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By J.L. Sérsic
This publication is an outgrowth of the notes made for the semester lectures on 'Problems of Extragalactic Astronomy' given virtually each year in the course of twenty years on the Ob servatorio Astronomico of the Universidad de Cordoba. Shorter models have been additionally given at l. a. Plata, Santiago de Chile, Sao Paulo, Rio de Janeiro and Paraiba. E. Scalise made a Portuguese language model of the notes and inspired me to put up them; even supposing my buddy J. Kleczek is to be blamed for the assumption of this e-book. no longer each topic on Extragalactic Astronomy has been touched during this e-book: in its place i've got these which me in the course of 25 years perform during this a part of the area. I recognize necessary feedback from M. Pastoriza and G. Carranza, the com prehension of Director L. Milone, and the collaboration of the workers of the Observa tory in Cordoba. R. Tschamler's humor and wit made gentle the duty of manufacturing the English model and M. Pizarro's devotedness produced the edited MS. To either one of them i'm in deep gratitude. "A booklet is released out of necessity, another way the writer might spend his whole existence sprucing the originals" was once the reply given by way of J. L. Borges to an inquisi tive journalist. those phrases clarify why this booklet is so assorted from the lecture notes, and likewise from the ebook i used to be hoping for. I thank B. McCormac and the D. Reidel Publ. Co. for my salvation from Borges' inferno.
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Can. 69, 57. 1. Contents The purpose of any classification system is to provide for a deeper understanding of the intrinsic properties of the classified objects. The sequence of galaxies was morphologically defined (cf. 2) on the basis of the forms and structures of the objects which, by definition, constitute the so called normal galaxies. Observations other than morphologic provide quantitative and qualitative data on luminosities, color, mases, composition, etc. of both the stellar and gas components in galaxies.
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I ! 2 I I I I II to 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Fig. 7. H I to total mass ratio as function of stage t. ) (iii) The assumption of a small optical thickness, which is improved. In the case of our Galaxy this assumption seems adequate, although there are many regions where the optical thickness is high. Because of this, the H I masses can be underestimated. The inclination of the plane of the observed galaxy increases the optical thickness for edge-on objects in relation to those which are observed face-on, although the larger velocity spread the first case works against this effect.