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We present detailed morphology measurements for 8.67 million galaxies in the DESI Legacy Imaging Surveys (DECaLS, MzLS, and BASS, plus DES). These are automated measurements made by deep learning models trained on Galaxy Zoo volunteer…

We present Galaxy Zoo DECaLS: detailed visual morphological classifications for Dark Energy Camera Legacy Survey images of galaxies within the SDSS DR8 footprint. Deeper DECaLS images (r=23.6 vs. r=22.2 from SDSS) reveal spiral arms, weak…

In recent years, large scale data intensive astronomical surveys have resulted in more detailed images being produced than scientists can manually classify. Even attempts to crowd-source this work will soon be outpaced by the large amount…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2022-09-13 Ezra Fielding , Clement N. Nyirenda , Mattia Vaccari

We characterise the selection cuts and clustering properties of a magnitude-limited sample of bright galaxies that is part of the Bright Galaxy Survey (BGS) of the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (DESI) using the ninth data release of…

We present the photometric calibration of the Beijing-Arizona Sky Survey (BASS) and Mayall z-band Legacy Survey (MzLS), which are two of the three wide-field optical legacy imaging surveys to provide the baseline targeting data for the Dark…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2018-07-04 Zhimin Zhou , Xu Zhou , Hu Zou , Tianmeng Zhang , Jundan Nie , Xiyan Peng , Xiaohui Fan , Linhua Jiang , Ian McGreer , Jinyi Yang , Arjun Dey , Jun Ma , Jiali Wang , Xu Kong , Qirong Yuan , Hong Wu , David Schlegel

We present the data release paper for the Galaxy Zoo: Hubble (GZH) project. This is the third phase in a large effort to measure reliable, detailed morphologies of galaxies by using crowdsourced visual classifications of colour composite…

Galaxy morphology reflects structural properties which contribute to understand the formation and evolution of galaxies. Deep convolutional networks have proven to be very successful in learning hidden features that allow for unprecedented…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2022-12-07 Shoulin Wei , Yadi Li , Wei Lu , Nan Li , Bo Liang , Wei Dai , Zhijian Zhang

In large-scale galaxy surveys, particularly deep ground-based photometric studies, galaxy blending is inevitable and poses a potential primary systematic uncertainty for upcoming surveys. Current deblenders predominantly rely on analytical…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2025-06-04 Ran Zhang , Meng Liu , Zhenping Yi , Hao Yuan , Zechao Yang , Yude Bu , Xiaoming Kong , Chenglin Jia , Yuchen Bi , Yusheng Zhang , Nan Li

In this paper we present photometric redshift (photo-$z$) estimates for the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (DESI) Legacy Imaging Surveys, currently the most sensitive optical survey covering the majority of the extra-galactic sky. Our…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2022-03-14 Kenneth J. Duncan

Galaxy Zoo is an online project to classify morphological features in extra-galactic imaging surveys with public voting. In this paper, we compare the classifications made for two different surveys, the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument…

We address the problem of morphological classification of galaxies from the Galaxy Zoo DECaLS dataset using classical machine learning techniques. Our approach employs a dimensionality reduction method followed by a classical classifier to…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2025-04-23 Vasyl Semenov , Vitalii Tymchyshyn , Volodymyr Bezguba , Maksym Tsizh , Andrii Khlevniuk

We use the DECaLS DR3 survey photometry matched to the SDSS-III/BOSS DR12 spectroscopic catalog to investigate the morphology and stellar mass-size relation of luminous red galaxies (LRGs) within the CMASS and LOWZ galaxy samples in the…

The morphological diversity of galaxies is a relevant probe of galaxy evolution and cosmological structure formation, but the classification of galaxies in large sky surveys is becoming a significant challenge. We use data from the…

Overlapping galaxies, in which a foreground galaxy partially overlaps a background galaxy, offer a unique opportunity to measure dust attenuation, a key nuisance parameter in galaxy studies, empirically and in great detail by modelling the…

Low-surface-brightness galaxies (LSBGs) are vital for understanding galaxy formation, but their diffuse nature makes them challenging to detect. Upcoming large-scale surveys are expected to uncover large numbers of LSBGs, requiring robust…

The Legacy Surveys, a combination of three ground-based imaging surveys, have mapped 16,000 deg$^2$ in three optical bands ($g$, $r$, and $z$) to a depth 1--$2$~mag deeper than the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS). Our work addresses one of…

The ring structures of disk galaxies are vital for understanding galaxy evolution and dynamics. However, due to the scarcity of ringed galaxies and challenges in their identification, traditional methods often struggle to efficiently obtain…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2025-07-11 Jianzhen Chen , Zhijian Luo , Cheng Cheng , Jun Hou , Shaohua Zhang , Chenggang Shu

The scale of ongoing and future electromagnetic surveys pose formidable challenges to classify astronomical objects. Pioneering efforts on this front include citizen science campaigns adopted by the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS). SDSS…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2019-07-09 Asad Khan , E. A. Huerta , Sibo Wang , Robert Gruendl , Elise Jennings , Huihuo Zheng
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