Published online by Cambridge University Press: 04 August 2017
The data base of photometric properties of galaxies has grown enormously in the last few years. Surveys in various colors, detailed studies of selected objects, and a swarm of papers with underlying photometric information have invaded the market, fostered by advances in the technology of observations and by improvements and wider availability of reduction facilities. A bibliographical compilation, of great use in the jungle of old and modern references, has been published by Davoust and Pence (1982), and is currently updated (Pence and Davoust 1985).