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3. ABBREVIATIONS

abs absorption
acc according
alm almost
amorph amorphous
approx approximate
asym asymmetry, asymmetric
B bright
bel belong
BG Reference Catalogue of Bright Galaxies
brightn brightness
centr central
CGCG Catalogue of Galaxies and of Clusters of Galaxies
circ circular
cl cluster
classif classify, classification
comp companion
compl complete
cond condensation
cont continue
coord co-ordinates
CSCG Catalogue of Selected Compact Galaxies and of Post-Eruptive Galaxies
descr describe, description
de V de Vaucouleurs
DDO David Dunlap Observatory ("DDO" precedes numbers of objects in van den Bergh's catalogue of dwarf galaxies (1959, 1966)).
diam diameter
dif diffuse
disr disrupted
distr distribution
e extremely
eastw eastwards
ecc eccentric
elong elongated
em emission
env envelope
evid evidence
exp exposure, exposed
ext extension, extended
F faint
f following
Ho Holmberg
I IC
ident identify, identification
incl include, including
indiv individual
intercon interconnected
invis invisible
irr irregular
M Messier
Mark Markarian
MCG Morfologicheskij Katalog Galaktik (Morphological Catalogue of Galaxies)
N NGC
n north
northw northwards
nr number
nucl nucleus, nuclear
obj object
outw outwards
p preceding
PA Palomar Atlas (Palomar Sky Survey)
pec peculiar
phys physical
pos position
prob probable, probably
pw or Pw pair with
reg region
S small
s south
Sep separation, separated
sev several
SN supernova
southw southwards
spir spiral
stell stellar
str structure
superimp superimposed
surf surface
sym symmetry, symmetrical
syst system
tend tendency
tow towards
transp transparent
U UGC (Uppsala General Catalogue of Galaxies)
v very; radial velocity referred to the sun
v0 radial velocity corrected for solar motion
var variable
vd B van den Bergh
vic vicinity
vis visible
VV Voroncov-Vel'jaminov ("VV" precedes numbers of systems in the Atlas and Catalogue of Interacting Galaxies)
w with
westw westwards
Zw Zwicky (quotations from "Zw" refer to Catalogue of Selectedkcted Compact Galaxies and of Post-Eruptive Galaxies)
* (in the Notes Section) star
** (in the Notes Section) stars

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