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Topics in extragalactic astronomy with special reference to the southern hemisphere

Technical Report ·
OSTI ID:6878884
Topics discussed are the following: classification of galaxies; photometry; luminosity distribution laws and integrated magnitudes; colorimetry, in particular, in the UBV system; spectroscopy and K-corrections; type I supernovae; metric and photometric diameters; primary, secondary, and tertiary distance indicators; structure of local superclustors; anisotrophy of the red shifts and kinematics at the local supercluster; large-scale distribution of galaxies; multiplets and groups, clusters and superclusters; galaxy counts and probes in depth; and problems of the Southern hemisphere; the galaxy and the magellanic clouds, and galaxies.
Research Organization:
Royal Observatory, Edinburgh (UK)
OSTI ID:
6878884
Report Number(s):
N-78-11957
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English