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Galaxy morphological classification scheme advocated by Edwin Hubble
The Hubble sequence is a morphological classification scheme for galaxies published by Edwin Hubble in 1926. It is often colloquially known as the Hubble tuning-fork diagram because the shape in which it is traditionally represented resembles a tuning fork. It was invented by John Henry Reynolds and Sir James Jeans. Wikipedia →
🧭 Start here: a 6-step reading path
- Read the overview: Hubble sequenceA 5-minute orientation
- Skim a recent paper: The JWST Hubble Sequence: The Rest-frame Optical Evolution of Galaxy Structure at 1.5 < z < 6.5Influential work since 2022
- Pick up a classic book: Reviews in modern astronomyThe most-reprinted book on the subject
- Read the landmark paper: STAR FORMATION IN GALAXIES ALONG THE HUBBLE SEQUENCECited 6,067 times
- Go sideways: Galaxy morphological classificationA closely related topic
- Go sideways: Lenticular galaxyA closely related topic
📖 Definitions
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🗂️ The subject at a glance
🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)
STAR FORMATION IN GALAXIES ALONG THE HUBBLE SEQUENCE
Physical Parameters Along the Hubble Sequence
Evolution of the Hubble sequence in hierarchical models for galaxy formation
The CALIFA survey across the Hubble sequence
A Proposed Revision of the Hubble Sequence for Elliptical Galaxies
Galaxy Formation: Cold Dark Matter, Feedback, and the Hubble Sequence
Properties of bars and bulges in the Hubble sequence
Star formation along the Hubble sequence
🆕 Influential since 2022
The JWST Hubble Sequence: The Rest-frame Optical Evolution of Galaxy Structure at 1.5 < z < 6.5
Resequencing the Hubble sequence and the quadratic (black hole mass)–(spheroid stellar mass) relation for elliptical galaxies
COSMOS-Web: The emergence of the Hubble sequence
Mass and Color Dependence of the Hubble Spiral Sequence
The MAGPI Survey: The kinematic morphology–density relation (or lack thereof) and the Hubble sequence at z ∼ 0.3
📚 Books worth reading
- 📕Reviews in modern astronomyReinhard Schielicke, Astronomische Gesellschaft (Germany). Meeting · 1996
- 📕Morphology, Kinematics and Star Formation Across the Hubble Sequence of GalaxiesSantiago Erroz-Ferrer · 2015
- 📕Morphology Kinematics and star formation across the Hubble sequence of galaxiesSantiago Erroz Ferrer · 2017
50 Universe Ideas You Really Need to KnowJoanne Baker · 2023
Fifty machines that changed the course of historyEric Chaline · 2012
SpaceCarole Stott · 2010
Ranked by number of editions on Open Library, a rough measure of how lasting a book is.
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