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We present a new machine learning model for estimating photometric redshifts with improved accuracy for galaxies in Pan-STARRS1 data release 1. Depending on the estimation range of redshifts, this model based on neural networks can handle…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2021-12-09 Joongoo Lee , Min-Su Shin

Classification of intermediate redshift ($z$ = 0.3--0.8) emission line galaxies as star-forming galaxies, composite galaxies, active galactic nuclei (AGN), or low-ionization nuclear emission regions (LINERs) using optical spectra alone was…

We present a novel multimodal neural network (MNN) for classifying astronomical sources in multiband ground-based observations, from optical to near infrared, to separate sources in stars, galaxies and quasars. Our approach combines a…

In this paper, a deep convolutional neural network architecture for galaxies classification is presented. The galaxy can be classified based on its features into main three categories Elliptical, Spiral, and Irregular. The proposed deep…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2017-09-08 Nour Eldeen M. Khalifa , Mohamed Hamed N. Taha , Aboul Ella Hassanien , I. M. Selim

We report progress in the development of automatic star/galaxy classifier for processing images generated by large galaxy surveys like APM. Our classification method is based on neural networks using the Kohonen Self-Organizing Map…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-28 Petri Mahonen , Pasi Hakala

The Vera C. Rubin Observatory Legacy Survey of Space and Time (LSST) will produce several billion photometric redshifts (photo-$z$'s), enabling cosmological analyses to select a subset of galaxies with the most accurate photo-$z$. We…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2021-12-08 Adam Broussard , Eric Gawiser

We have undertaken a dedicated program of automatic source classification in the WISE database merged with SuperCOSMOS scans, comprehensively identifying galaxies, quasars and stars on most of the unconfused sky. We use the Support Vector…

(abridged) Mass loss is a key parameter in the evolution of massive stars, with discrepancies between theory and observations and with unknown importance of the episodic mass loss. To address this we need increased numbers of classified…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2022-10-19 Grigoris Maravelias , Alceste Z. Bonanos , Frank Tramper , Stephan de Wit , Ming Yang , Paolo Bonfini

Distinguishing galaxies as either fast or slow rotators plays a vital role in understanding the processes behind galaxy formation and evolution. Standard techniques, which are based on the $\lambda_R$-spin parameter obtained from stellar…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2025-03-14 Amirmohammad Chegeni , Fatemeh Fazel Hesar , Mojtaba Raouf , Bernard Foing , Fons J. Verbeek

The automatic classification of X-ray detections is a necessary step in extracting astrophysical information from compiled catalogs of astrophysical sources. Classification is useful for the study of individual objects, statistics for…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2024-01-30 Víctor Samuel Pérez-Díaz , Juan Rafael Martínez-Galarza , Alexander Caicedo , Raffaele D'Abrusco

Autonomous digital sky surveys such as Pan-STARRS have the ability to image a very large number of galactic and extra-galactic objects, and the large and complex nature of the image data reinforces the use of automation. Here we describe…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2020-12-16 Hunter Goddard , Lior Shamir

We present a novel technique for ranking the relative importance of galaxy properties in the process of quenching star formation. Specifically, we develop an artificial neural network (ANN) approach for pattern recognition and apply it to a…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2016-02-17 Hossen Teimoorinia , Asa F. L. Bluck , Sara L. Ellison

We developed a Deep Convolutional Neural Network (CNN), used as a classifier, to estimate photometric redshifts and associated probability distribution functions (PDF) for galaxies in the Main Galaxy Sample of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2018-12-26 Johanna Pasquet , Emmanuel Bertin , Marie Treyer , Stéphane Arnouts , Dominique Fouchez

We present an application of an artificial neural network methodology to a modern wide-field sky survey Pan-STARRS1 in order to build a high-quality sample of disk galaxies visible in edge-on orientation. Such galaxies play an important…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2023-12-06 S. S. Savchenko , D. I. Makarov , A. V. Antipova , I. S. Tikhonenko

The increasing volume of gamma-ray data demands new analysis approaches that can handle large-scale datasets while providing robustness for source detection. We present a Deep Learning (DL) based pipeline for detection, localization, and…

Modern X-ray telescopes have detected hundreds of thousands of X-ray sources in the universe. However, current methods to classify these sources using the X-ray data themselves suffer problems - detailed X-ray spectroscopy of individual…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2023-04-04 Pavan R. Hebbar , Craig O. Heinke

In many applications, Neural Nets (NNs) have classification performance on par or even exceeding human capacity. Moreover, it is likely that NNs leverage underlying features that might differ from those humans perceive to classify. Can we…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2023-12-01 Haowen Guan , Xuan Zhao , Zishi Wang , Zhiyang Li , Julia Kempe

This paper explores the application of machine learning methods for classifying astronomical sources using photometric data, including normal and emission line galaxies (ELGs; starforming, starburst, AGN, broad line), quasars, and stars. We…

We proposed a machine learning approach to identify and distinguish dusty stellar sources employing supervised and unsupervised methods and categorizing point sources, mainly evolved stars, using photometric and spectroscopic data collected…

We present a classification of galaxies in the Pan-STARRS1 (PS1) 3$\pi$ survey based on their recent star formation history and morphology. Specifically, we train and test two Random Forest (RF) classifiers using photometric features…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2020-10-21 A. Baldeschi , A. Miller , M. Stroh , R. Margutti , D. L. Coppejans