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The Catalog of Edge-on Disk Galaxies from SDSS. I. The Catalog and the Structural Parameters of Stellar Disks. / Bizyaev, D.V.; Kautsch, S.J.; Mosenkov, A.V.; Reshetnikov, V.P.; Sotnikova, N.Ya.; Yablokova, N.V.; Hillyer, R.W.
In: Astrophysical Journal, Vol. 787, No. 1, 24, 2014, p. Article number 24.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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TY - JOUR
T1 - The Catalog of Edge-on Disk Galaxies from SDSS. I. The Catalog and the Structural Parameters of Stellar Disks
AU - Bizyaev, D.V.
AU - Kautsch, S.J.
AU - Mosenkov, A.V.
AU - Reshetnikov, V.P.
AU - Sotnikova, N.Ya.
AU - Yablokova, N.V.
AU - Hillyer, R.W.
PY - 2014
Y1 - 2014
N2 - We present a catalog of true edge-on disk galaxies automatically selected from the Seventh Data Release of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS). A visual inspection of the g, r, and i images of about 15,000 galaxies allowed us to split the initial sample of edge-on galaxy candidates into 4768 (31.8% of the initial sample) genuine edge-on galaxies, 8350 (55.7%) non-edge-on galaxies, and 1865 (12.5%) edge-on galaxies not suitable for simple automatic analysis because these objects either show signs of interaction and warps, or nearby bright stars project on it. We added more candidate galaxies from RFGC, EFIGI, RC3, and Galaxy Zoo catalogs found in the SDSS footprints. Our final sample consists of 5747 genuine edge-on galaxies. We estimate the structural parameters of the stellar disks (the stellar disk thickness, radial scale length, and central surface brightness) in the galaxies by analyzing photometric profiles in each of the g, r, and i images. We also perform simplified three-dimensional modeling of the li
AB - We present a catalog of true edge-on disk galaxies automatically selected from the Seventh Data Release of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS). A visual inspection of the g, r, and i images of about 15,000 galaxies allowed us to split the initial sample of edge-on galaxy candidates into 4768 (31.8% of the initial sample) genuine edge-on galaxies, 8350 (55.7%) non-edge-on galaxies, and 1865 (12.5%) edge-on galaxies not suitable for simple automatic analysis because these objects either show signs of interaction and warps, or nearby bright stars project on it. We added more candidate galaxies from RFGC, EFIGI, RC3, and Galaxy Zoo catalogs found in the SDSS footprints. Our final sample consists of 5747 genuine edge-on galaxies. We estimate the structural parameters of the stellar disks (the stellar disk thickness, radial scale length, and central surface brightness) in the galaxies by analyzing photometric profiles in each of the g, r, and i images. We also perform simplified three-dimensional modeling of the li
KW - galaxies: fundamental parameters
KW - galaxies: general
KW - galaxies: photometry
KW - galaxies: spiral
KW - galaxies: structure
U2 - 10.1088/0004-637X/787/1/24
DO - 10.1088/0004-637X/787/1/24
M3 - Article
VL - 787
SP - Article number 24
JO - Astrophysical Journal
JF - Astrophysical Journal
SN - 0004-637X
IS - 1
M1 - 24
ER -
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