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Extragalactic Astronomy

Extragalactic astronomy is the branch of astronomy concerned with astronomical objects and phenomena existing beyond the Milky Way galaxy.

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Maps of Dust Infrared Emission for Use in Estimation of Reddening and Cosmic Microwave Background Radiation Foregrounds

David J. Schlegel, Douglas P. Finkbeiner, Marc Davis · The Astrophysical Journal · 1998 · 15.3K citations · Full text

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SExtractor: Software for source extraction

E. Bertin, S. Arnouts · Astronomy and Astrophysics Supplement Series · 1996 · 11K citations · Full text

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The Structure of Cold Dark Matter Halos

The Astrophysical Journal · 1996 · 8.2K citations · Full text

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STAR FORMATION IN GALAXIES ALONG THE HUBBLE SEQUENCE

Annual Review of Astronomy and Astrophysics · 1998 · 6.6K citations · Full text

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The NRAO VLA Sky Survey

J. J. Condon, W. D. Cotton, E. W. Greisen et al. · The Astronomical Journal · 1998 · 5.8K citations

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Authors

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  1. AM
    Anton M. Koekemoer

    Space Telescope Science Institute, United States

    312 publications · 41.4K citations

    108

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  2. DS
    D. Scott

    University of British Columbia, Canada

    255 publications · 41.7K citations

    102

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  3. CS
    Carlos S. Frenk

    Durham University, United Kingdom

    220 publications · 45.8K citations

    98

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  4. DP
    Donald P. Schneider

    Pennsylvania State University, United States

    217 publications · 40.5K citations

    97

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  5. IS
    Ian Smail

    Durham University, United Kingdom

    224 publications · 29.7K citations

    97

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Institutions

3.7K

  1. California Institute of Technology

    Pasadena, United States

    283 h-index

    8.7K publications

    1.5M citations

  2. Center for Astrophysics Harvard & Smithsonian

    Cambridge, United States

    246 h-index

    6.1K publications

    912.1K citations

  3. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    237 h-index

    18.9K publications

    3.1M citations

  4. Space Telescope Science Institute

    Baltimore, United States

    230 h-index

    4.7K publications

    590.3K citations

  5. University of California, Berkeley

    Berkeley, United States

    222 h-index

    3.4K publications

    504.3K citations

  6. University of Cambridge

    Cambridge, United Kingdom

    222 h-index

    4.9K publications

    870.1K citations

  7. University of Arizona

    Tucson, United States

    220 h-index

    4K publications

    627.9K citations

  8. Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics

    Garching bei München, Germany

    215 h-index

    4.6K publications

    568.8K citations

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Venues

  1. The Astrophysical Journal

    ApJ · 13.5K publications · 1.2M citations

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  2. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

    10.8K publications · 786K citations

    307

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  3. Astronomy and Astrophysics

    4.5K publications · 305.4K citations

    208

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  4. The Astronomical Journal

    AJ · 2.8K publications · 232.6K citations

    205

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  5. The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series

    957 publications · 136.8K citations

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See also

Extragalactic Astronomy

Galaxy Types

Large-Scale Structure

Distance Measures

Observational Techniques