Physical Morphology of Galaxies using Asymmetry

Abstract

We demonstrate in this paper the use of asymmetry in conjunction with the integrated (B-V) color of galaxies for physical morphological purposes. We show how color-asymmetry diagrams can be used to distinguish between various types of galaxies, including ellipticals, late and early type disks, irregulars and interacting/merging galaxies. We also show how asymmetry can be used to help decipher the morphology of nearby starbursts, and galaxies in the Hubble Deep Field.

To appear in "Toward a New Millennium in Galaxy Morphology," eds. D.L. Block, I. Puerari, A. Stockton and D. Ferreira (Kluwer, Dordrecht)

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