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The Automatic Plate Measuring System (APM) at the Institute of Astronomy, Cambridge, has been used to obtain surface photometry of a large sample of galaxies. Several studies involving galaxies in the Fornax cluster are currently being undertaken.
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Phillipps, S. (1974). Studies of Galaxy Clusters Using APM. In: Mardirossian, F., Giuricin, G., Mezzetti, M. (eds) Clusters and Groups of Galaxies. Astrophysics and Space Science Library, vol 111. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-6412-9_38
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