Barred galaxies. II. Comparative statistics on SB and SA galaxies in visible light

Various characteristics of galaxies with and without a bar are compared in two complete samples compiled by the authors. It is found that the two types of spiral galaxies hardly differ from each other in a number of parameters and properties, such as nuclear activity and degree of concentration in groups. Star formation evidently occurs more efficiently in barred galaxies, however. Bars are encountered more often in intermediate and late subtypes of disk galaxies. Barred galaxies in groups are redder, on the average, than those outside of groups. Luminosity functions are constructed both for galaxies with and without bars. Translated from Astrofizika, Vol. 4L No. 2, pp. 185–196, April-June, 1998