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CRC Press
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It is only several decades since galaxies were recognized as huge aggregations of matter in the universe which consist of myriads of stars and vast clouds of gas. The wide variety of shapes of galaxies is one of the wonders of the universe. Attempts to classify galaxies have continued since an early stage of study, when they were still called nebulae.
The first step towards classification was a... Read more
Preface
Introduction
PART I. GENERAL DESCRIPTIONS OF THE CLASSIFICATION AND PHOTOMETRIC ANALYSES
Classification of Galaxies
Bunshiro Takase
Surface Photometry
Keiichi Kodaira
Radial Luminosity Distribution
Sandanori Okamura
Luminosity Distribution Perpendicular to the Galactic Plane
Masaru Hamabe
Projected Profile and Related Analysis
Masaaki Wantanabe
Spectral Analysis of Spiral Patterns
Masanori Iye
Active Galaxies and Peculiar Galaxies
Bunshiro Takase
Clusters of Galaxies
Tomohiko Yamagata
Appendix: Toward a quantitative classification
References
PART II. THE ATLAS
Classification of galaxies
Surface photometry
Radial luminosity distribution
Luminosity distibution perpendicular to the galactic plane
Projected profile and related analysis
Spectral analysis of spiral patterns
Active galaxies and peculiar galaxies
Clusters of galaxies
PART III. TABLES OF DATA FOR THE ATLAS
List of galaxies and clusters of galaxies
List of plates
Data for isophotal maps
Biography
Takase\, ; Kodaira\, ; Okamura\,
