Morphology of SDSS galaxies Virtual Observatory Resource

Authors
  1. Dominguez Sanchez H.
  2. Huertas-Company M.
  3. Bernardi M.
  4. Tuccillo D.,Fischer J.L.
  5. Published by
    CDS
Abstract

We present a morphological catalogue for ~670000 galaxies in the Sloan Digital Sky Survey in two flavours: T-type, related to the Hubble sequence, and Galaxy Zoo 2 (GZ2 hereafter) classification scheme. By combining accurate existing visual classification catalogues with machine learning, we provide the largest and most accurate morphological catalogue up to date. The classifications are obtained with Deep Learning algorithms using Convolutional Neural Networks (CNNs). We use two visual classification catalogues, GZ2 and Nair & Abraham (2010ApJS..186..427N, Cat. J/ApJS/186/427), for training CNNs with colour images in order to obtain T-types and a series of GZ2 type questions (disc/features, edge-on galaxies, bar signature, bulge prominence, roundness, and mergers). We also provide an additional probability enabling a separation between pure elliptical (E) from S0, where the T-type model is not so efficient. For the T-type, our results show smaller offset and scatter than previous models trained with support vector machines. For the GZ2 type questions, our models have large accuracy (>97 per cent), precision and recall values (>90 per cent), when applied to a test sample with the same characteristics as the one used for training. The catalogue is publicly released with the paper.

Keywords
  1. galaxies
  2. catalogs
  3. galaxy-classification-systems
Bibliographic source Bibcode
2018MNRAS.476.3661D
See also HTML
https://cdsarc.cds.unistra.fr/viz-bin/cat/J/MNRAS/476/3661
IVOA Identifier IVOID
ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/MNRAS/476/3661
Document Object Identifer DOI
doi:10.26093/cds/vizier.74763661

Access

Web browser access HTML
https://vizier.cds.unistra.fr/viz-bin/VizieR-2?-source=J/MNRAS/476/3661
https://vizier.iucaa.in/viz-bin/VizieR-2?-source=J/MNRAS/476/3661
http://vizieridia.saao.ac.za/viz-bin/VizieR-2?-source=J/MNRAS/476/3661
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/476/3661/catalog?
https://vizier.iucaa.in/viz-bin/conesearch/J/MNRAS/476/3661/catalog?
http://vizieridia.saao.ac.za/viz-bin/conesearch/J/MNRAS/476/3661/catalog?

History

2021-05-31T14:27:22Z
Resource record created
2021-05-31T14:27:22Z
Created
2025-02-24T20:16:30Z
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