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Notes, Helpful Links, and Comments on Other Catalogs

List of other catalogs relevant to the LVDB including references and links:

  • The Local Volume Database (LVDB, this work for reference) [ADS], [GitHub/website].

  • Local Group and Nearby Dwarf Galaxies (MC12), [ADS], [website]. This includes dwarf galaxies within 3 Mpc.

  • Local Volume Galaxy (LVG) catalog, [ADS, ADS], [website].

  • Extragalactic Distance Database (EDD) [TRGB papers ADS, ADS], [website].

  • HyperLeda, [ADS], [website].

  • Siena Galaxy Atlas [ADS], [website].

  • NED Local Volume Sample [ADS], [website].

  • Harris catalog [ADS, 2010 version ADS], [catalog]

  • Fundamental parameters of Galactic globular clusters (Baumgardt Catalog) [ADS, ADS, ADS, ADS], [website]. Also referred to as the Galactic Globular Clusters Database (GGCD)

  • Galstreams [ADS], [website]. Properties of stellar streams in the Milky Way. Not included in the LVDB.

  • The Revised Bologna Catalogue (M31 Globular Clusters) catalog of M31 GCs. [ADS], [website]. Other M31 star cluster results [website]

  • Bica Catalogs (LMC/SMC star clusters) [ADS, ADS]

  • Open cluster catalogs, Bica catalogs [ADS], new Gaia open clusters [some examples ADS, ADS]

  • Some websites about NGC/IC catalogs [website], [website], [website]

The completeness of the LVDB is characterized by comparing to other catalogs. v1.0.3 of the LVDB is complete to 6 Mpc when comparing to the Local Volume Galaxy catalog and Extragalactic Distance Database. Current efforts are focused on verifying this completeness limit with other catalogs (HyperLEDA, the NED LVS and Siena Galaxy Atlas) and adding missing systems and any new discoveries.

Here are some visualizations and interactive plots for the Local Group and Local Volume:

  • https://localvolumeexplorer.streamlit.app/

  • https://lvd-interactive.streamlit.app/

  • A Revised Three-dimensional Visualization of the Local Group of Galaxies Antonio Ciccolella 2025 Res. Notes AAS 9 307. [flickr, zenodo]

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