1985ApJS. . .57. .6 65B morphology ofgalaxiesinnearby clustersandfoundevidence indistantclusters with colorspredictedfromthe evolution ofclustergalaxies(ButcherandOemler1978æ,Z?). formation andgalaxystructuregenerallyfoundinfield gal- in particular,ofclustergalaxies,mayoccupymorethan the possibility thattheformsandstellarcontentofgalaxies, and, is aquahtativeandinexactprocedure.Furthermore,theex- for strongrecentevolution of galaxypopulations.However, Our initialstudiescompared thedirectlyobservedcolorsof axies. Finally,problemsofresolutionlimitthemorphological exhibit thegoodcorrelationbetweenpresentrateof istence ofanemicspirals(vandenBergh1976)raises the typing ofgalaxiestofairlynearbyobjects. essentially one-dimensionalparameterspacerepresented by ral approach. existing studiesofpopulationvariationshavebeenbasedon lations exist,particularlybetweenclustersandthe“field,” from inspectionofphotographicplates,thisisthemostnatu- morphology,andparticularlyongalaxies’locations the Hubblesequence.Specifically,clustergalaxiesmay not and sincethemorphologicaltypeofagalaxyiseasilyobtained sequence isthesinglemostimportantpropertyofgalaxies, along theHubblesequence.Sincelocation about theprocessesofgalaxyformationandevolution.Most that thesevariationsmustcontainsignificantinformation The AstrophysicalJournalSupplementSeries,57:665-691,1985April & 1985.TheAmericanAstronomicalSociety.Allrightsreserved.PrintedinU.S.A. For someyearswehavebeenengagedinastudyofthe It does,however,haveitslimitations.Thetypingofgalaxies It haslongbeenrecognizedthatvariationsingalaxypopu- -1 dispersion thanwouldhavebeenpredictedfromtheirmorphologicaltypes. decreases withmagnitude.However,thecolorsofspiralgalaxiesarenotentirelyasexpected,havingasmaller center andbrighterthanJ=11.5.Theaccuracyofthephotometryvarieswithcluster,butmostmagnitudesare morphological typesarepresentedforgalaxiesinthecoresof10nearbyclustersgalaxies.Intypicalcluster, fields towardtheGalacticpolarcaps. the densityoffieldgalaxieshasalsobeenmadeusingexistingdata,extendedwithnewmeasurementsintwo accurate to0.10mag,andtypicalerrorsinthecolorsareofsameorder. the sampleincludesallgalaxieswithinaradiusof1.5Mpc(assuming7/=50kms)cluster Subject headings:gaüdúáes:clustering—galaxies:evolutionphotometrystructure 0 As expected,thecolorsofellipticalandSOgalaxiesshowanarrowdispersionaboutmeancolorwhich In ordertocorrectforforegroundandbackgroundcontaminationoftheclustersamples,adetermination Colors andmagnitudes,obtainedfromPalomar48inch(1.2m)SchmidtplatesintheJFbands, © American Astronomical Society • Provided by theNASA Astrophysics Data System THE EVOLUTIONOFGALAXIESINCLUSTERS.IV.PHOTOMETRY I. INTRODUCTION 10 LOW-REDSHIFTCLUSTERS Received 1984July3;acceptedOctober9 Kapteyn AstronomicalInstitute Augustus Oemler,Jr. Yale UniversityObservatory Harvey R.Butcher ABSTRACT AND 665 we areawarethoseoftheComaClusterbyGodwin, photographic andphotoelectriccolormeasurementsexistfor we presentphotometry,positions,andmorphologicaltypes of we hadsuitableplatematerial, toprovidearangeinrichness, galaxies in10nearbyclusters,aswellanestimateof the obtain theneededdataourselves,forourownpurposesand in Metcalfe, andPeach(1982).Wehave,therefore,setabout to only sufficientlycompleteandaccurateobservationsofwhich subsets ofthepopulationsafewnearbyclusters,but val 0.0