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Hubble sequence

Known as: Hubble diagram (tuning-fork), Hubble tuning fork, Hubble classification 
The Hubble sequence is a morphological classification scheme for galaxies invented by Edwin Hubble in 1926. It is often known colloquially as the… 
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Review
2014
Review
2014
The star formation histories of local group dwarf galaxies. I. Hubble space telescope/wide field planetary camera 2 observations
We present uniformly measured star formation histories (SFHs) of 40 Local Group (LG) dwarf galaxies based on color-magnitude… 
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Highly Cited
2013
Highly Cited
2013
The ATLAS3D project - XVII. Linking photometric and kinematic signatures of stellar discs in early-type galaxies
We analyse the morphological structures in galaxies of the ATLAS(3D) sample by fitting a single Sersic profile and decomposing… 
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Highly Cited
2011
Highly Cited
2011
Revisiting the Hubble sequence in the SDSS DR7 spectroscopic sample: a publicly available Bayesian automated classification
We present an automated morphological classification in 4 types (E, S0, Sab, Scd) of ∼700 000 galaxies from the SDSS DR7… 
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Highly Cited
2010
Highly Cited
2010
Nearby supernova rates from the Lick Observatory Supernova Search – III. The rate–size relation, and the rates as a function of galaxy Hubble type and colour
This is the third paper of a series in which we present new measurements of the observed rates of supernovae (SNe) in the local… 
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Review
2007
Review
2007
Properties of Bars and Bulges in the Hubble Sequence
Properties of bars and bulges in the Hubble sequence are discussed, based on the analysis of 216 disk galaxies (S0s and spirals… 
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Review
2005
Review
2005
What is L? Anatomy of the Galaxy Luminosity Function
Using the empirical relations between the central galaxy luminosity and the halo mass, and between the total galaxy luminosity in… 
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Highly Cited
2002
Highly Cited
2002
A Chandra Study of Sagittarius A East: A Supernova Remnant Regulating the Activity of Our Galactic Center?
We report on the X-ray emission from the shell-like, nonthermal radio source Sgr A East (SNR 000.0+00.0), located in the inner… 
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Highly Cited
1998
Highly Cited
1998
Spiral Galaxies with WFPC2. II. The Nuclear Properties of 40 Objects
We report the analysis of Hubble Space Telescope Wide Field Planetary Camera 2 F606W images of 40 spiral galaxies belonging to… 
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Review
1998
Review
1998
A Hubble Space Telescope Imaging Survey of Nearby Active Galactic Nuclei
We have obtained WFPC2 images of 256 of the nearest (z ≤ 0.035) Seyfert 1, Seyfert 2, and starburst galaxies. Our 500 s broadband… 
Highly Cited
1996
Highly Cited
1996
Quantifying the Fragility of Galactic Disks in Minor Mergers
We perform fully self-consistent stellar dynamical simulations of the accretion of a companion ("satellite") galaxy by a large… 
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