Column | Description |
pgc | PGC number |
Dist | Luminosity distance (weighted average if more than one source) |
Nd | Number of distance sources |
DM | Luminosity distance modulus (weighted average if more than one source) |
eDM | 1 sigma uncertainty in distance modulus (NOTE! NOT fractional error in distance as given in CF2) |
C | Distance method: Cepheid Period-Luminosity relation |
T | Distance method: Tip of the Red Giant Branch from collaboration HST program (Jacobs et al. 2009) |
L | Distance method: Tip of the Red Giant Branch (literature) |
M | Distance method: miscellaneous (RR Lyrae, Horizontal Branch, Eclipsing Binary) |
S | Distance method: Surface Brightness Fluctuation |
N | Distance method: type Ia supernovae |
H | Distance method: optical (I band) spiral luminosity-rotation correlation (Tully-Fisher) |
I | Distance method: Spitzer [3.6] band spiral luminosity-rotation correlation (Tully-Fisher) |
F | Distance method: E/S0 Fundamental Plane - sources ENEAR, EFAR, SMAC |
DM2 | Luminosity distance modulus carried over from Cosmicflows-2.1 |
eD2 | 1 sigma uncertainty in distance modulus carried over from Cosmicflows-2.1 |
SNIa | Supernova ID |
Ns | Number of separate analyses of this supernova |
DMsn | Luminosity distance modulus of supernova averaged over all contributions |
DMsp | Luminosity distance modulus determined from luminosity-rotation correlation using Spitzer [3.6] photometry |
eDsp | 1 sigma uncertainty in distance modulus determined from luminosity-rotation correlation using Spitzer [3.6] photometry |
DM6d | Luminosity distance modulus from 6dFGS (Springob et al. 2014) with CF3 zero point |
eD6d | 1 sigma uncertainty in distance modulus from 6dFGS (Springob et al. 2014) with CF3 zero point |
Mt | 6dFGS morphological type code |
RAJ | Right Ascension (J2000) |
DeJ | Declination (J2000) |
Glon | Galactic longitude |
Glat | Galactic latitude |
SGL | Supergalactic longitude |
SGB | Supergalactic latitude |
Ty | Morphological type; RC3 numeric code |
Asf | Reddening at B band from Schlafly & Finkbeiner (2011,ApJ,737,103) dust maps |
Btot | Total B magnitude from LEDA |
Ks | 2MASS Ks magnitude, extinction corrected from Huchra et al. 2012 or else Lavaux-Hudson 2011 |
Vhel | Heliocentric velocity |
Vgsr | Velocity in Galactic standard of rest (circular velocity at Sun of 239 km/s; total velocity 251 km/s toward l=90,b=0) |
Vls | Velocity in Local Sheet standard of rest (Tully et al. 2008) |
Vcmb | Velocity in CMB standard of rest (Fixsen et al. 1996) |
Vmod | Velocity in CMB standard of rest adjusted in accordance with a cosmological model with Omega_matter=0.27 and Omega_Lambda=0.73 |
Name | Common name |
Nest | 2MASS "nest" group ID |
Ndgp | Number of galaxies with distance measures in group |
DMgp | Luminosity distance modulus to group; weighted average of all contributions |
eDgp | 1 sigma error in group distance modulus |
Dgp | Luminosity distance to group |
Abell | Abell cluster ID; ASxxx are from southern supplement list |
GroupName | Alternate name for group or cluster |
NV | Number of galaxies with positions and velocities in group |
1PGC | PGC ID of dominant galaxy in group |
Glongp | Galactic latitude of group |
Glatgp | Galactic longitude of group |
SGLgp | Supergalactic longitude of group |
SGBgp | Supergalactic latitude of group |
lgLgp | Log summed K luminosity of group, adjusted by correction factor for lost light; assumed distance is Vmgp/75 |
cf | Luminosity selection function correction factor |
sigp | Projected velocity dispersion anticipated by corrected luminosity |
R2t | Projected second turnaround radius anticipated by corrected intrinsic luminosity; assumed distance is Vmgp/75 |
Vhgp | Group heliocentric velocity |
Vggp | Group velocity in Galactic standard of rest (circular velocity at Sun of 239 km/s; total velocity 251 km/s toward l=90,b=0) |
Vlsgp | Group velocity in Local Sheet standard of rest (Tully et al. 2008) |
Vcgp | Group velocity in CMB standard of rest (Fixsen et al. 1996) |
Vmgp | Group velocity in CMB standard of rest adjusted in accordance with a cosmological model with Omega_matter=0.27 and Omega_Lambda=0.73 |
Vrms | Group r.m.s. velocity dispersion |
bwMass12 | Group mass (x10^12) from virial theorem with bi-weight dispersion and radius parameters; assumed distance is Vmgp/75 |
L_Mass12 | Group mass (x10^12) based on corrected intrinsic luminosity and M/L prescription; assumed distance is Vmgp/75 |
LDC | Crook et al. (2007) low density group ID |
HDC | Crook et al. (2007) high density group ID |
2M++ | Group ID from 2MASS++ catalog of Lavaux & Hudson (2011) |
MKgp | Makarov & Karachentsev (2011, MNRAS 412, 2498) group ID |
Icnt | Internal group ID |
pgc | PGC number of dominant member of group |
Nest | Group ID from 2MASS catallog of Tully(2015) |
NDg | Number of galaxies with measured distances in group |
DMg | Group uminosity distance modulus; weighted average of group members |
eDg | Fractional error in distance at 1sigma level |
Dg | Group luminosity distance (weighted average if more than one source) |
DBGc | Hoffman et al. (2021) BGc model group luminosity distance |
NVg | Number of galaxies with measured velocities in group |
Glong | Galactic longitude of group |
Glatg | Galactic latitude of group |
SGLg | Supergalactic longitude of group |
SGBg | Supergalactic latitude of group |
lgLgp | Log summed K luminosity of group, adjusted by correction factor for lost light; assumed distance is Vmgp/75 |
cf | Luminosity selection function correction factor |
sigp | Projected velocity dispersion anticipated by corrected luminosity |
R2t | Projected second turnaround radius anticipated by corrected intrinsic luminosity; assumed distance is Vmgp/75 |
Vhgp | Group heliocentric velocity |
Vggp | Group velocity in Galactic standard of rest (circular velocity at Sun of 239 km/s; total velocity 251 km/s toward l=90,b=0) |
Vlsgp | Group velocity in Local Sheet standard of rest (Tully et al. 2008) |
Vcgp | Group velocity in CMB standard of rest (Fixsen et al. 1996) |
fmod | Cosmological correction to velocity with Omega_matter=0.27 and Omega_Lambda=0.73 |
VBGc | Peculiar velocity given by BGc model (Hoffman et al. 2021) |
Vrms | Group r.m.s. velocity dispersion |
bwMass12 | Group mass (x10^12) from virial theorem with bi-weight dispersion and radius parameters; assumed distance is Vmgp/75 |
L_Mass12 | Group mass (x10^12) based on corrected intrinsic luminosity and M/L prescription; assumed distance is Vmgp/75 |
LDC | Crook et al. (2007) low density group ID |
HDC | Crook et al. (2007) high density group ID |
2M++ | Group ID from 2MASS++ catalog of Lavaux & Hudson (2011) |
MKgp | Makarov & Karachentsev (2011, MNRAS 412, 2498) group ID |
Icnt | Internal group ID |
SGXg | Supergalactic X distance from origin assuming distance Dg |
SGYg | Supergalactic Y distance from origin assuming distance Dg |
SGZg | Supergalactic Z distance from origin assuming distance Dg |
Abell | Abell cluster ID; ASxxx are from southern supplement list |
GroupName | Alternate name for group or cluster |