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Surface photometry surveys of galaxies with small telescopes

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 August 2017

S. Djorgovski
S. Djorgovski*
Affiliation:
Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics 60 Garden St. Cambridge, MA 02138 U.S.A.

Abstract

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Surface photometry of relatively bright galaxies is now becoming almost an exclusive province of small telescopes equipped with CCDs. I give a brief review of the scientific possibilities and problems of interest in this field. Small telescopes become tools of observational cosmology: they can provide large amounts of data necessary for the further understanding of fundamental properties of galaxies, clues to their formation, and their interactions with environment.

Type
II. Photometric Research Programmes
Information
Symposium - International Astronomical Union , Volume 118: Instrumentation and Research Programmes for Small Telescopes , 1986 , pp. 243 - 245
Copyright
Copyright © Reidel 1986 

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