Autore	Mackie Glen H. <1961->
Pubbl/distr/stampa	Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2011
Descrizione fisica	1 online resource (xi, 256 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)
Disciplina	523.1/12
Soggetto topico	Galaxies
ISBN	1-316-08752-2 1-282-94376-6 9786612943768 0-511-77830-9 0-511-93190-5 0-511-93056-9 0-511-92805-X 0-511-93326-6 0-511-92552-2
Formato	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione	eng
Nota di contenuto	Machine generated contents note: 1. Galaxies; 2. Observing the electromagnetic spectrum; 3. A view from the inside: the Galaxy; 4. The atlas; Appendices; References; Index.
Record Nr.	UNINA-9910459268903321

Autore	Davis Robert J (Robert James), <1929->
Pubbl/distr/stampa	Washington, D.C. : , : Smithsonian Institution, , 1962
Descrizione fisica	1 online resource (pages 209-230) : illustrations
Collana	Smithsonian contributions to astrophysics
Soggetto topico	Interstellar hydrogen Hydrogen - Spectra Galaxies Radio astrophysics
Formato	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione	eng
Altri titoli varianti	Neutral hydrogen between galactic longitudes 200 degrees and 265 degrees Neutral hydrogen between galactic longitudes 200 degree and 265 degree
Record Nr.	UNINA-9910709967003321

Edizione	[1st ed. 1985.]
Pubbl/distr/stampa	Berlin, Heidelberg : , : Springer-Verlag, , [1985]
Descrizione fisica	1 online resource (XIII, 354 p. 85 illus.)
Disciplina	523.112
Collana	Lecture Notes in Physics
Soggetto topico	Galaxies Astronomical photometry
ISBN	3-540-39566-0
Formato	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione	eng
Nota di contenuto	New trends in CCD photometry of galaxies -- A new filter system for CCD surface photometry -- Electronography : Performances, results, expectations -- Food for the photometrists — faint galaxies revealed -- Computer-linked microdensitometers: Performance, results and expectations -- Results from surface photometry of extensive samples of galaxies -- High resolution in galaxy photometry and imaging -- Surface photometry with the space telescope -- Accuracy and improvements in galaxy photometry: Why and how -- Comparison of photographic and CCD surface photometry of galaxies -- Photographic photometry of 16000 galaxies on ESO blue and red survey plates -- Photometry and radio continuum observations of galaxies -- Galaxy photometry in the infrared -- Galaxy photometry and X-ray astronomy -- Problems of galactic and extragalactic CO photometry -- A study of star formation in Shapley-Ames spiral galaxies based on IRAS far-infrared observations -- IRAS observations of the Magellanic clouds -- Contemporary dynamical problems — A possible contribution to their solution by galaxy photometry -- The three-dimensional shape of galaxies -- Dynamics of ellipticals : The case for 2-dimensional photometry -- Fine structure in elliptical galaxies -- Can shells help to distinguish prolate from oblate elliptical galaxies? -- Constraints on the potential of barred galaxies from surface photometry and direct photography -- Blue and near-infrared surface photometry of 50 barred and nonbarred spiral galaxies -- Brightest member luminosities and dynamical times of galaxy clusters -- Dark Halos around Late-type galaxies -- N-body simulations and galaxy photometry -- Galaxy photometry and cosmology -- Observing the galaxy evolution at high redshifts -- Far-UV to infrared photometric star formation tracers -- Evolution of spiral galaxies in a cluster environment -- Galaxy photometry at faint light levels — interaction with the environment -- Malmquist bias in “Tully-Fisher” relation -- Photometry of quasar host galaxies and cosmological implications -- Possible evidence for evolution in the photometric properties of nearby galaxies -- On the structure and kinematics of the small magellanic cloud -- Photographic surface photometry of the Andromeda galaxy -- HI holes in the interstellar medium of Messier 31 -- High resolution CO observations in M31 -- Morphological investigation of elliptical galaxies -- A comparison of the ellipticity profiles of E and SO galaxies -- The lenticular NGC 3115: A standard for galaxy photometry -- Dust in elliptical galaxies — how often, how much? -- Liller's photometry revisited -- Constructing distribution functions for galaxies with application to m87 -- Radio studies of peculiar galaxies at 10.7 GHz -- The velocity field of NGC 1365 -- Morphology and radial velocity of galaxies using colour-colour diagrams -- The Z-distribution of radio continuum emission in NGC 891 -- Some methods for photometry of galaxies in clusters -- Hi observations of the virgo cluster galaxies -- An HI and optical study of the gas poor virgo cluster spiral NGC 4571 -- Influence of the K-effect on the colours and the ?0 4000 break amplitudes of galaxies in distant clusters -- Mass-to-light ratio of elliptical galaxies -- Deconvolution of the elliptical nucleus of M 31 -- Distance of galaxies from the method of sosies -- Mass to luminosity ratio of bars in spiral galaxies -- Systematic errors in Zwicky's magnitudes -- Stochastic stellar orbits in galaxies -- Relations among optical, radio and X-ray properties of Abell clusters of galaxies -- A compilation of UBVRI photometry for galaxies in the ESO/Uppsala catalogue -- The nuclear radio sources in the elliptical galaxies NGC 3309 and NGC 3311 in the cluster Abell 1060 -- Surface photometry and detailed structure of the elliptical galaxy NGC 1199 and its compact companions -- The velocity fields of barred galaxies -- Absorbing matter in E and SO galaxies -- A peculiarity in the photometric profiles of some SO galaxies.
Record Nr.	UNINA-9910257413903321

Autore	Machholz Don <1952->
Pubbl/distr/stampa	Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2002
Descrizione fisica	1 online resource (xiii, 157 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)
Disciplina	522
Soggetto topico	Astronomy Galaxies Stars - Clusters Nebulae
ISBN	1-107-13089-1 1-280-41904-0 9786610419043 0-511-53645-3 1-139-14728-5 0-511-17834-4 0-511-06363-6 0-511-05730-X 0-511-30555-9 0-511-07209-0
Formato	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione	eng
Nota di contenuto	Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Tables; Preface; Acknowledgments; Part 1 Handbook; Part 2 Atlas
Record Nr.	UNINA-9910450520603321

Autore	Boselli Alessandro <1965->
Pubbl/distr/stampa	Weinheim, : Wiley-VCH Verlag, c2012
Descrizione fisica	1 online resource (342 p.)
Disciplina	523.112
Soggetto topico	Galaxies Radio astronomy Radio galaxies
Soggetto genere / forma	Electronic books.
ISBN	1-283-86982-9 3-527-64027-4 3-527-64025-8 3-527-64026-6
Formato	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione	eng
Nota di contenuto	A Panchromatic View of Galaxies; Contents; Preface; 1 Introduction; 1.1 Galaxies; 1.2 A Multifrequency Approach; 1.3 The Purpose of this Book; Part One Emitting Sources and Radiative Processes in Galaxies; 2 X-ray; 2.1 Continuum; 2.1.1 Discrete Sources; 2.1.2 X-ray Emission in Active Galaxies; 2.1.3 Hot Gas; 3 UV-Optical-NIR; 3.1 Continuum: Stellar Emission; 3.2 Emission Lines; 3.2.1 Hydrogen Lines; 3.2.2 Metals; 3.3 Absorption Lines; 3.3.1 Hydrogen Lines; 3.3.2 Other Elements; 3.4 Molecular Lines; 3.4.1 H2 Near-Infrared Emission Lines; 3.4.2 H2 UV Absorption Lines; 4 The Infrared 4.1 Continuum: Dust Emission4.2 Emission Lines; 4.2.1 PAHs; 4.2.2 Cooling Lines in PDR; 4.2.3 H2 Lines; 4.2.4 Dust Absorption of Ly Scattered Photons; 5 Millimeter and Centimeter Radio; 5.1 Continuum; 5.1.1 Free-Free Emission; 5.1.2 Synchrotron Emission; 5.1.3 Dust Emission; 5.2 Emission Lines; 5.2.1 Molecular Lines; 5.2.2 HI; 5.3 Absorption Lines; 5.3.1 HI; Part Two Derived Quantities; 6 Properties of the Hot X-ray Emitting Gas; 6.1 X-ray Luminosity; 6.2 Gas Temperature; 7 Dust Properties; 7.1 The Far-IR Luminosity; 7.2 Dust Mass and Temperature; 8 Radio Properties 8.1 Determining the Contribution of the Different Radio Components8.1.1 Synchrotron vs. Free--Free Radio Emission in the Centimeter Domain; 8.1.2 The Emission of the Cold Dust Component at 1.5 mm; 8.2 The Radio Luminosity; 9 The Spectral Energy Distribution; 9.1 The Emission in the UV to Near-Infrared Spectral Domain; 9.1.1 UV, Optical, and Near-IR Colors; 9.1.2 Fitting SEDs with Population Synthesis Models; 9.2 The Dust Emission in the Infrared Domain; 9.2.1 Mid- and Far-Infrared Colors; 9.3 The Thermal and Nonthermal Radio Emission; 10 Spectral Features 10.1 Galaxy Characterization through Emission and Absorption Lines10.1.1 Classification of the Nuclear Activity; 10.1.2 Classification of Post-Starburst and Post-Star-Forming Galaxies; 10.1.3 Line Diagnostics; 10.2 Gas Metallicity from Emission Lines; 10.3 Stellar Age and Metallicity from Absorption Lines; 11 Gas Properties; 11.1 Gas Density, Mass, and Temperature; 11.1.1 The Atomic HI Mass; 11.1.2 The Molecular H2 Mass; 12 Dust Extinction; 12.1 Galactic Extinction; 12.1.1 Extinction Curve; 12.2 Internal Attenuation; 12.2.1 Attenuation of the Emission Lines 12.2.2 Attenuation of the Stellar Continuum13 Star Formation Tracers; 13.1 The Initial Mass Function; 13.2 The Star Formation Rate; 13.3 The Birthrate Parameter and the Specific Star Formation Rate; 13.4 The Star Formation Efficiency and the Gas Consumption Time Scale; 13.5 Hydrogen Emission Lines; 13.6 UV Stellar Continuum; 13.7 Infrared; 13.7.1 Integrated Infrared Luminosity; 13.7.2 Monochromatic Infrared Luminosities; 13.8 Radio Continuum; 13.9 Other Indicators; 13.9.1 The X-ray Luminosity; 13.9.2 Forbidden Lines; 13.9.3 [CII]; 13.9.4 Radio Recombination Lines 13.10 Population Synthesis Models
Record Nr.	UNINA-9910141337203321