Photometric identification of objects from galaxy evolution explorer survey and sloan digital sky survey
- Title
- Photometric identification of objects from galaxy evolution explorer survey and sloan digital sky survey
- Creator
- Preethi K.; Gudennavar S.B.; Bubbly S.G.; Murthy J.; Brosch N.
- Description
- We have used Galaxy Evolution Explorer (GALEX) and Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) observations to extract seven band photometric magnitudes for over 80 000 objects in the vicinity of the North Galactic Pole. Although these had been identified as stars by the SDSS pipeline, we found through fitting with model spectral energy distributions that most were, in fact, of extragalactic origin. Only about 9 per cent of these objects turned out to be mainsequence stars and about 11 per cent were white dwarfs and red giants collectively, while galaxies and quasars contributed to the remaining 80 per cent of the data. We have classified these objects into different spectral types (for the stars) and into different galactic types (for the galaxies). As part of our fitting procedure, we derive the distance and extinction to each object and the photometric redshift towards galaxies and quasars. This method easily allows for the addition of any number of observations to cover a more diverse range of wavelengths, as well as the addition of any number of model templates. The primary objective of this work is to eventually derive a three-dimensional extinction map of the Milky Way Galaxy. 2013 The Authors Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the Royal Astronomical Society.
- Source
- Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Vol-437, No. 1, pp. 771-776.
- Date
- 2013-01-01
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Subject
- Dust; Extinction; galaxies:Photometry; galaxy; General; hertzsprungrussell and colour; magnitude diagrams; stars:General; techniques:Photometric
- Coverage
- Preethi K., Department of Physics, Christ University, Bangalore 560 029, India; Gudennavar S.B., Department of Physics, Christ University, Bangalore 560 029, India; Bubbly S.G., Department of Physics, Christ University, Bangalore 560 029, India; Murthy J., Indian Institute of Astrophysics, Bangalore 560 034, II Block, Koramangala, India; Brosch N., The Wise Observatory and the School of Physics and Astronomy, The Raymond and Beverly Sackler Faculty of Exact Sciences, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv 69978, Israel
- Rights
- All Open Access; Bronze Open Access; Green Open Access
- Relation
- ISSN: 358711; CODEN: MNRAA
- Format
- Online
- Language
- English
- Type
- Article
Collection
Citation
Preethi K.; Gudennavar S.B.; Bubbly S.G.; Murthy J.; Brosch N., “Photometric identification of objects from galaxy evolution explorer survey and sloan digital sky survey,” CHRIST (Deemed To Be University) Institutional Repository, accessed February 24, 2025, https://archives.christuniversity.in/items/show/17363.