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Counts of faint galaxies

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 February 2017

I. D. Karachentsev  and
A. I. Kopylov
I. D. Karachentsev
Affiliation:
Special Astrophysical Observatory USSR Academy of Sciences st. Zelenchukskaya 357140 Stavropolskij Kraj USSR
A. I. Kopylov
Affiliation:
Special Astrophysical Observatory USSR Academy of Sciences st. Zelenchukskaya 357140 Stavropolskij Kraj USSR

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The number-magnitude relation for galaxies is an insensitive test for discriminating between cosmological models. Nevertheless, counts of faint galaxies enable us to investigate possible evolutionary effects, which may be caused by time dependence of the luminosity and/or number density of galaxies.

Type
IV. Observational Evidence for Cosmological Evolution
Information
Symposium - International Astronomical Union , Volume 79: The Large Scale Structure of the Universe , 1978 , pp. 339 - 342
Copyright
Copyright © Reidel 1978 

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