2010

The MCXC: a Meta-Catalogue of X-ray detected Clusters of galaxies

Piffaretti, R., Arnaud, M., Pratt, G. W. et al.

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We present the compilation and properties of a Meta-Catalogue of X-ray detected Clusters of galaxies, the MCXC.

  • This very large catalogue is based on publicly available ROSAT All Sky Survey-based (NORAS, REFLEX, BCS, SGP, NEP, MACS, and CIZA) and serendipitous (160SD, 400SD, SHARC, WARPS, and EMSS) cluster catalogues.
  • Data have been systematically homogenised to an overdensity of 500, and duplicate entries originating from overlaps between the survey areas of the individual input catalogues are carefully handled.
  • The MCXC comprises 1743 clusters with virtually no duplicate entries.

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