An Atlas of Selected Galaxies: With Illustrations of Photometric Analyses 9781315137216, 9789067640077, 9784130681032, 1315137216

Table of contents :
Cover
Half Title
Title
Copyright
Table of Contents
Preface
Introduction
Part I. General Descriptions of the Classification and Photometric Analyses
1. Classification of Galaxies
1.1. Classifications in Early Period
1.2. Hubble’s Classification
1.3. De Vaucouleurs’ Classification (Revised Hubble’s Classification)
1.4. Van den Bergh’s Luminosity Class (DDO Classification)
1.5. Morgan’s Classification (Yerkes Classification)
1.6. Remarks on the New Step of Galaxy Classification
2. Surface Photometry
2.1. Quantitative Presentation of Photographic Images
2.2. Isophotal Map and Substructures
2.3. Isochromatic Map and Stellar Composition
2.4. Effects of Projection and Internal Absorption
3. Radial Luminosity Distribution
3.1. Luminosity Profile
3.2. Luminosity Profile of Nearly Face-on Galaxies
3.3. Smoothing of the Luminosity Profile
3.4. Laws of Radial Luminosity Distribution
3.5. Normalization of the Luminosity Profile
4. Luminosity Distribution Perpendicular to the Galactic Plane
4.1. Surface Photometry of Edge-on Galaxies
4.2. Features Seen in Edge-on Galaxies
4.3. Luminosity Distribution of Bulge and Disk Components
4.4. Three-Dimensional Models of Galaxies
5. Projected Profile and Related Analysis
5.1. Projected Profile and Generalized Radial Profile
5.2. Representative Examples
5.3. Quantitative Expression of the Global Radial Structure
6. Spectral Analysis of Spiral Patterns
6.1. The Background and Objectives of the Analysis
6.2. Fourier Analysis of the Observed Intensity Distribution
6.3. Indices Related to Morphological Features
7. Active Galaxies and Peculiar Galaxies
7.1. Seyfert Galaxies, N Galaxies and Quasars
7.2. Survey for Ultraviolet-Excess Galaxies and Emission-Line Galaxies with Schmidt Telescopes
7.3. Peculiar Galaxies
8. Clusters of Galaxies
8.1. Richness and Morphological Classifications
8.2. Clusters Including cD Galaxies
8.3. Luminosity Function of Cluster Member Galaxies
Appendix. Toward a Quantitative Classification
References
General References
Our Publications Related to This Atlas
Representative Atlases and Catalogues
Part II. The Atlas
1. Classification of Galaxies
2. Surface Photometry
3. Radial Luminosity Distribution
4. Luminosity Distribution Perpendicular to the Galactic Plane
5. Projected Profile and Related Analysis
6. Spectral Analysis of Spiral Patterns
7. Active Galaxies and Peculiar Galaxies
8. Clusters of Galaxies
Part III. Table of Data for the Atlas
Table 1. List of Galaxies and Clusters of Galaxies
Table 2. List of Plates
Table 3. Data for Isophotal Maps

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AN ATLAS OF SELECTED GALAXIES

AN ATLAS OF SELECTED GALAXIES -

with Illustrations of Photometric Analyses

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Bunshiro Takase

Tokyo Astronomical Observatory, University of Tokyo

CRC Press

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