Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Local Group membership
- 3 The Andromeda galaxy (M31)
- 4 The Milky Way system
- 5 The Triangulum galaxy (M33)
- 6 The Large Magellanic Cloud
- 7 The Small Magellanic Cloud
- 8 The elliptical galaxy M32 (= NGC 221)
- 9 The irregular dwarf galaxy NGC 6822
- 10 The starburst galaxy IC 10
- 11 Faint dwarf irregular galaxies
- 12 Spheroidal galaxies
- 13 The most luminous dwarf spheroidal galaxies
- 14 Dwarf spheroidals in the Andromeda subgroup
- 15 Faint dwarf spheroidals
- 16 The outer fringes of the Local Group
- 17 Intergalactic matter in the Local Group
- 18 Dynamical and physical evolution
- 19 Properties of the Local Group
- 20 Conclusions
- Glossary
- Bibliography
- Object Index
Frontmatter
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 22 August 2009
Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Local Group membership
- 3 The Andromeda galaxy (M31)
- 4 The Milky Way system
- 5 The Triangulum galaxy (M33)
- 6 The Large Magellanic Cloud
- 7 The Small Magellanic Cloud
- 8 The elliptical galaxy M32 (= NGC 221)
- 9 The irregular dwarf galaxy NGC 6822
- 10 The starburst galaxy IC 10
- 11 Faint dwarf irregular galaxies
- 12 Spheroidal galaxies
- 13 The most luminous dwarf spheroidal galaxies
- 14 Dwarf spheroidals in the Andromeda subgroup
- 15 Faint dwarf spheroidals
- 16 The outer fringes of the Local Group
- 17 Intergalactic matter in the Local Group
- 18 Dynamical and physical evolution
- 19 Properties of the Local Group
- 20 Conclusions
- Glossary
- Bibliography
- Object Index
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- The Galaxies of the Local Group , pp. i - viPublisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2000