The galaxies of the Local Group / Sidney van den Bergh.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Van den Bergh, Sidney, 1929- author.

Series:

Cambridge astrophysics series ; 35.

Cambridge astrophysics ; 35

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Local Group (Astronomy).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiv, 328 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2000.

Summary:

The Local Group is a small cluster of galaxies that includes the Milky Way. At least half of all galaxies in the Universe are thought to belong to similar groups. This authoritative volume provides a comprehensive synthesis of what is known about the Local Group. It begins with a summary of each member galaxy, as well as those galaxies previously regarded as possible members. The book examines the mass, stability and evolution of the Local Group as a whole and includes many important previously unpublished results and conclusions. With clarity, Professor van den Bergh provides a masterful summary of all that is known about the galaxies of the Local Group and their evolution, and expertly places this knowledge in the wider context of on-going studies of galaxy formation and evolution, the cosmic distance scale, and the conditions in the early Universe.

Contents:

Local Group membership

The Andromeda galaxy (M31)

The Milky Way system

The Triangulum galaxy (M33)

The large megaellanic cloud

The small Magellanic cloud

The elliptical galaxy M32 (=NGC 221)

The irregular dwarf galaxy NGC 6822

The starburst galaxy IC 10

Faint dwarf irregular galaxies

Spheroidal galaxies

The most luminous dwarf spheroidal galaxies

Dwarf spheroidals in the Andromeda subgroup

Faint dwarf spheroidals

The outer fringes of the Local Group

Intergalactic matter in the Local Group

Dynamical and physical evolution

Properties of the Local Group.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Includes bibliographical references (p. 295-323) and index.

ISBN:

1-107-11725-9

0-521-03743-3

0-511-54605-X

1-280-42061-8

0-511-15539-5

0-511-17519-1

0-511-04812-2

0-511-30248-7

9786610420612

OCLC:

51214841