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    • Zwicky Clusters

    Metadata Updated: February 6, 2026

    The ZWCLUSTERS database is based upon the Catalogue of Zwicky Clusters of Galaxies. The Zwicky clusters were identified by F. Zwicky in 560 POSS fields. They are rich clusters, each having at least 50 members within 3 magnitudes of the brightest member. This is a service provided by NASA HEASARC .

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    Public: This dataset is intended for public access and use. License: No license information was provided. If this work was prepared by an officer or employee of the United States government as part of that person's official duties it is considered a U.S. Government Work.

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    Dates

    Metadata Created Date April 11, 2025
    Metadata Updated Date February 6, 2026

    Metadata Source

    Harvested from NASA Data.json

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    Additional Metadata

    Resource Type Dataset
    Metadata Created Date April 11, 2025
    Metadata Updated Date February 6, 2026
    Publisher High Energy Astrophysics Science Archive Research Center
    Maintainer
    Identifier ivo://nasa.heasarc/zwclusters
    Data Last Modified 2026-02-03
    Category Astrophysics
    Public Access Level public
    Bureau Code 026:00
    Metadata Context https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema/catalog.jsonld
    Schema Version https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema
    Catalog Describedby https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema/catalog.json
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    Harvest Source Id 58f92550-7a01-4f00-b1b2-8dc953bd598f
    Harvest Source Title NASA Data.json
    Homepage URL https://heasarc.gsfc.nasa.gov/W3Browse/all/zwclusters.html
    Program Code 026:000
    Source Datajson Identifier True
    Source Hash 694c2408062af832a58d9b7064cfd24bd6467c9ffcd7acdef740949908c55700
    Source Schema Version 1.1

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