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MORPHOLOGY OF GALAXIES: AN OVERVIEW
R. Buta
Department of Physics and Astronomy
University of Alabama, USA
Abstract. Morphological classification has been and still is a very
useful tool in modern extragalactic astronomy. In this overview, I
discuss galaxy morphology with regard to the techniques and problems of
classification, as well as recent advances in the field.
Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION
- MORPHOLOGY: CLUES TO FORMATION AND EVOLUTION
- MORPHOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION: THEORY
- MORPHOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION: IN PRACTICE
- SYSTEMS OF CLASSIFICATION
- MORPHOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION: RECENT APPLICATIONS
- RECENT ADVANCES IN MORPHOLOGY AND NEW CLASSES OF
GALAXIES
- Early-type galaxies
- Spiral arm character, multiplicity, and disk
resonances
- Amorphous galaxies
- Dwarf and low surface brightness galaxies
- Ringed and lensed galaxies
- Morphology of bars
- "Boxy" or "peanut" bulges and "x" galaxies
- Ring, polar ring, and "hoag-type" ring galaxies
- CONCLUSIONS
- REFERENCES
