What is a peculiar galaxy?

Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

Volumn 286, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 969-978

  Naim, A ^a   Lahav, O ^b  

^a CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Galaxies: general; Galaxies: peculiar

Indexed keywords

DISTRIBUTION FUNCTIONS;

ANGLE-DEPENDENT; DEPENDENT ASYMMETRY; GALAXIES GENERAL; GALAXIES: PECULIAR; HIGH-REDSHIFT; LIGHT CONCENTRATION; MATCHINGS; MEASURING MACHINES; OBJECTIVE APPROACHES; PECULIAR GALAXIES;

GALAXIES;

EID: 0040944614     PISSN: 00358711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/mnras/286.4.969     Document Type: Article

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