Morphological and Physical Classification of Galaxies : Proceedings of the Fifth International Workshop of the Osservatorio Astronomico di Capodimonte Held in Sant'Agata Sui Due Golfi, Italy, September 3-7, 1990 /
The morphological scheme devised by Hubble and followers to classify galaxies has, over many decades, proved to be quite effective in directing our quest for the fundamental parameters describing the extragalactic manifold. This statement, however, is far more true for spirals than for ellipticals....
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Dordrecht :
Springer Netherlands : Imprint : Springer,
1992.
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| Series: | Astrophysics and Space Science Library, A Series of Books on the Recent Developments of Space Science and of General Geophysics and Astrophysics Published in Connection with the Journal Space Science Reviews, ;
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | The morphological scheme devised by Hubble and followers to classify galaxies has, over many decades, proved to be quite effective in directing our quest for the fundamental parameters describing the extragalactic manifold. This statement, however, is far more true for spirals than for ellipticals. <br/> In the last few years efforts have been made to search for a more meaningful classification of ellipticals, at the same time the classical question of whether E galaxies form a physically homogenous family has been brushed up once more. <br/> This book pictures the state of the art of this exciting transition process from the morphological to the physical 'era' in the classification of galaxies. <br/> |
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| Item Description: | Electronic resource. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (496 pages 32 illustrations) |
| ISBN: | 9789401125222 (electronic bk.) 9401125228 (electronic bk.) |