The Galaxies of the Local Group

Preface 1. Introduction 2. Local group membership 3. The Andromeda galaxy (M31) 4. The Milky Way system 5. The Triangulum galaxy (M33) 6. The Large Magellanic Cloud 7. The Small Magellanic Cloud 8. The elliptical galaxy M32 (= NGC 221) 9. The irregular dwarf galaxy NGC 6822 10. The starburst galaxy IC 10 11. Faint dwarf irregular galaxies 12. Spheroidal galaxies 13. The most luminous dwarf spheroidal galaxies 14. Dwarf spheroidals in the Andromeda subgroup 15. Faint dwarf spheroidals 16. The outer fringes of the Local Group 17. Intergalactic matter in the Local Group 18. Dynamical and physical evolution 19. Properties of the Local Group 20. Conclusions Glossary Bibliography Object index.