and 48 based on the Index Catalogue. With the help of new photographic recordings, which also contained comparison stars of known brightness, the brightness of many galaxies were measured and recorded only up to a magnitude
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shapley-Ames_Catalog
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2020-02-21T03:14:08Z
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