Morphological classifications of APM galaxies Virtual Observatory Resource

Authors
  1. Naim A.
  2. Lahav O.
  3. Buta R.J.
  4. Corwin H.G.Jr.
  5. De Vaucouleurs G.,Dressler A.
  6. Huchra J.P.
  7. Van Den Bergh S.
  8. Raychaudhury S.
  9. Sodre L.Jr,Storrie-Lombardi M.C.
  10. Published by
    CDS
Abstract

We investigate the consistency of visual morphological classifications of galaxies by comparing classifications for 831 galaxies from six independent observers. The galaxies were classified on laser print copy images or on computer screen using scans made with the Automated Plate Measuring (APM) machine. Classifications are compared using the Revised Hubble numerical type index T. We find that individual observers agree with one another with rms combined dispersions of between 1.3 and 2.3 type units, typically about 1.8 units. The dispersions tend to decrease slightly with increasing angular diameter and, in some cases, with increasing axial ratio (b/a). The agreement between independent observers is reasonably good but the scatter is non-negligible. In spite of the scatter, the Revised Hubble T system can be used to train an automated galaxy classifier, e.g. an artificial neural network, to handle the large number of galaxy images that are being compiled in the APM and other surveys.

Keywords
  1. galaxies
  2. catalogs
  3. galaxy-classification-systems
Bibliographic source Bibcode
1995MNRAS.274.1107N
See also HTML
https://cdsarc.cds.unistra.fr/viz-bin/cat/J/MNRAS/274/1107
IVOA Identifier IVOID
ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/MNRAS/274/1107
Document Object Identifer DOI
doi:10.26093/cds/vizier.72741107

Access

Web browser access HTML
https://vizier.cds.unistra.fr/viz-bin/VizieR-2?-source=J/MNRAS/274/1107
https://vizier.iucaa.in/viz-bin/VizieR-2?-source=J/MNRAS/274/1107
http://vizieridia.saao.ac.za/viz-bin/VizieR-2?-source=J/MNRAS/274/1107
IVOA Table Access TAP
https://tapvizier.cds.unistra.fr/TAPVizieR/tap
Run SQL-like queries with TAP-enabled clients (e.g., TOPCAT).
IVOA Cone Search SCS
For use with a cone search client (e.g., TOPCAT).
https://vizier.cds.unistra.fr/viz-bin/conesearch/J/MNRAS/274/1107/experts?
https://vizier.iucaa.in/viz-bin/conesearch/J/MNRAS/274/1107/experts?
http://vizieridia.saao.ac.za/viz-bin/conesearch/J/MNRAS/274/1107/experts?

History

2000-04-10T21:10:08Z
Resource record created
2000-04-10T21:10:08Z
Created
2024-06-24T20:14:30Z
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