We review the current knowledge about nuclear star clusters (NSCs), the spectacularly
dense and massive assemblies of stars found at the centers of most galaxies. Recent …

Observations of galaxy isophotes, long-slit kinematics, and high-resolution photometry
suggested a possible dichotomy between two distinct classes of elliptical galaxies. But these …

I present a comprehensive review of the evolution of galaxy structure in the Universe from
the first galaxies currently observable at z∼ 6 down to galaxies observable in the local …

Dynamical searches reveal central dark objects with masses $\sim 10^ 6$ to $10^{9.5}
$\msun in the Galaxy,\m31,\mm32, M87, NGC 3115, NGC 3377, NGC 4258, and NGC 4594 …

▪ Abstract The Universe is in transition. At early times, galactic evolution was dominated by
hierarchical clustering and merging, processes that are violent and rapid. In the far future …

New surface photometry of all known elliptical galaxies in the Virgo cluster is combined with
published data to derive composite profiles of brightness, ellipticity, position angle, isophote …

The dynamics of interacting galaxies as observed in the present epoch is reviewed. Topics
discussed include numerical methods for modeling galactic interactions, the signatures of …

We use the ATLAS3D sample of 260 early-type galaxies to study the apparent kinematic
misalignment angle, Ψ, defined as the angle between the photometric and kinematic major …

We review the physical properties of nearby, relatively luminous galaxies, using results from
newly available massive data sets together with more detailed observations. First, we …

Using photometry and spectroscopy of 183,487 galaxies from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey,
we present bivariate distributions of pairs of seven galaxy properties: four optical colors …