Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- 1 Introduction
- 2 The Hubble classification system
- 3 De Vaucouleurs' system
- 4 Elmegreen's classification of spiral arms
- 5 Van den Bergh's classification of galaxies
- 6 Morgan's classification system
- 7 Galactic bars
- 8 Elliptical galaxies
- 9 The S0 class
- 10 Early-type galaxies
- 11 Dwarf spheroidal galaxies
- 12 Low surface brightness galaxies
- 13 Morphology of active galaxies
- 14 Evolution of galaxy morphology
- 15 Computer classification of galaxy images
- 16 Problems, challenges and conclusions
- References
- Object index
- Subject index
Contents
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 10 May 2010
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- 1 Introduction
- 2 The Hubble classification system
- 3 De Vaucouleurs' system
- 4 Elmegreen's classification of spiral arms
- 5 Van den Bergh's classification of galaxies
- 6 Morgan's classification system
- 7 Galactic bars
- 8 Elliptical galaxies
- 9 The S0 class
- 10 Early-type galaxies
- 11 Dwarf spheroidal galaxies
- 12 Low surface brightness galaxies
- 13 Morphology of active galaxies
- 14 Evolution of galaxy morphology
- 15 Computer classification of galaxy images
- 16 Problems, challenges and conclusions
- References
- Object index
- Subject index
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- Galaxy Morphology and Classification , pp. vii - xPublisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 1998