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The Normal Elliptical Galaxies

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 April 2016

K. C. Freeman
K. C. Freeman*
Affiliation:
Mount Stromlo and Siding Spring Observatories, Australian National University, Canberra
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About 13% of bright galaxies are ellipticals (21% SO, 64% Spiral and Im, 2% IO and peculiar). Their obvious features are the smooth luminosity distribution and the near absence of the bright blue stars, HII regions and dust that appear in spiral systems; there is probably very little star formation going on at present in E galaxies. I plan to discuss some of the dynamical and physical properties of these systems; although many of them are known radio sources, I will not be able to discuss their radio properties.

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Invited Papers
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Publications of the Astronomical Society of Australia , Volume 1 , Issue 7 , April 1970 , pp. 302 - 303
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Copyright © Astronomical Society of Australia 1970

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