Published in "Galactic and Extragalactic Radio Astronomy", 1974, eds. G.L. Verschuur and K.I. Kellerman.

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Table of Contents

• INTRODUCTION
• Hydrogen Distribution and Kinematics
• Classification Systems
• INTEGRAL PROPERTIES OF GALAXIES
• The Data
• Correlations
• MAPPING HI IN GALAXIES
• Density Distribution
• Velocity Distribution
• OBSERVATIONS WITH A SINGLE DISH
• Observing Procedure
• Magellanic Clouds
• Nearby Spiral Galaxies
• Galaxies with Smaller Angular Diameters
• Model Fitting
• INTERFEROMETRIC OBSERVATIONS
• Position Profiles
• Observations of External Galaxies
• Interpretation of the Data
• APERTURE SYNTHESIS OBSERVATIONS
• Observational Requirements
• Correlation Receivers
• Data Reduction
• HIGH-RESOLUTION MAPS
• Observations of M33 with the Cambridge Half-Mile Telescope
• Observations at the Owens Valley Radio Observatory
• Comparison of the HI Distributions of Late-Type Galaxies
• Central Hydrogen Depressions
• Rate of Star Formation
• CONCLUSIONS
• REFERENCES