J/AJ/127/1883ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/AJ/127/1883doi:10.26093/cds/vizier.51271883CDSAllam S.S.Tucker D.L.Smith J.A.Lee B.C.Annis J.Lin H.,Karachentsev I.D.Laubscher B.E.2023-04-06T16:51:02Z2005-12-09T22:33:35ZCDS support team

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cds-question@unistra.frsurveysgalaxiesphotometryvisible-astronomysloan-photometryWe present a new catalog of merging galaxies obtained through an automated systematic search routine. The 1479 new pairs of merging galaxies were found in ~462 square degrees of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey Early Data Release (SDSS EDR, Cat. <J/AJ/123/567>) photometric data, and the pair catalog is complete for galaxies in the magnitude range 16.0<=g*<=20. The selection algorithm, implementing a variation on the original Karachentsev criteria, proved to be very efficient and fast. Merging galaxies were selected such that the intergalaxy separations were less than the sum of the component galaxies' radii. We discuss the characteristics of the sample in terms of completeness, pair separation, and the Holmberg effect. We also present an on-line atlas of images for the SDSS EDR pairs obtained using the corrected frames from the SDSS EDR database. The atlas images also include the relevant data for each pair member. This catalog will be useful for conducting studies of the general characteristics of merging galaxies, their environments, and their component galaxies. The redshifts for a subset of the interacting and merging galaxies and the distribution of angular sizes for these systems indicate the SDSS provides a much deeper sample than almost any other wide-area catalog to date.2004AJ....127.1883Ahttps://cdsarc.cds.unistra.fr/viz-bin/cat/J/AJ/127/1883CatalogResearchIsServedByTAP VizieR generic serviceIsServedByConesearch servicerelated-toJ/AJ/123/567 : SDSS quasar catalog, I: Early Data Release (Schneider+, 2002)https://cds.unistra.fr/vizier-org/licences_vizier.htmlhttps://vizier.cds.unistra.fr/viz-bin/VizieR-2?-source=J/AJ/127/1883https://vizier.iucaa.in/viz-bin/VizieR-2?-source=J/AJ/127/1883http://vizieridia.saao.ac.za/viz-bin/VizieR-2?-source=J/AJ/127/1883https://vizier.cds.unistra.fr/viz-bin/votable?-source=J/AJ/127/1883https://vizier.iucaa.in/viz-bin/votable?-source=J/AJ/127/1883http://vizieridia.saao.ac.za/viz-bin/votable?-source=J/AJ/127/1883GETtext/xml+votablehttps://tapvizier.cds.unistra.fr/TAPVizieR/tapCone search capability for table J/AJ/127/1883/table2 (Properties of the SDSS EDR Merging Pairs Sample)https://vizier.cds.unistra.fr/viz-bin/conesearch/J/AJ/127/1883/table2?https://vizier.iucaa.in/viz-bin/conesearch/J/AJ/127/1883/table2?http://vizieridia.saao.ac.za/viz-bin/conesearch/J/AJ/127/1883/table2?GETtext/xml+votable180.050000true0.70520830.75160280.0055555555555555565/2516 2518 2521 2523 2526 2545 2547 2555 2897-2898 4438 4441-4442 4453-4454 4457-4458 4505 4517-4518 4521 4697 5798 5802 6485-6486 6489-6490 6501-6502 6506 6549-6550 6553-6554 6566 6569-6570 6741-6742 6745-6746 6757-6758 6761-6762 6805-6806 6809-6810 7849-7850 6/0-1 8192 10061-10063 10099 10177 10179 10185 10187 10192-10193 10200 10202 10209 10211-10212 10214-10215 10217 10219 10224 10226 10232 11585-11587 11596-11598 11600 11602 11608 11616 17406 17659 17662-17663 17726-17727 17741-17743 17745-17747 17749-17751 17757-17758 17761-17763 17772-17773 17776-17778 17805-17807 17809-17811 17820-17822 17825-17827 17836 17838-17842 17856 17981-17983 17998-17999 18001-18004 18006-18010 18012-18013 18017-18019 18024 18026-18030 18032-18034 18061-18063 18066-18067 18076-18077 18081 18083 18088-18089 18091-18094 18096-18098 18112-18114 18176-18177 18765-18767 18769-18773 18775 18777 18779-18780 18782 18785 18787 18793 18797-18798 18800 18802 19456-19457 23102 23183 23186-23189 23191 23196 23201-23205 23207 23212-23214 23216-23217 23232 25598-25599 25853-25855 25918-25919 25933 25935 25937 25939 25949-25950 25953 25955 25964-25966 25968 25970 25998-25999 26002-26003 26012 26014 26017-26020 26022-26023 26028 26030 26032-26033 26048 26050 26173 26175 26189 26191 26193-26195 26204-26206 26209-26211 26220 26222 26224-26226 26253-26255 26257-26260 26262-26263 26269 26273-26275 26284-26286 26288-26290 26304 26306 26368-26370 26877-26879 26941-26943 26957-26958 26961-26963 26973-26974 26979 26988 26990 26992-26994 27022-27023 27025-27027 27036-27038 27041-27043 27052-27054 27056-27058 27073-27074 27199 27215 27217-27219 27228 27235 27244 27246 27248 27250 27285 27392-27394 27648-27650 31373 31375 31379 31381-31386 31388-31389 31395 31404-31406 31408 31410 31424 36862-36863 450552.040811542443644e-19 6.090060298487514e-19https://cdsarc.cds.unistra.fr/viz-bin/moc/J/AJ/127/1883?format=asciiOpticaldefaultJ/AJ/127/1883/table2Properties of the SDSS EDR Merging Pairs SamplerecnoRecord number assigned by the VizieR team. Should Not be used for identification.meta.recordint[ATS2004]Running identification numberintRAJ2000Pair's hour of right ascension (J2000)pos.eq.ra;meta.mainDEJ2000Pair's degree of declination (J2000)pos.eq.dec;meta.mainu*magPair's total SDSS Petrosian u* band magnitudemagfloatg*magPair's total SDSS Petrosian g* band magnitudemagfloatr*magPair's total SDSS Petrosian r* band magnitudemagfloati*magPair's total SDSS Petrosian i* band magnitudemagfloatz*magPair's total SDSS Petrosian z* band magnitudemagfloatSepPrejected separation between the pairarcsecfloatNameABrighter pair member SDSS name (1)charzA? Spectroscopic redshift of brighter pair memberdoublenullableNameBFainter pair member SDSS name (1)charzB? Spectroscopic redshift of fainter pair memberdoublenullable