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Atlas of Galaxies

By: Ronald J. Buta,Harold G. Corwin,Stephen C. Odewahn

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Atlas of Galaxies

By: Ronald J. Buta,Harold G. Corwin,Stephen C. Odewahn

New illustrated atlas on modern galaxy classification for astronomy researchers, students, and amateurs.

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Cambridge University Press

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Cosmic Pinwheels: Spiral Galaxies And The Universe

By: Ronald J Buta

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Cosmic Pinwheels: Spiral Galaxies And The Universe

By: Ronald J Buta

It is strongly biased towards the author's speciality of galaxy morphology, and particularly to bars and rings. To be fair, these are often given fairly short shrift in other textbooks, so this is a useful source of detail on such topics from an expert. In addition, references to original technical papers are given throughout which makes the book a handy introduction to the literature (which students may well find useful).'The Observatory MagazineThe main goal of the book is to introduce the reader to the world of spiral galaxies, how spirals were discovered, what they represent from a physical point of view, and what people have learned about the universe and the nature of galaxies in general from the study of spirals. Topics include early discoveries of nebulae, the island universe concept, the structure of spirals as seen both visually with telescopes and in images obtained with different filters, the role of spirals in the discovery of interstellar dust and dark matter, the different kinds of spiral galaxies and the importance of bars and rings, how different non-spiral galaxy types such as elliptical galaxies and S0 galaxies connect to spirals, and how spirals have contributed to our understanding of star formation and evolution, galaxy formation and evolution, the cosmological distance scale, and the universal expansion. The Milky Way as a spiral galaxy is also discussed.The book is profusely illustrated and not only a discourse on the spirals, but is also a personal reminiscence based on the author's studies of spiral galaxies over the past 45 years.

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World Scientific

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9811216703

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9789811216701

Footprints in Stone

Fossil Traces of Coal-Age Tetrapods

By: Ronald J. Buta,David C. Kopaska-Merkel

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Footprints in Stone

Fossil Traces of Coal-Age Tetrapods

By: Ronald J. Buta,David C. Kopaska-Merkel

Footprints in Stone is the definitive guide to the Steven C. Minkin (Union Chapel) Paleozoic Footprint Site in northwest Alabama, the discovery of whose vast quantity of 310-million-year-old fossil tetrapod footprints and other traces is one of the most significant developments in modern paleontology.

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University of Alabama Press

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0817358447

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9780817358440

Third Reference Catalogue of Bright Galaxies

Volume II

By: Gerard de Vaucouleurs,Antoinette de Vaucouleurs,Harold G. Jr. Corwin,Ronald J. Buta,Georges Paturel,Pascal Fouque

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Third Reference Catalogue of Bright Galaxies

Volume II

By: Gerard de Vaucouleurs,Antoinette de Vaucouleurs,Harold G. Jr. Corwin,Ronald J. Buta,Georges Paturel,Pascal Fouque

H h This third volume of RC3 indudes data for galaxies between 12 and 24 . For convenience, we repeat the explanation of the catalogue entries below. Details of the reduction procedures, and Notes, References, and Appendices are in Volume 1. 2. The Catalogue The data for each galaxy are found on four successive lines on a single page. The entries are as follows: Column 1: Positions Line 1: RA and DEC = right ascension and dedination for the equinox 2000.0, precessed from the 1950.0 position in Column 1, Line 4, given to 0.1 second of time and 1 arcsec when available, and to 0.1 minute of time and 1 arcmin otherwise (Section 3.1.a). Line 2: land b = galactic longitude and latitude in the lAU 1958 system (Blaauw et al. 1960); both to O~O1. Line 3: SGL and SGB = supergalactic longitude and latitude in the RC2 system (Section 3.1.b), both to O~O1. Line 4: RA and DEC = right ascension and dedination for the equinox 1950.0 (Sec tion 3.1.a). Column 2: Names = commonly used designations for the galaxies (Section 3.2). Line 1: Names (e.g., LMC, SMC) or NGC and IC designations. Line 2: UGC (Nilson 1973), ESO (Lauberts 1982), MCG (Vorontsov-Velyaminov et al. 1962-1974), UGCA (Nilson 1974), and CGCG (Zwicky et al. 1961-1968) des ignations, given in that order of preference. MCG designations not listed here are given in UGC and ESO.

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Springer Science & Business Media

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1475743602

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Atlas of Galaxies

By: Ronald J. Buta,Harold G. Corwin,Stephen C. Odewahn

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By: Ronald J. Buta,Harold G. Corwin,Stephen C. Odewahn

New illustrated atlas on modern galaxy classification for astronomy researchers, students, and amateurs.

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Atlas of Galaxies

Atlas of Galaxies

Cosmic Pinwheels: Spiral Galaxies And The Universe

Cosmic Pinwheels: Spiral Galaxies And The Universe

Footprints in Stone

Footprints in Stone

Third Reference Catalogue of Bright Galaxies

Third Reference Catalogue of Bright Galaxies

Atlas of Galaxies

Atlas of Galaxies

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