DEPARTMENT OF ASTRONOMY

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ASTRONOMY 386C
Properties of Galaxies
Spring 2002     Unique No. 45655 | TTH 12:30-2:00 | RLM 15.216B


1. MORPHOLOGY

1.1 Galaxy Classification Schemes

  • The Hubble system
  • The de Vaucouleurs system
  • The Morgan system: cD galaxies
  • Luminosity classification

1.2 Quantitative Morphology

  • Correlation of physical parameters with Hubble types

1.3 Physical Morphology

  • Galaxy components
  • Oval disks
  • Flocculent versus global spiral structure



 
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