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href="/wiki/Hubble_Space_Telescope" title="Hubble Space Telescope">Hubble</a> image of the <a href="/wiki/Elliptical_galaxy" title="Elliptical galaxy">elliptical galaxy</a> <a href="/wiki/PGC_6240" title="PGC 6240">PGC 6240</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </figcaption></figure> <p>The <b>Principal Galaxies Catalogue</b> (<b>PGC</b>) is an <a href="/wiki/Astronomical_catalog" class="mw-redirect" title="Astronomical catalog">astronomical catalog</a> published in 1989 that lists <a href="/wiki/B1950" class="mw-redirect" title="B1950">B1950</a> and <a href="/wiki/Epoch_(astronomy)#Julian_years_and_J2000" title="Epoch (astronomy)">J2000</a> <a href="/wiki/Equatorial_coordinates" class="mw-redirect" title="Equatorial coordinates">equatorial coordinates</a> and cross-identifications for 73,197 <a href="/wiki/Galaxy" title="Galaxy">galaxies</a>. It is based on the <a href="/wiki/Lyon-Meudon_Extragalactic_Database" title="Lyon-Meudon Extragalactic Database">Lyon-Meudon Extragalactic Database</a> (LEDA), which was originally started in 1983.<sup id="cite_ref-leda_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-leda-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> 40,932 coordinates (56%) have <a href="/wiki/Standard_deviation" title="Standard deviation">standard deviations</a> smaller than <span class="nowrap"><span data-sort-value="6995484813681109537♠"></span>10<a href="/wiki/Second_of_arc" class="mw-redirect" title="Second of arc">″</a></span>. A total of 131,601 names from the 38 most common sources are listed. Available <a href="/wiki/Mean" title="Mean">mean</a> data for each object are given:<sup id="cite_ref-Patureletal2006_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Patureletal2006-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li>49,102 <a href="/wiki/Galaxy_morphological_classification" title="Galaxy morphological classification">morphological descriptions</a>,</li> <li>52,954 apparent <a href="/wiki/Major_axis" class="mw-redirect" title="Major axis">major</a> and <a href="/wiki/Minor_axis" class="mw-redirect" title="Minor axis">minor axis</a>,</li> <li>67,116 <a href="/wiki/Apparent_magnitude" title="Apparent magnitude">apparent magnitudes</a>,</li> <li>20,046 <a href="/wiki/Radial_velocity" title="Radial velocity">radial velocities</a> and</li> <li>24,361 <a href="/wiki/Position_angle" title="Position angle">position angles</a>.</li></ul> <p>The Lyon-Meudon Extragalactic Database was eventually expanded into <a href="/wiki/HyperLEDA" class="mw-redirect" title="HyperLEDA">HyperLEDA</a>, a database of a few million galaxies. Galaxies in the original PGC catalogue are numbered with their original PGC number in HyperLEDA. Numbers have also been assigned for the other galaxies, although for those galaxies not in the original PGC catalogue, it is not recommended to use that number as a name.<sup id="cite_ref-leda_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-leda-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Examples">Examples</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Principal_Galaxies_Catalogue&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Examples"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="PGC_39058">PGC 39058</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Principal_Galaxies_Catalogue&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: PGC 39058"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/PGC_39058" title="PGC 39058">PGC 39058</a> is a <a href="/wiki/Dwarf_galaxy" title="Dwarf galaxy">dwarf galaxy</a> which is located approximately 14 million <a href="/wiki/Light-year" title="Light-year">light-years</a> away in the <a href="/wiki/Constellation" title="Constellation">constellation</a> of <a href="/wiki/Draco_(constellation)" title="Draco (constellation)">Draco</a>. It is relatively nearby, however it is obscured by HD 106381, which is in front of the galaxy. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="PGC_6240">PGC 6240</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Principal_Galaxies_Catalogue&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: PGC 6240"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/PGC_6240" title="PGC 6240">PGC 6240</a> (also known as <a href="/wiki/PGC_6240" title="PGC 6240">White Rose Galaxy</a>) is a large <a href="/wiki/Lenticular_galaxy" title="Lenticular galaxy">lenticular galaxy</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Constellation" title="Constellation">constellation</a> <a href="/wiki/Hydrus_(constellation)" class="mw-redirect" title="Hydrus (constellation)">Hydrus</a>. It is located about 346 million <a href="/wiki/Light-year" title="Light-year">light-years</a> away from <a href="/wiki/Earth_(Planet)" class="mw-redirect" title="Earth (Planet)">Earth</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Principal_Galaxies_Catalogue&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Principal_Galaxies_Catalogue_objects" title="Category:Principal Galaxies Catalogue objects">Category:Principal Galaxies Catalogue objects</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Astronomical_catalogue" title="Astronomical catalogue">Astronomical catalogue</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Principal_Galaxies_Catalogue&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite class="citation news cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.spacetelescope.org/news/heic1318/">"Soft shells and strange star clusters"</a>. <i>ESA/Hubble Press Release</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">12 October</span> 2013</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=ESA%2FHubble+Press+Release&rft.atitle=Soft+shells+and+strange+star+clusters&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.spacetelescope.org%2Fnews%2Fheic1318%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3APrincipal+Galaxies+Catalogue" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-leda-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-leda_2-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-leda_2-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://leda.univ-lyon1.fr/leda/param/pgc.html">"HYPERLEDA Help: Internal number: pgc"</a>. <i>HyperLeda</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. 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