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Article Contents

Abstract

Chapter I. Introduction
1.Groups of galaxies
2.Statistical approach to a study of physical groups

Chapter II. Observation program
3.Practical difficulties in the survey work
4.Observation procedure
5.Results
6.Colors of nuclei of spiral galaxies

Chapter III. Analysis of results
7.Distributions of position angles and separations
8.Number of satellites and nuclear color of central galaxy
9.Number of satellites and mass of central-galaxy

Chapter IV. Distributions of absolute diameters and magnitudes
10.Distribution of logarithmic diameter
11.Correlation between absolute magnitude and diameter
12.The luminosity function
13.Magnitude distribution in the Virgo cluster

Chapter V. Space density and mass function
14.Space density from magnitudes and diameters
15.Space density from redshifts
16.The mass function

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