Extragalactic Astronomy: Lecture notes from Crdoba [Hardcover]

I: Forms and Structures.- 1.1. Normal and Peculiar Galaxies.- 1.2. Classification of Normal Galaxies.- 1.3. Apparent and True Flattening of Galaxies.- 1.4. Other Classifications Systems.- 1.5. Classification of Peculiar Galaxies.- II: Normal Galaxies.- II.1. Contents.- II.1.1. Photometric Properties.- II.1.2. Stellar Content.- II.1.3. The Interstellar Medium in Galaxies.- II.1.4. Subsystems.- II.2. Motions and Masses.- II.2.1. Kinematics.- II.2.2. Masses of Galaxies.- II.2.3. Mass-Luminosity Ratios.- II.3.2. Evolution of Galactic Content.- III: Active Galaxies.- III.1. Classification.- III.2. Intergalactic H II Regions (IG H II).- III.3. Galaxies with Nuclear Emission (neG).- III.4. Irr II Galaxies.- III.5. Seyfert Galaxies (SyG).- III.5.1. Spectrum of Emission.- III.5.2. Continuum Spectrum.- III.5.3. Variability.- III.5.4. Radioemission.- III.5.5. Correlations.- III.6. Strong Radio Galaxies (SRG).- III.6.1. Radio Structures.- III.6.2. Spectrum of Radio Frequencies.- III.6.3. Time Scale.- III.6.4. Compact Sources.- III.6.5. Optical Forms Associated with SRGs.- III.6.6. Optical Spectra.- III.6.7. Energetics of SRGs.- III.7. N Galaxies.- III.8. Quasi Stellar Objects (QSO).- III.8.1. Continuum Spectrum.- III.8.2. Line Spectrum.- III.8.3. BL Lacertae Objects.- III.8.4. Redshifts and Nature of the QSOs.- III.9. Activity in Compact Objects.- III.9.1. Excitation Mechanism.- III.9.2. The Source of Energy.- IV: Galaxies and their Environment.- IV.1. Tidal Interactions.- IV.1.2. Non-tidal Interactions.- IV.2. Agregates of Galaxies.- IV.2.1. Pairs and Multiplets.- IV.2.2. Groups of Galaxies.- IV.2.3. Clusters.- IV.2.4. Second Order Clustering.- IV.2.5. Clustering.- IV.3. Mean Mass Density of Matter in the Universe.- V: Measuring the Universe.- V.1. Distance Indicators.-V.1.1. Primary Distance Indicators.- V.1.2. Other Photometric Indicators.- V.1.3. Geometric Indicators.- V.1.4. Other Indicators.- V.2. The Scale of Distances.- V.2.1. The Hubble Flow.- V.2.2. The Quest for Hl3#