| Title | Atlas of galaxies : useful for measuring the cosmological distance scale |
| Authors | Sandage, Allan; Bedke, John |
| Bibcode | 1988AtlGa.B.......S Search ADS ↗ |
| Abstract | In this atlas of photographs of 322 galaxies the authors have included the majority of all Shapley-Ames bright galaxies, plus cluster members in the Virgo cluster core, that might be usefully resolved with the Hubble Space Telescope. Because of crowding and high background-disk surface brightness, the choice of field position is crucial for programs involving resolution of particular galaxies into individual stars. The purpose of this atlas is to facilitate this choice. Most of the photographs were obtained between 1949 and 1985.Contents: The need for determining galaxy distances. The primary distance indicator. Secondary distance indicators. Selection criteria. Source of the candidate list. References. The atlas: Part I - IV. |
| Objects | 322 Objects Search NED ↙ |
