Description
The form of the galaxy luminosity function (GLF) in poor groups - regions of intermediate galaxy density that are common environments for galaxies - is not well understood. Multiobject spectroscopy and wide-field CCD imaging now allow us to measure the GLF of bound group members directly (i.e., without statistical background subtraction) and to compare the group GLF with the GLFs of the field and of rich clusters. We use R-band images in 1.5x1.5degree^2^ mosaics to obtain photometry for galaxies in the fields of six nearby (2800<cz<7700km/s) poor groups for which we have extensive spectroscopic data, including 328 new galaxy velocities.
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