Proceedings of a Conference at Yale University, May 19-21, 1977, New Haven: Yale University Observatory, 1977, eds. B. Tinsley and R. B. Larson


QUALITATIVE AND QUANTITATIVE CLASSIFICATIONS OF GALAXIES

G. de Vaucouleurs


Table of Contents

QUALITATIVE CLASSIFICATIONS
Morphological Type and Luminosity Class: Luminosity Index
Morphological Type and Yerkes Color Class
Morphological Type and Byurakan Nuclear Type
Morphological Type and BGC Nuclear Class
Morphological Type and Revised DDO System

CORRELATIONS WITH MEASURABLE PARAMETERS
Concentration Indices
Color Indices
Hydrogen Index
Radio Continuum Indices
Ellipticities
Angular Velocities
Maximum Rotational Velocities
Velocity Dispersion

QUANTITATIVE CLASSIFICATIONS
Luminosity Distribution Laws: Photometric Parameters
Color Distribution Laws: Colorimetric Parameters
Kinematical Parameters
Dynamical Parameters
Physical Parameters

REFERENCES

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