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Figures for Chapter 8 of `Galaxies in the Universe', Second Edition 2007
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Figure 8.1: galaxy distribution on the sky
Figure 8.2: velocities of galaxies within 30Mpc;
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Figure 8.3: galaxies within 600Mpc from 2dF
Figure 8.4: number vs redshift for a cone in Figure 8.3
Figure 8.5: distribution of red and blue galaxies
Figure 8.6: correlation function, and variance as a function of scale
Figure 8.7: matter and energy density vs redshift for benchmark cosmology
Figure 8.8: lookback time and age
Figure 8.9: angles and expansion
Figure 8.10: isophotal radius vs redshift
Figure 8.11: luminosity distance and angular size distance
Figure 8.12: effect of redshift on galaxy spectra
Figure 8.13: density of AGN with redshift
Figure 8.14: temperature fluctuations in cosmic background radiation
Figure 8.15: peculiar motion in the direction of Virgo
Figure 8.16: cold-dark-matter cosmology simulation
Figure 8.17: power spectrum from background radiation and galaxy counts
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