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Galaxy Zoo: morphological classifications for 120 000 galaxies in HST legacy imaging.
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Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society . 2/1/2017, Vol. 464 Issue 4, p4176-4203. 28p. - Publication Year :
- 2017
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Abstract
- We present the data release paper for the Galaxy Zoo: Hubble (GZH) project. This is the third phase in a large effort to measure reliable, detailed morphologies of galaxies by using crowdsourced visual classifications of colour-composite images. Images in GZH were selected from various publicly released Hubble Space Telescope legacy programmes conducted with the Advanced Camera for Surveys, with filters that probe the rest-frame optical emission from galaxies out to z ~ 1. The bulk of the sample is selected to have mI814W < 23.5, but goes as faint as mI814W < 26.8 for deep images combined over five epochs. The median redshift of the combined samples is (z) = 0.9 ± 0.6, with a tail extending out to z ~ 4. The GZH morphological data include measurements of both bulge- and disc-dominated galaxies, details on spiral disc structure that relate to the Hubble type, bar identification, and numerous measurements of clump identification and geometry. This paper also describes a new method for calibrating morphologies for galaxies of different luminosities and at different redshifts by using artificially redshifted galaxy images as a baseline. The GZH catalogue contains both raw and calibrated morphological vote fractions for 119 849 galaxies, providing the largest data set to date suitable for large-scale studies of galaxy evolution out to z ~ 1. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- *REDSHIFT
*ASTRONOMICAL surveys
*GALACTIC evolution
*ASTRONOMICAL image processing
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- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 00358711
- Volume :
- 464
- Issue :
- 4
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 120347553
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stw2568