Galaxy Distances and Deviations from Universal Expansion

Front Matter....Pages i-xvii
New Results on the Distance Scale and the Hubble Constant....Pages 1-6
The Magellanic Clouds and the Distance Scale....Pages 7-14
Main Sequence Fitting and the Distance to the Large Magellanic Cloud....Pages 15-20
Recent CCD Observations of Cepheids in Nearby Galaxies: A Progress Report....Pages 21-24
Distances Using a Supergiant Stars....Pages 25-28
An Infrared Calibration of the Cepheid Distance Scale....Pages 29-34
RR Lyrae Stars in the Halo of M31 — A Preliminary Report....Pages 35-39
Two Stepping Stones to the Hubble Constant....Pages 41-44
Physical Models of Supernovae and the Distance Scale....Pages 45-54
Calibration of the Infrared Tully-Fisher Relation and the Global Value of the Hubble Constant....Pages 55-62
Distances from HI Observations of Nearby Groups and Clusters....Pages 63-64
21cm Line Widths and Distances of Spiral Galaxies....Pages 65-72
Malmquist Bias and Virgocentric Model in Tully-Fisher Relation....Pages 73-76
The Luminosity Index as a Distance Indicator and the Structure of the Virgo Cluster....Pages 77-80
Infrared Colour-Luminosity Relations for Field Galaxies....Pages 81-85
Minimizing the Scatter in the Tully-Fisher Relation....Pages 87-92
I Versus B-I Color-Magnitude Relation for Galaxies and I Band Distances....Pages 93-97
Photometry of Galaxies and the Local Peculiar Motion....Pages 99-104
The Motion of the Sun and the Local Group and the Velocity Dispersion of “Field” Galaxies....Pages 105-109
The Motion of the Local Group Relative to the Nearest Clusters of Galaxies....Pages 111-116
Distances and Motions of 2000 Galaxies in the Pisces-Perseus Supercluster....Pages 117-122
Elliptical Galaxies and Non-Uniformities in the Hubble Flow....Pages 123-130
Large-Scale Anisotropy in the Hubble Flow....Pages 131-134
An Improved Distance Indicator for Elliptical Galaxies....Pages 135-138
A Quadrupolar Component in the Velocity Field of the Local Supercluster....Pages 139-142
Is the Criticism of the Virgocentric Flow Model Justified?....Pages 143-145
Anisotropy of the Galaxies Detected by IRAS ....Pages 147-150
The Local Gravitational Field....Pages 151-158
Mass Segregation, HI Deficiency and Dwarf Irregular Galaxies in the Virgo Cluster....Pages 159-162
Effects of Mass Segregation in Rotating Clusters of Galaxies....Pages 163-167
Measurements of the Cosmic Background Radiation....Pages 169-175
On the Measure of Cosmological Times....Pages 177-184
Ages from Nuclear Cosmochronology....Pages 185-195
Constraints on the Ages of Distant Giant Elliptical Radio Galaxies....Pages 197-202
Extragalactic Gas at High Redshift: A Chronograph of Nonlinear Departures from Hubble Flow....Pages 203-213
Microwave and X-Ray Constraints on Local Large-Scale Overdensities....Pages 215-218
Supercluster Infall Models....Pages 219-223
Virgo Infall and the Mass Density of the Universe....Pages 225-228
A Determination of Ω from the Dynamics of the Local Supercluster....Pages 229-235
The Dynamics of Superclusters and Ω 0 ....Pages 237-242
The Distribution of Galaxies Versus Dark Matter....Pages 243-250
Peculiar Velocities and Galaxy Formation....Pages 251-254
Large Scale Structure in Universes Dominated by Cold Dark Matter....Pages 255-263
Dark Matter, Cosmic Strings, and Large Scale Structure....Pages 265-270
Clustering in Real Space vs Redshift Space....Pages 271-272
Cosmological Shells and Blast Waves....Pages 273-278
More on Structure Involving 10 18 M e ....Pages 279-282
Galaxy Distances and Deviations from the Hubble Flow; Summary Remarks....Pages 283-289
Galaxy Surface Brightness and Clustering: A Test for Biased Galaxy Formation Scenarios?....Pages 291-294
Back Matter....Pages 295-301